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====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
* {{sense|having the colour of gold}} [[golden]]
* {{sense|having the colour of gold}} [[golden]]

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as [[brown|browning]]

===See also===
*[[browning]]


====Translations====
====Translations====

Revision as of 22:21, 8 February 2012

See also: gòld and Gold

English

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Chemical element
platinum
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A gold nugget.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) gold, from Template:proto. Compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) goud, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Gold, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) guld), from Pre-Germanic Template:proto, from Template:proto (compare (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian (deprecated template usage) zelts, Russian (deprecated template usage) золото (zóloto), Persian (deprecated template usage) زر (zar), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit (deprecated template usage) ... (hīraṇyam). More at yellow. 

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Pronunciation

Noun

gold (plural golds or -)

  1. Template:uncountable A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
  2. Template:countable A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
  3. Template:countable A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
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  4. Template:countable The bullseye of an archery target.
  5. Template:countable A gold medal.
    France has won three golds and five silvers.
  6. Template:figuratively Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun gold

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Related terms

Related terms

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Translations

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Adjective

gold (not generally comparable, comparative, superlative)

  1. Made of gold.
  2. Having the colour of gold.
  3. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "of commercial services" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Premium, superior.

Synonyms

  • (having the colour of gold): golden

Verb

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

See also

Translations

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

See also

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Statistics

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/element.php?sym=Au (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Danish

Pronunciation

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

Dutch

Verb

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Middle English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English

Noun

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold (metal)

Old English

Etymology

From Template:proto, from Template:proto. Cognate with Old Frisian (deprecated template usage) gold, Old Saxon (deprecated template usage) gold, Old High German (deprecated template usage) gold (Dutch (deprecated template usage) goud, German (deprecated template usage) Gold), Old Norse (deprecated template usage) goll, (deprecated template usage) gull (Swedish (deprecated template usage) guld), Gothic (deprecated template usage) 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of Template:proto (Old Church Slavonic (deprecated template usage) злато, Russian (deprecated template usage) золото (zoloto)), Template:proto (Lithuanian (deprecated template usage) žel̃tas, Latvian (deprecated template usage) želts).

Pronunciation

Noun

gold ?

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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