golden

English

WOTD – 19 February 2010    

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Alternative forms

• goulden (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden (“golden”), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold +‎ -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). More at gold.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɡəʊl.dən/, X-SAMPA: /'g@Ul.d@n/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɡoʊl.dən/, X-SAMPA: /'goUl.d@n/

• Audio (US, California)

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• Rhymes: -əʊldən
• Hyphenation: gol‧den

Adjective

golden (comparative more golden, superlative most golden)

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.

   She wore a golden crown.

2. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.

   Under a golden sun.

3. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

   The Renaissance was a golden era.

   the Golden Horseshoe

4. Advantageous or very favourable.

   This is a golden opportunity

5. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

   It's not long until our golden wedding.

Derived terms

Terms derived from golden (adjective)

golden age golden-ager golden Alexanders golden anniversary golden aster golden balls golden boot golden boy golden brown golden calf golden chain golden club Golden Delicious golden eagle goldeneye Golden Fleece Golden Gate Bridge golden girl golden glow golden goose

golden hamster golden handcuffs golden handshake golden hello Golden Horde Golden Horn Golden Horseshoe golden jubilee golden lion tamarin golden mean golden nematode golden number golden oldie golden opinions golden opportunity golden oriole golden parachute golden perch golden pheasant golden plover

golden rectangle golden retriever golden rice golden robin goldenrod golden rule goldenseal golden section golden share golden shiner golden shower golden staph Golden State golden syrup golden ticket golden triangle golden wattle golden wedding, golden wedding anniversary golden years silence is golden

Translations

made of, or relating to, gold

• Armenian: ոսկե (hy) (oske)
• Catalan: d'or (ca) m, daurat (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金的 (cmn) (jīn de), 黃金的 (cmn), 黄金的 (cmn) (huángjīn de)

• Finnish: kultainen (fi)
• French: d'or (fr), en or (fr)
• German: golden (de)
• Greek: χρυσός (el) (chrysós) m

• Italian: d'oro (it)
• Japanese: 黄金の (ja) (おうごんの, ōgon-no)
• Latin: aureus (la)
• Persian: طلایی (fa) (talâyi), زرین (fa) (zarrin)
• Polish: złoty (pl) m
• Portuguese: de ouro (pt), dourado (pt)
• Russian: золотой (ru) (zolotój) m
• Spanish: de oro (es) (made of gold), dorado (es)
• Telugu: బంగారు (te)

having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold

• Catalan: , daurada (ca) f, daurat (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 金色的 (cmn) (jīnsè de)

• Esperanto: ora (eo)
• Finnish: kultainen (fi)
• French: doré (fr)
• German: golden (de)
• Greek: χρυσός (el) (chrysós) m, χρυσαφένιος (el) (chrysafénios) m

• Hebrew: זהוב (he) (zahóv)
• Italian: dorato (it)
• Latin: inauratus (la), aurosus (la)
• Occitan: daurat (oc)
• Persian: طلایی (fa) (talâyi)
• Polish: złoty (pl) m, złocisty (pl) m
• Portuguese: dourado (pt)
• Russian: золотой (ru) (zolotój), золотистый (ru) (zolotístyj)
• Spanish: dorado (es)

marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.

• Finnish: kulta- (fi)
• Greek: χρυσός (el) (chrysós) m
• Italian: d'oro (it)
• Latin: aureus (la)

• Polish: złoty (pl) m
• Russian: золотой (ru) (zolotój) m
• Spanish: dorado (es), de oro (es)

advantageous or very favourable

• Finnish: tuhannen taalan (fi)
• Greek: χρυσός (el) (chrysós) m
• Italian: d'oro (it)

• Latin: aureus (la)
• Polish: wielki (pl) m

relating to a fiftieth anniversary

• Finnish: kulta- (fi)
• Italian: d'oro (it)
• Latin: aureus (la)

• Polish: złoty (pl) m
• Spanish: de oro (es)

Verb

golden (third-person singular simple present goldens, present participle goldening, simple past and past participle goldened)

1. (intransitive) To become golden (in colour).
2. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.
   • 1994, Marion H. Hedges, Iron City:

     It goldened, as nothing else goldened, the commonplace countryside.

Anagrams

• dongle
• longed

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Dutch

Verb

golden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of gelden

Anagrams

• dongel, gondel

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡɔldn̩/

• audio (Germany)

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Adjective

golden

1. golden, gold-coloured

Synonyms

• gülden

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Turkish

Noun

golden

1. ablative singular of gol