Argentine
See also: argentine
English edit
Etymology edit
From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/, /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
Adjective edit
Argentine (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.
- Synonyms: (rare) Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian
- 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.
Translations edit
pertaining to Argentina
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pertaining to an Argentine or the Argentines
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Noun edit
Argentine (plural Argentines)
- A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
- Synonyms: (rare) Argentinan, Argentinean, Argentinian
- (dance) Short for Argentine tango.
Translations edit
person from Argentina
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Proper noun edit
Argentine
- (archaic, with "the") Argentina.
- (obsolete) Strasbourg (city in France).
- 1610 October, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happening in the Church, with an Vniuersall Historie of the Same. […], 6th edition, volume I, London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for the Company of Stationers, →OCLC, book VI, page 650, column 1:
- The first inuenter thereof (as most agree) is thought to be a Germaine, dwellyng first in Argentine, afterward Citizen of Mentz, named John Faustus, a goldsmith.
- 1624, Patrick Symson, The Historie of the Church Since the Dayes of Our Saviour Iesus Christ untill this present Age […], page 178:
- […] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse.
- 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […][2], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 61, page 27:
- […] they deemed no remedy more commodious, effectuall, and opportune, than if his Holines, by the Emperours consent, would call a godly, free, and Christian Councell, so soone as it were possible, in some conuenient place in Germanie; that is, in Argentine, in Mentz, Collen, or Metz, […]
- A current place name:
- A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
- A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
- A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
- A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Translations edit
Argentina — see Argentina
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tin/
- Homophone: Argentines
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Proper noun edit
Argentine f
- Argentina (a country in South America)
Noun edit
Argentine f (plural Argentines)
- female equivalent of Argentin
Further reading edit
- “Argentine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.