argent

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argent

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Alternative forms

arg., a. (heraldry)

Etymology

From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdʒənt/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹd͡ʒənt/
Hyphenation: ar‧gent
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒənt

Noun

argent (countable and uncountable, plural argents)

(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
argent:
- 1909, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, A Complete Guide to Heraldry:
  The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent".
(archaic or poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
  The polish'd argent of her breast.
A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

Translations

silver or metal tincture

Afrikaans: silwer (af)
Albanian: argjent
Arabic: فِضَّة f (fiḍḍa)
Armenian: արծաթ (hy) (arcatʻ)
Basque: zilarra
Belarusian: серабро (be) n (sjerabró)
Breton: arc'hant (br) m
Bulgarian: сребро (bg) n (srebro)
Catalan: plata (ca) f, argent (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 銀 / 银 (zh) (yín)
Cornish: arhans
Czech: stříbro (cs)
Danish: sølv (da)
Dutch: zilver (nl) n
Esperanto: arĝento (eo)
Estonian: hõbe (et)
Faroese: silvur
Finnish: hopea (fi)
French: argent (fr) m
Friulian: arint
Galician: prata (gl)
Georgian: ვერცხლი (ka) (vercxli)
German: Silber (de) n
Greek: ασημί (el) n (asimí), ασημένιο n (asiménio), αργυρό (el) n (argyró)
Guaraní: itatĩ
Hebrew: כֶּסֶף (he) (késef)
Hindi: चांदी (hi) f (cāndī)
Hungarian: ezüst (hu)
Icelandic: silfur (is)
Indonesian: perak (id)
Interlingua: argento
Irish: airgead (ga)
Italian: argento (it) m
Japanese: 銀 (ja) (gin)
Kazakh: күміс (kk) (kümıs)
Latin: argentum (la)
Latvian: sudrabs (lv)
Lithuanian: sidabras (lt)
Luxembourgish: sëlwer
Macedonian: сребро (mk) n (srebro)
Malay: argentum, perak (ms)
Maltese: fidda
Manx: argid m
Mongolian: мөнгө (mn) (möngö)
Norwegian: sølv (no)
Occitan: argent (oc) m
Old Occitan: argent m
Polish: srebro (pl) n
Portuguese: prata (pt) f
Romanian: argint (ro) n
Russian: серебро́ (ru) n (serebró), арге́нтум m (argéntum)
Scottish Gaelic: airgead
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сребро n

Roman: srebro (sh) n
Slovak: striebro (sk) n
Slovene: srebro (sl)
Spanish: plata (es) f
Swedish: silver (sv) n
Tagalog: pilak
Tajik: нуқра (tg) (nuqra)
Thai: เงิน (th) (ngən)
Tupinambá: itatinga
Turkish: gümüş (tr)
Ukrainian: срібло (uk) n (sriblo)
Urdu: چاندی f (cāndī)
Uzbek: kumush (uz), кумуш (kumush)
Vietnamese: bạc (vi)
Welsh: arian (cy)
West Frisian: sulver (fy)
Zazaki: noqre

Adjective

argent (not comparable)

Of silver or silver-coloured.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], epistle I, London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC, page 5, lines 49–50:
  Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are leſs than Jove?
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
- 1889, Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry:
  ... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain.

Synonyms

blanc, silver

Translations

of silver or silver coloured

Esperanto: arĝenta
Finnish: hopeinen (fi)
Greek: ασημής (el) (asimís), ασημένιος (el) (asiménios), αργυρός (el) (argyrós) (formally)
Macedonian: сребрен (srebren)
Malay: perak (ms), argentum
Portuguese: prata (pt), prateado (pt), argento (pt), argênteo (pt)
Romanian: argintiu (ro)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сребрна f, сребрнаста f

Roman: srebrna f, srebrnasta f
Spanish: argénteo (es)

of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms

Czech: stříbrný (cs)
Dutch: zilver (nl)
Finnish: hopeinen (fi), hopeanvärinen (fi)
French: argent (fr)
German: silbern (de)
Hungarian: ezüst (hu)
Italian: argento (it)
Latin: argentius, argenteus (la)
Macedonian: сребрен (srebren)
Polish: srebrny (pl)
Portuguese: branco (pt), prata (pt)
Romanian: argintiu (ro)
Russian: серебри́стый (ru) (serebrístyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сребрна f

Roman: srebrna f
Slovak: strieborná
Spanish: plata (es) (blanco (es))
Swedish: silver (sv)
Welsh: gwynn (cy)

Derived terms

Related terms

Ag (chemical symbol for silver)

