Argentina

Translingual

Argentina sphyraena

[[File:Silverweed leaf 800.jpg|thumb|{{taxlink|Argentina anserina|species|ver=180516|Argentina anserina]]

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

References

English

Etymology

From Latin argentum (“silver”) + the feminine of the adjectival suffix -īnus; in reference to the Río de la Plata ("silver river").

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.dʒənˈtiː.nə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑɹ.dʒənˈti.nə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. A country in South America, called officially The Argentine Republic.

Coordinate terms

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

Further reading

  • Argentina in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • Argentina in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Estonian

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Italian

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.ɡenˈtiː.na/, [ar.ɡɛnˈtiː.na]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.d͡ʒenˈti.na/, [ar.d͡ʒenˈtiː.na]

Proper noun

Argentīna f (genitive Argentīnae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) Argentina

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
nominative Argentīna
genitive Argentīnae
dative Argentīnae
accusative Argentīnam
ablative Argentīnā
vocative Argentīna

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑɾɡəntɪːnɑ/

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Portuguese

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina (a country in 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
  • 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

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, watching it from the sea, it looked shining like silver because of the sunlight reflex.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /arxenˈtina/, [arxẽn̪ˈt̪ina]
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Argentina f

  1. Argentina

Swahili

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Swedish

Proper noun

Argentina n (genitive Argentinas)

  1. Argentina

Turkmen

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina

Uzbek

Proper noun

Argentina

  1. Argentina
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