golden anniversary

English

Noun

golden anniversary (plural golden anniversaries)

1. The 50th anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
   • 1837 June, Metropolitan Magazine, p. 174:

     The party from Königgratz was accompanied by an old married pair, who celebrated their golden anniversary of fifty years' happy marriage on the same occasion.

Synonyms

• semicentennial, semicentenary, jubilee

Hyponyms

• golden jubilee (coronation anniversary)
• golden wedding (wedding anniversary)

Coordinate terms

• paper anniversary (1st)
• wooden anniversary (5th)
• silver anniversary (25th)
• ruby anniversary (40th)
• diamond anniversary (60th/75th)
• platinum anniversary (70th)

Derived terms

• golden (adj., 50th)

Translations

50th anniversary

• Catalan: noces d'or f pl
• Danish: guldbryllup (da) n
• Finnish: kultahäät pl
• French: noces d’or (fr)
• German: Goldhochzeit f, goldene Hochzeit (de) f
• Hungarian: aranylakodalom (hu)
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• Italian: nozze d'oro f pl
• Japanese: 金婚式 (ja) (kinkonshiki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullbryllup (no) n

• Polish: złote gody nvir
• Russian: золота́я сва́дьба f (zolotája svádʹba)

References

• “golden, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2022.