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argent

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English

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

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argent (countable and uncountable, plural argents)

  1. (archaic) The metal silver.
  2. (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".
  3. (archaic or poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
  4. A moth of the genus Argyresthia.

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argent (not comparable)

  1. Of silver or silver-coloured.
  2. (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.

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  • Ag (chemical symbol for silver)

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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

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Chemical element
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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin argentum n.

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Noun

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argent m (uncountable)

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

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Franco-Provençal

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Inherited from Latin argentum n.

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argent m (ORB, broad)

  1. silver
  2. money
  3. fortune, riches

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

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Etymology

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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”).

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

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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)

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  • Haitian Creole: ajan
  • Louisiana Creole: larjên

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French argent m.

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argent m (plural argens or argentz)

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

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Norman

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Etymology

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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”).

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argent m (uncountable)

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

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Occitan

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

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

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argent m (plural argents)

  1. silver

Old French

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From Latin argentum n.

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

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

  1. silver (metal)
  2. silver (colour)

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Old Occitan

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Inherited from Latin argentum n.

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

  1. silver

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Old Spanish

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Etymology

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

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argent m (usually uncountable)

  1. 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.

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Etymology

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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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argent

  1. silver
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