Argentine Definition

ärjən-tīn, -tēn
adjective
Relating to or resembling silver; silvery.
American Heritage
Of or like silver; silvery.
Webster's New World
Of Argentina or its people or culture.
Webster's New World

Containing or resembling silver.

Wiktionary

Argentinian, of, from, or pertaining to Argentina.

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Synonyms:
noun
Silver.
American Heritage
Silver or any silvery substance.
Webster's New World
Any of various silvery metals.
American Heritage
A person born or living in Argentina.
Webster's New World

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

Wiktionary
pronoun

(archaic) Argentina.

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Argentine

  • the Argentine

Origin of Argentine

  • Middle English from Old French argentin from Latin argentīnus from argentum silver arg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”)

    From Wiktionary

Argentine Sentence Examples

  • The Argentine constitution recognizes the Roman Catholic religion as that of the state, but tolerates all others.

  • The remainder of the great Argentine plain is the treeless, grassy pampa (Quichua for " level spaces "), apparently a dead level, but in reality rising gradually from the Atlantic westward toward the Andes.

  • In 1906 the president announced that permission had been given by the German emperor for 30 Argentine officers to enter the German army each year and to serve eighteen months, and also for five officers to attend the Berlin Military Academy.

  • The two sections of the Argentine nation contrived to exist as separate governments without an open breach of the peace until 1859, when the long-continued tension led to the outbreak of hostilities.

  • The natives of Uruguay, though living in conditions similar to those of the Argentine population, are in general more reserved, showing more of the Indian type and less of the Spaniard.

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Words Starting With

AARARG

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

argentine

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

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