argentine1
/ˈɑːdʒ(ə)ntʌɪn
/adjective archaic
Of or resembling silver: the argentine domes of our main course arrived...
- Visible even from a distance, its argentine spires punctured the horizon with needles of light, whilst its great walls reflected the rays of the rising sun.
noun
A small marine fish with a silvery sheen.
- Family Argentinidae: two genera and several species, in particular Argentina silus of the North Atlantic.
- The Atlantic argentine (Argentina silus) is found from the Arctic waters of Davis Strait south to Labrador, as well as in other areas of the North Atlantic.
- They are small fishes, growing up to 25 cm long, excepting the Greater argentine, Argentina silus, which reaches 70 cm.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Old French argentin, argentine, from argent 'silver', from Latin argentum.
Argentine2
/ˈɑːdʒ(ə)ntʌɪn/adjective
Relating to Argentina or its people.He cleverly weaves several themes from the opera together with elements of Argentine folk music....
- The painter Cabrera was the first to depict Argentine historical subjects.
- Uruguay might also import Argentine grain to fatten steers.
noun
1A native or inhabitant of Argentina, or a person of Argentine descent.
2 (the Argentine) another name for Argentina.He was born near Buenos Aires, the son of poor American parents of English descent who had moved to the Argentine to farm....
- He heads back to the Argentine to complete work on a dam.
- No one speaks of going to live in the Argentine.