ARGENTINE

Argentine, Argentinian

(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people; “Argentinian tango”

argentine

(noun) any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)

Containing or resembling silver.

Synonym: silvern

Noun

argentine (plural argentines)

Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially the European argentine, Argentina sphyraena.

(mineral) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

white metal coated with silver

Synonyms

• herring smelt

Anagrams

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

Etymology

Adjective

Argentine (not comparable)

Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.

Synonyms: Argentinan (rare), Argentinean, Argentinian

Noun

Argentine (plural Argentines)

A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.

Synonyms: Argentinan (rare), Argentinean, Argentinian

Proper noun

the Argentine

(archaic, with "the") Argentina.

Anagrams

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

Source: Wiktionary

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Ar"gen*tine (; in the 2d sense, commonly ), a.

1. Pertaining to, or resembling, silver; made of, or sounding like, silver; silvery. Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the Argentine Republic in South America.

Ar"gen*tine, n. Etym: [Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver.]

1. (Min.)

Definition: A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.

2. White metal coated with silver. Simmonds.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A fish of Europe (Maurolicus Pennantii) with silvery scales. The name is also applied to various fishes of the genus Argentina.

4. A citizen of the Argentine Republic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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