argent

Other forms of argent

plural

argents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about argent

What does argent mean?

argent means "a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in argent?

argent has 2 syllables: ar-gent. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹdʒɪnt/.

What is another word for argent?

Close synonyms include silver, silvery, silverish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is argent a common word?

argent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.