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6-letter words (2 found)

ARGENT,GARNET,

5-letter words (14 found)

AGENT,ANGER,ANTRE,EARNT,GATER,GRANT,GRATE,GREAT,RANGE,REGNA,RENGA,RETAG,TARGE,TERGA,

4-letter words (40 found)

AGEN,AGER,ANTE,AREG,ARET,EARN,ETNA,GAEN,GANE,GANT,GARE,GART,GATE,GEAN,GEAR,GEAT,GENA,GENT,GERT,GETA,GNAR,GNAT,GRAN,GRAT,GREN,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RAGE,RANG,RANT,RATE,REAN,RENT,TANE,TANG,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TERN,

3-letter words (39 found)

AGE,ANE,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,EAN,EAR,EAT,ENG,ERA,ERG,ERN,ETA,GAE,GAN,GAR,GAT,GEN,GER,GET,NAE,NAG,NAT,NEG,NET,RAG,RAN,RAT,REG,REN,RET,TAE,TAG,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEG,TEN,

2-letter words (14 found)

AE,AG,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of argent

argent

Alternative forms

  • arg., a. (heraldry)

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
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dʒənt

Noun

argent (countable and uncountable, plural argents)

  1. (archaic) The metal silver.
  2. (heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
  3. (obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
  4. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

Translations

Adjective

argent (not comparable)

  1. Of silver or silver-coloured.
  2. (heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.

Synonyms

  • blanc, silver

Translations

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Ag (chemical symbol for silver)

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Quotations

  • 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
  • 1967, Argent I craft you as the star / Of flower-shut evening — John Berryman, Berryman's Sonnets

Anagrams

  • Garnet, Gretna, Tanger, garnet, gerant

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin argentum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ərˈʒen]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ərˈʒent]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [aɾˈd͡ʒent]
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gent

Noun

argent m (uncountable)

  1. silver
    Synonym: plata
  2. (heraldry) argent
  3. (figurative) money, cash
    Synonyms: calé, diner

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

  1. silver

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

  • IPA(key): /aʁ.ʒɑ̃/
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gent

Noun

argent m (plural argents)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: ajan
  • Louisiana Creole: larjên

References


Further reading

  • “argent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • “argent” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
  • “argent” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Anagrams

  • ganter
  • garent
  • gérant
  • grenat
  • ragent
  • régnât
  • Tanger

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French argent.

Noun

argent m (plural argens or argentz)

  1. silver (metal)
  2. silver (color)

Descendants

  • French: argent
    • Haitian Creole: ajan
    • Louisiana Creole: larjên

Norman

Alternative forms

  • ergent (continental Normandy)
  • ardjã (Sark)

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)

  1. silver
  2. (Jersey) snow-in-summer

Derived terms

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

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan argent, from Latin argentum.

Pronunciation

  • (Lengadocian) IPA(key): [aɾˈd͡ʒen]
  • (Lemosin) IPA(key): [aʁˈd͡zɛ̃ⁿ]

Noun

argent m (plural argents)

  1. silver

Old French

Alternative forms

  • arjant

Etymology

From Latin argentum.

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)

  1. silver (metal)
  2. silver (color)

Descendants

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

References


Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • argen

Etymology

From Latin argentum.

Noun

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

  1. silver

Descendants

  • Occitan: argent
  • → Old Spanish: argent

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

  • IPA(key): /aɾˈʒent/

Noun

argent m (usually uncountable)

  1. silver
    Synonym: plata f

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