argentine

Meanings

1. Containing or resembling silver.

1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
2. A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
3. White metal coated with silver.

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

1. A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
2. Ellipsis of Argentine tango.

1. Argentina.
2. Strasbourg (city in France).
3. A current place name:
4. A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
5. A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
6. A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
7. A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Etymology

From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.