C16: from Latin argilla white clay, from Greek argillos
argil in American English
(ˈɑːrdʒɪl)
noun
clay, esp. potter's clay
Word origin
[1350–1400; ME argilla ‹ L ‹ Gk árgillos, equiv. to arg(ós) white + -il(l)os n. suffix]This word is first recorded in the period 1350–1400. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: drag, range, register, screen, train
Examples of 'argil' in a sentence
argil
The red-yellow argil soil type was used during this experiment.
Hudson do Vale de Oliveira, Francisco Bezerra Neto, Celicina Maria da Silveira BorgesAzevedo, Cybelle Barbosa e Lima, Gabriela Cemirames de Sousa Gurgel 2009, 'Alterações nas características químicas de um Argissolo Vermelho-Amarelo irrigadocom efluente de piscicultura, em ambiente protegido. = Alterations in the chemicalcharacteristics of a soil irrigated with fi sh effl uent, in atmosphere protected.',[email protected] On-linehttp://www.ufrr.br/revista/index.php/agroambiente/article/view/240/195. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)