argenter
French, verb/aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
argenter is spelled A-R-G-E-N-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 93 million words in written French, the 301,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Argenter is a French verb meaning “to silverplate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Revêtir d’une couche d’argent”.
What does argenter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to silverplate
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Revêtir d’une couche d’argent. 2. Rendre brillant comme l’argent. 3. Prendre la couleur de l'argent.
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 argenter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- argentant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- argenté participle past
- argente first-person indicative present
- argentes indicative present second-person
- argentons first-person indicative plural
- argentez indicative plural present
- argentent indicative plural present
- argentais first-person imperfect indicative
- argentait imperfect indicative singular
- argentions first-person imperfect indicative
- argentiez imperfect indicative plural
- argentaient imperfect indicative plural
- argentai first-person historic indicative
- argentas historic indicative past
- argenta historic indicative past
- argentâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce argenter?
- /aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te/
- \aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te\
- [aʁ.ʒɑ̃.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is argenter in French?
argenter appears about once in every 93 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).