argentan
French, noun/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/
argentan is spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-A-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 52,567th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argentan is a French masculine noun meaning “nickel silver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alliage de nickel et de cuivre ou de zinc, dit à tort argenton”.
What does argentan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenickel silver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alliage de nickel et de cuivre ou de zinc, dit à tort argenton.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of argentan
- argentans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argentan?
- /aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃/
- \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is argentan in French?
argentan appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).