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Webster 1828 Edition


Argentina

ARGENTI'NA

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Argentina

Argentina

See also: argentina, Argentína, and Argentīna

Translingual

Argentina (fish)
Argentina (plant)

Etymology

Latin, feminine singular of argentinus (silvery)

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Argentinidae herring smelts.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae silverweeds and, possibly, some typical cinquefoils.

Usage notes

  • The plant genus Argentina is in flux. It is likely an immediate sister to Potentilla, in which it had been included.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms

Argentina sphyraena



English

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. A country in South America, called officially The Argentine Republic. Capital: Buenos Aires.

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Catalan

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

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Czech

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

Danish

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Estonian

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Italian

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

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Latin

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive Argentinae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Argentina

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Argentina
genitive Argentinae
dative Argentinae
accusative Argentinam
ablative Argentinā
vocative Argentina

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country of South America)

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin argentum (silver) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑr.dʒenˈti.na/

Proper noun

Argentina f (genitive and dative Argentinei)

  1. Argentina

Related terms

  • argentinian
  • argentiniană

Scottish Gaelic

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arɡentǐːna/
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧gen‧ti‧na

Proper noun

Argentína f (Cyrillic spelling Аргенти́на)

  1. (uncountable) Argentina

Declension


Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a̠ɾ.xenˈti.na̠]

Etymology

From Latin argentum (silver) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus, in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river"), since first European explorers, looking for gold, silver, watchnig it from the sea, it looked shining like silver because of the sunlight reflex.

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

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Swedish

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Turkmen

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Uzbek

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

argentina

argentina

See also: Argentina, Argentína, and Argentīna

Catalan

Noun

argentina

  1. feminine singular of argentí

Italian

Adjective

argentina f sg

  1. feminine singular of argentino

Noun

argentina f (plural argentine, masculine argentino)

  1. Argentinian (female)

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Latin

Adjective

argentina

  1. nominative feminine singular of argentinus
  2. nominative neuter plural of argentinus
  3. accusative neuter plural of argentinus
  4. vocative feminine singular of argentinus
  5. vocative neuter plural of argentinus

argentinā

  1. ablative feminine singular of argentinus

Portuguese

Noun

argentina f (plural argentinas)

  1. argentine (fish of the genus Argentina)
  2. feminine equivalent of argentino

Adjective

argentina f sg

  1. Feminine singular of adjective argentino.

Spanish

Adjective

argentina f sg

  1. feminine singular of argentino

Noun

argentina f (plural argentinas, masculine argentino)

  1. feminine equivalent of argentino