Quotations

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1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
Those argent Fields more likely habitants, / Translated Saints, or middle Spirits hold / Betwixt th' Angelical and Human kinde
1818, John Keats, “(please specify the page)”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
she did soar / So passionately bright, my dazzled soul / Commingling with her argent spheres did roll / Through clear and cloudy
1818, John Keats, “(please specify the page)”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
Pardon me, airy planet, that I prize / One thought beyond thine argent luxuries!
1818, Two wings this orb / Possess'd for glory, two fair argent wings — John Keats, Hyperion
1819, At length burst in the argent revelry, / With plume, tiara, and all rich array, / Numerous as shadows haunting fairily / The brain — John Keats, The Eve of St Agnes
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
"A castle argent is certainly my crest," said he blandly.
1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
Like John o'Gaunt his name is dear to him, as dear as the coat and crest he toadied for, on a bend sable a spear or steeled argent, honorificabilitudinitatibus, dearer than his glory of greatest shakescene in the country.
1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
Keep our flag flying! An eagle gules volant in a field argent displayed.
1967, Argent I craft you as the star / Of flower-shut evening — John Berryman, Berryman's Sonnets

Anagrams

Tanger, Garnet, garnet, Granet, Gretna, gerant, Gernat

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Etymology

Inherited from Latin argentum n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ərˈʒen]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ərˈʒent]

IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aɾˈd͡ʒent]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Hyphenation: ar‧gent

Noun

argent m (uncountable)

silver
Synonym: plata
(heraldry) argent
(figurative) money, cash
Synonyms: calé, diner

Derived terms

argentar
argenter
argentí
argèntic
argentós

Etymology

Inherited from Latin argentum n.

Noun

argent m (ORB, broad)

References

argent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
argent in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French Wikipedia has an article on:

argent

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle French argent m, from Old French argent m, from Latin argentum n (according to the TLFi etymological dictionary, a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom n, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm n, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʒɑ̃/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ar‧gent

Noun

argent m (plural argents)

silver
money, cash
Synonyms: oseille, fric, thune, pognon, liquide, blé, peso, rond, pèze, sous, flouze, bifton, biff, mitraille
(heraldry) argent (white in heraldry)

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Descendants

Haitian Creole: ajan
Louisiana Creole: larjên

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Etymology

From Old French argent m.

Noun

argent m (plural argens or argentz)

silver (metal)
silver (color)

Descendants

French: argent m
- Haitian Creole: ajan
- Louisiana Creole: larjên

Alternative forms

ergent (continental Normandy)
ardjã (Sark)

Etymology

From Old French argent m, from Latin argentum n (possibly a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).

Noun

argent m (uncountable)

silver
(Jersey) snow-in-summer

Derived terms

argent comptant (“cash”)
argentchi (“silversmith”)
vif-argent (“mercury, quicksilver”)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Occitan argent m, from Latin argentum n.

Compare cognates Catalan argent m, French argent m, and Piedmontese argent m.

Pronunciation

(Languedoc) IPA^(key): [aɾˈd͡ʒen]
(Limousin) IPA^(key): [aʁˈd͡zɛ̃ⁿ]
Audio: (file)
Audio (Languedoc): (file)

Noun

argent m (plural argents)

silver

Alternative forms

arjant

Etymology

From Latin argentum n.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (early) /aɾˈd͡ʒent/
IPA^(key): (late) /aɾˈʒant/

Noun

argent oblique singular, m (oblique plural argenz or argentz, nominative singular argenz or argentz, nominative plural argent)

silver (metal)
silver (colour)

Descendants

Middle French: argent m
- French: argent m
  - Haitian Creole: ajan
  - Louisiana Creole: larjên
Norman: argent, ergent, ardjã m
Walloon: ardjint
→ Middle English: argent
- English: argent

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Alternative forms

argen

Etymology

Inherited from Latin argentum.

Noun

argent m (oblique plural argents, nominative singular argents, nominative plural argent)

silver

Descendants

Occitan: argent
→ Old Spanish: argent

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “argentum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 192

Etymology

From Old Occitan argent, from Latin argentum n, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾˈʒent/

Noun

argent m (usually uncountable)

silver
Synonym: plata f
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 55v:
  cuemos torno putána la cibdad fidel plena de iudicios : iuſticia manie enella e agora homicidio. To argent es tónado eſcoria to uino es buelto en agua.
  How the faithful city full of righteousness has become a harlot! Justice dwelt within her, but now murder. Your silver has become dross and your wine has turned into water.

Etymology

Ultimately inherited from Latin argentum n.

Compare cognates Occitan argent m, Catalan argent m, Friulian arint m, Lombard arsgent, Italian argento m, and French argent m.

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