Definition of argent Argent

/ɑˈɹʤɪnt/ - [arjint] - ar•gent

We found 13 definitions of argent from 6 different sources.

What does argent mean?

Noun Plural: argents
argent - a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance
		tincture (pharmacology) a medicine consisting of an extract in an alcohol solution
Adjective argent, argenter, argentest
argent - of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"
		silver, silvery, silverish
		achromatic, neutral having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

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argent (n.)
Silver, or money.
argent (n.)
Whiteness; anything that is white.
argent (n.)
The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface.
argent (a.)
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining.

argent
ärj′ent, adj. and n. silver, or like silver, silvery-white: (her.) the silver or white colour in armorial bearings: (poet.) esp. in compounds like argent-clear, argent-lidded.—adjs. Argent′al; Argentif′erous, bearing or containing silver; Ar′gentine, relating to or like silver: sounding like silver.—n. (nat. hist.) white metal coated with silver: a genus of small bony fishes with silvery sides, fished for the nacre which they contain. [Fr.—L. argentum, silver.]

argent
This word means silver in French, and is always used in heraldry to designate that metal. In engraving English shields the part designated as argent is left white.