auriferous

English

Etymology

From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“I carry”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs

