argentine

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any of various small silver-scaled salmon-like marine fishes
  2. adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Argentina or its people

Etymology

From Middle English argentyne, borrowed from Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”), equivalent to argent + -ine.

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