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From Old English gold, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ-. Cognate with Dutch goud, German Gold, Swedish guld.
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gold (countable and uncountable; plural golds)
- (chemistry, uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
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- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- France has won three golds and five silvers.
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
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terms derived from the noun gold
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- Lao: ຄຳ lo(lo) (ka:m3)
- Latin: aurum la(la) n.
- Latvian: zelts lv(lv)
- Limburgish: goud li(li)
- Lingala: wólo ln(ln)
- Lithuanian: auksas lt(lt)
- Lojban: solji jbo(jbo)
- Low Saxon: gold nds(nds)
- Luxembourgish: Gold lb(lb) n.
- Macedonian: злато mk(mk) (zláto) n.
- Malay: aurum ms(ms), emas ms(ms)
- Malayalam: സ്വര്ണ്ണം ml(ml), സ്വര്ണം ml(ml) (svarNam)
- Maltese: deheb mt(mt) m. and f.
- Manx: airh gv(gv)
- Maori: koura mi(mi)
- Marathi: सोन mr(mr) (sona)
- Mongolian: алт mn(mn) (alt), алтан mn(mn) (altan)
- Nahuatl: cōztic teōcuitlatl nah(nah)
- Narom: or
- Navajo: oolá
- Norwegian: gull no(no)
- Nynorsk: gull nn(nn)
- Novial: ore
- Occitan: aur oc(oc)
- Old English: gold ang(ang) n.
- Ossetian: сыгъзæрин (syg"zærin)
- Persian: طلا fa(fa) (talâ), زر fa(fa) (zar)
- Polish: złoto pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: ouro pt(pt) m.
- Punjabi: ਸੋਨਾ pa(pa) (sōnā)
- Quechua: quri qu(qu)
- Romanian: aur ro(ro) n.
- Russian: золото ru(ru) (zóloto) n., аурум ru(ru) (áurum) m.
- Samogitian: auksos
- Sanskrit: सुवर्णम् sa(sa)
- Santali: ᱥᱳᱱᱚ (sona)
- Scots: gowd, goold
- Scottish Gaelic: òr gd(gd)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: злато sr(sr) n.
- Roman: zlato sr(sr) n.
- Sicilian: oru scn(scn)
- Slovak: zlato sk(sk) n.
- Slovene: zlato sl(sl) n.
- Southern Zazaki: zern
- Spanish: oro es(es) m.
- Swahili: dhahabu sw(sw)
- Swedish: guld sv(sv)
- Tagalog: ginto tl(tl)
- Tajik: зар tg(tg)
- Tamil: தங்கம் ta(ta), பொன் ta(ta) (pon)
- Taos: ùru’úna
- Telugu: బంగారం te(te) (bangaaram), కనకం te(te) (kanakam), స్వర్ణం te(te) (swarnam)
- Thai: ทองคำ th(th) (tongkam)
- Tupinambá: itaîuba
- Turkish: altın tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: золото uk(uk) (zóloto) n.
- Urdu: سونا ur(ur) (sonā), زر ur(ur) (zar)
- Uzbek: олтин uz(uz) (oltin)
- Venetian: oro
- Vietnamese: vàng vi(vi)
- Welsh: aur cy(cy) m.
- West Frisian: goud fy(fy)
- Yiddish: גאלד yi(yi)
- Yup'ik: suulutaaq
- Zhuang: gim za(za)
- Zulu: igolide zu(zu)
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anything or anyone considered to be very valuable
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gold (not comparable)
- Made of gold.
- Having the colour of gold.
- (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
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- (having the colour of gold): golden
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made of gold
- Afrikaans: goud af(af)
- Catalan: daurat ca(ca)
- Czech: zlatý cs(cs) m.
- Danish: guld- da(da)
- Dutch: gouden nl(nl)
- Finnish: kultainen fi(fi)
- French: d’or fr(fr) m. and f., doré fr(fr) m., dorée fr(fr) f.
- German: golden de(de), gülden de(de)
- Greek: χρυσός el(el) (xrisós) m., χρυσαφής el(el) (xrisafís) m., χρυσαφένιος el(el) (xrisafénios) m.
- Hungarian: arany hu(hu)
- Interlingua: de auro ia(ia), auree ia(ia), aurate ia(ia)
- Italian: di oro it(it), d'oro it(it) m. and f., aureo it(it) m., aurea it(it) f., dorato it(it)
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having the colour of gold
- Afrikaans: goud, goudkleurig, goudgeel
- Czech: zlatý cs(cs) m.
- Danish: gylden da(da)
- Dutch: goudkleurig
- Esperanto: orkolora
- Finnish: kullanvärinen, kultainen
- French: doré fr(fr) m., dorée fr(fr) f.
- German: golden de(de), gülden de(de) (archaic), goldfarben de(de)
- Greek: χρυσός (xrisós) m., χρυσαφής (xrisafís) m., χρυσαφένιος (xrisafénios) m.
- Hungarian: arany hu(hu)
- Interlingua: auree, aurate
- Italian: dorato it(it) m., dorata it(it) f., aureo it(it) m.
- Japanese: 黄金色 ja(ja) (こがねいろ, koganeiro)
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- Polish: złoty m., złocisty m.
- Portuguese: dourado pt(pt) m., dourada pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: auriu m., aurie f., aurii m. and f. pl.
- Russian: золотой ru(ru) (zolotój)
- Scots: gowd, goold
- Scottish Gaelic: òir gd(gd)
- Serbian: zlatonosan
- Slovene: zlat m., zlata f., zlato n.
- Spanish: dorado (m), dorada (f)
- Swedish: gyllene, guldfärgad
- Telugu: స్వర్ణ (swarna)
- Vietnamese: (màu) vàng, vàng kim loại (to distinguish from yellow)
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For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/au.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)
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gold
- barren
- sterile
- dry
- en gold ko — a dry cow
gold
- Plural past tense of gelden.
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[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gulþa, from Proto-Indo-European *ghltom. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (Dutch goud, German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато, Russian золото), Proto-Baltic *želt- (Lithuanian žel̃tas, Latvian želts).
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gold n.
- gold, riches, treasure
- Abram wæs swiðe welig on golde. Abram was very rich in gold. (Genesis)
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