argentine
Plural: argentines
Noun
- any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
- Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially a European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
- A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
- White metal coated with silver.
Adjective
- of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people
Adj
- Containing or resembling silver.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.
Synonyms
Argentinian, herring smelt, silvern
Scrabble Score: 10
argentine: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordargentine: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
argentine: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
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