argent
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English argent, from Old French argent (“silver”), from Latin argentum (“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".
- (obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “A Dream of Fair Women”, in Poems. , volumes (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
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Adjective
argent (not comparable)
- Of silver or silver-coloured.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. , epistle I, London: Printed for J 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
Translations
of silver or silver coloured
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of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms
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Derived terms
Related terms
- Ag (chemical symbol for silver)
See also
Quotations
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], , →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: 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: 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 , volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R 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
Catalan
| Chemical element | |
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| Ag | |
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Etymology
Inherited from Latin argentum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central)
- IPA(key): (Balearic)
- IPA(key): (Valencian)
Audio (Valencian) (file) - Hyphenation: ar‧gent
Noun
argent m (uncountable)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “argent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “argent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “argent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “argent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin argentum.
Noun
argent
Further reading
- argent in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French argent, from Old French argent, from Latin argentum (according to the TLFi etymological dictionary, a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).
Pronunciation
Noun
argent m (plural argents)
Derived terms
- argent blanc
- argent de poche
- argent sale
- blanchiment d’argent
- but en argent
- en avoir pour son argent
- je n’ai pas d’argent
- jeter l’argent par les fenêtres
- la parole est d’argent, le silence est d’or
- le temps, c’est de l’argent
- l’argent ne fait pas le bonheur
- l’argent ne tombe pas du ciel
- l’argent n’a pas d’odeur
- médaille d’argent
- né avec une cuillère d’argent dans la bouche
- né avec une cuillère en argent dans la bouche
- prendre pour argent comptant
- sur un plateau d’argent
Related terms
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “argent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
- “argent” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “argent” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French argent.
Noun
argent m (plural argens or argentz)
Descendants
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French argent, from Latin argentum (possibly a borrowing), itself from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, from *h₂erǵ- (“white”).
Noun
argent m (uncountable)
Derived terms
- argent comptant (“cash”)
- argentchi (“silversmith”)
- vif-argent (“mercury, quicksilver”)
Occitan
Etymology
From Old Occitan argent, from Latin argentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
argent m (plural argents)
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
argent oblique singular, m (oblique plural argenz or argentz, nominative singular argenz or argentz, nominative plural argent)
Descendants
- Middle French: argent
- Norman: argent, ergent, ardjã
- Walloon: ardjint
- → Middle English: argent
- English: argent
References
Old Occitan
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
argent m (oblique plural argents, nominative singular argents, nominative plural argent)
Descendants
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “argentum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 192
Old Spanish
Etymology
From Old Occitan argent, from Latin argentum, from Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.
Pronunciation
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.