argentum

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin argentum (silver).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ar.ˈɡɛn.tʊm/
  • Rhymes: -tʊm, -ʊm, -m
  • Hyphenation: ar‧gen‧tum

Noun

argentum (plural argentum-argentum, first-person possessive argentumku, second-person possessive argentummu, third-person possessive argentumnya)

  1. silver
    Synonym: perak

Further reading

Latin

Chemical element
Ag
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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *argentom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

argentum n (genitive argentī); second declension

  1. (uncountable) silver (metal, element)
    • Tacitus Germania, chapter 5 (translation M. Hutton).
      Argentum et aurum propitiine an irati di negaverint dubito.
      The gods have denied them gold and silver, whether in mercy or wrath I find it hard to say.
  2. (by extension) a silver thing

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative argentum argenta
Genitive argentī argentōrum
Dative argentō argentīs
Accusative argentum argenta
Ablative argentō argentīs
Vocative argentum argenta

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Megleno-Romanian: arzint, răzint
    • Romanian: argint
    • Albanian: argjend (see there for further descendants)
  • Dalmatian:
  • Italo-Romance:
  • North Italian:
  • Gallo-Romance:
    • Old French: argent (see there for further descendants)
  • Occitano-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
    • Aragonese: archent
    • Old Galician-Portuguese: arento
    • Old Spanish: ariento
  • Insular Romance:
  • Borrowings:

See also

References

  • argentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • argentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • argentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • coined money; bullion: aes (argentum) signatum
    • silver plate: argentum (factum) (Verr. 5. 25. 63)
  • argentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • argentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Malay

Chemical element
Ag
Previous: paladium (Pd)
Next: kadmium (Cd)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin argentum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂r̥ǵn̥tóm, n-stem form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [a(r)ɡɛntom], [a(r)ɡɛntəm], [a(r)d͡ʒɛntəm]
  • Rhymes: -tom, -om

Noun

argentum (Jawi spelling ارݢينتوم)

  1. silver (metal)

Usage notes

  • Usually used in scientific contexts compared to perak.

Synonyms

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