gold

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English[edit]

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Chemical element
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A gold nugget.

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”). Compare Dutch goud, German Gold, Swedish guld, from Pre-Germanic *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”) (compare Latvian zelts, Russian золото (zóloto), Persian زر (zar), Sanskrit ... (hīraṇyam). More at yellow.

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Noun[edit]

gold (countable and uncountable; plural golds)

  1. (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
  2. (countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
  3. (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
    gold colour:    
  4. (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
  5. (countable) A gold medal.
    France has won three golds and five silvers.
  6. (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
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Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from the noun gold
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Related terms
Translations[edit]
element
coin
colour
bullseye
gold medal
anything or anyone considered to be very valuable
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Adjective[edit]

gold (not generally comparable; )

  1. Made of gold.
  2. Having the colour of gold.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, The China Governess[1]:
      Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
  3. (of commercial services)  Premium, superior.
Synonyms[edit]
  • (having the colour of gold): golden

Verb[edit]

gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)

  1. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning
Translations[edit]
made of gold
having the colour of gold
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Etymology 2[edit]

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

Adjective[edit]

gold (not comparable)

  1. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
    • 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, HWM, page 10: 
      The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.
    • 2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, page 6:
      He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go gold and turn a new game loose on the public.
    • 2011, Jessica Mulligan and Bridgette Patrovsky quoting Damion Schubert, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 221:
      I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go gold.

Adverb[edit]

gold (not comparable)

  1. of or referring to a gold version of something

Statistics[edit]

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]

Adjective[edit]

gold (neuter goldt, definite and plural golde, comparative goldere, superlative goldest)

  1. barren, desolate
  2. sterile (unable to reproduce)
  3. dry, (of a cow) not producing milk
    En gold ko.
    A dry cow.

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Dutch[edit]

Verb[edit]

gold

  1. singular past indicative of gelden

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old English

Noun[edit]

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold (metal)

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥tom. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Dutch goud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸. The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато, Russian золото), Proto-Baltic *želt-, *želtas (Lithuanian žel̃tas, Latvian zelts).

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Noun[edit]

gold n

  1. gold, riches, treasure
    Abram wæs swiðe welig on golde. Abram was very rich in gold. (Genesis)

Declension[edit]

    Declension of gold (strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative gold gold
accusative gold gold
genitive goldes golda
dative golde goldum

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Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold

Declension[edit]

declension of gold
singular plural
nominative gold golds
genitive golda goldas
dative golde goldes
accusative goldi goldis
predicative goldu goldus
vocative o gold! o golds!

Derived terms[edit]

Terms derived from gold
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