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ar⋅gent

  [ahr-juhnt]
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–noun
1. Heraldry. the tincture or metal silver.
2. Archaic.
a. silver.
b. something silvery or white.
3. Obsolete. money.
–adjective
4. like silver; silvery white.
5. Heraldry. of the tincture or metal silver: a lion argent.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME argentum < L: silver, money

argent-

 
var. of argento-, esp. before a vowel.
Also, argenti-.

argento-

 
a combining form meaning “silver,” used in the formation of compound words: argento-cuprous sulfide.
Also, argenti-; especially before a vowel, argent-.

Origin:
< L argent(um) + -o-
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ar·gent   (är'jənt)   
n.  
  1. Heraldry The metal silver, represented by the color white.
  2. Archaic Silver or something resembling it.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin argentum, silver; see arg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Argent

Ar"gent\, n. [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue.]

1. Silver, or money. [Archaic]

2. (Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white.

The polished argent of her breast. --Tennyson.

3. (Her.) The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. --Weale.

Argent

Ar"gent\, a. Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

Yonder argent fields above. --Pope.
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Language Translation for : argent
Spanish: dinero,
German: das Geld,
Japanese: 金銭
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argent 
c.1485, "quicksilver," from M.Fr. argent, from O.Fr., from L. argentum "silver, white money," from PIE *arg-ent- (cf. Avestan erezata-, O.Pers. ardata-, Armenian arcat, O.Ir. argat, Breton arc'hant "silver"), from base *arg- "to shine, white," thus "the shining or white metal, silver" (cf. Gk. argos "white," arguron "silver;" Skt. arjuna- "white, shining," rajata- "silver," Hittite harki- "white").
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