different between argentate vs argentite

English

Etymology

Latin argentatus (“silvery”).

Adjective

argentate (comparative more argentate, superlative most argentate)

1. (botany, dated, rare) silvery white

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Verb

argentate (third-person singular simple present argentates, present participle argentating, simple past and past participle argentated)

1. To treat with a silver salt

Derived terms

• argentation

Anagrams

• gnateater

Italian

Verb

argentate

1. second-person plural present indicative of argentare
2. second-person plural imperative of argentare

Adjective

argentate

1. feminine plural of argentato

Anagrams

• antergate, regatante

Latin

Adjective

argent?te

1. vocative masculine singular of argent?tus

English

Noun

argentite (countable and uncountable, plural argentites)

1. (mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.

Translations

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Argentite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “argentite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Anagrams

• ganterite, integrate

French

Etymology

argent +? -ite

Noun

argentite f (plural argentites)

1. (mineralogy) argentite

Italian

Noun

argentite f (plural argentiti)

1. (mineralogy) argentite