argent

«argent» in Mova's school dictionary: The colour silver or white on a coat of arms or shield — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (argent — uncountable); adjective (argent)

meaning for a pupil

1) (heraldry) The colour silver or white on a coat of arms or shield. tree →

2) (old-fashioned, poetic) Silver, or silvery in colour: «the argent moon». tree →

3) (French) «Argent» in French means «silver» and also «money»; it is pronounced differently («ar-ZHAHN»). tree →

sense in the lessons

You meet «argent» in history lessons about knights and coats of arms, where colours have special names (gules = red, azure = blue, or = gold, argent = silver). In chemistry, silver's symbol Ag comes from Latin «argentum». Argentina's name also comes from this word.

examples

• The knight's shield was argent with a red cross. tree →
• In heraldry, argent means silver. tree →
• The poet wrote of the argent light of the stars. tree →
• Silver's symbol is Ag, from Latin argentum. tree →
• Argentina was named after the Latin word for silver. tree →
• In French, «argent» also means money. tree →

note

In English say «AR-jent». In French it means both «silver» and «money» — a false friend: in English it never means money. Mostly found in heraldry and poems.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «argent» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.