Argentinian

PluralArgentinians

1. 1
   adjective

   Relating to Argentina, its people, or its culture.

   The museum featured several Argentinian artists from the early twentieth century.

   Her grandmother kept many Argentinian traditions alive at home.

   SimilarArgentine

   Note

   As an adjective it classifies rather than grades: a thing is Argentinian or it is not, so it is not normally compared with more or most. It usually stands before the noun it sorts, as in Argentinian artists or the island's original Argentinian inhabitants. It shares its spelling and formation with the noun for a person, and context alone tells the two apart.

2. 2
   nouncountable

   A person from Argentina, or one who has Argentine ancestry.

   As an Argentinian, he grew up speaking Spanish at home.

   The conference brought together Argentinians from several provinces.

   SimilarArgentine

   Note

   Built the plain way English makes such words: the country's name, Argentin(a), with -ian added, as in Italian or Canadian. It sits beside the shorter Argentine, which does the same work, so someone of Argentine descent is still an Argentinian. The plural is regular, Argentinians, as in Luke Harding and Uki Goni's 2013 report in The Guardian on the Malvinas dispute.

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