different between argentine vs argentic

English

Etymology

From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /???(?).d??n?ti?n/, /???(?).d??n?ta?n/

Adjective

argentine (comparative more argentine, superlative most argentine)

1. Containing or resembling silver.

   Synonym: silvern

Noun

argentine (plural argentines)

1. Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially the European argentine, Argentina sphyraena.
2. (mineralogy) 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.

Synonyms

• herring smelt

Derived terms

• greater argentine

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Tangerine, antigreen, intragene, tangerine

French

Adjective

argentine

1. feminine singular of argentin

Derived terms

Anagrams

• gainèrent, régnaient

Italian

Adjective

argentine

1. feminine plural of argentino

Noun

argentine f

1. plural of argentina

Anagrams

• rinnegate, tangerine

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.?en?ti?.ne/, [är??n??t?i?n?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.d??en?ti.ne/, [?rd???n??t?i?n?]

Adjective

argent?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of argent?nus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?xen?tine/, [a?.x?n??t?i.ne]

Noun

argentine m or f (plural argentines, feminine argentina, feminine plural argentinas, masculine argentino, masculine plural argentinos)

1. (gender-neutral, neologism) Argentinian (person)

English

Adjective

argentic (not comparable)

1. Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
2. (chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.

Synonyms

• (of, pertaining to or containing silver): argentous, silvery

Derived terms

• argentic chloride

Translations

See also

• argentous

Anagrams

• catering, citrange, creating, creäting, reacting, reäcting