Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine) silver
- (masculine) money, cash
- (masculine) argent (white in heraldry)
Concepts
hard currency
means of payment
ash gray
day-to-day credit
silver coin
silver grey
smooth-spoken
silver gray
silver paint
gravelstone
Synonyms
médaille d’argent
Ag
argent comptant
argent liquide
mémoire cache
monnaie métallique
pièce d’argent
peinture d’argent
pépètes
grès grossier à grains anguleux
gravaille
rochaille
cenne|cennes
sable gros
piastre|piastres
grès à gros grains
bidou|bidous
sable|sables
ga
ag
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/aʁ.ʒɑ̃/
Etymology
In summary
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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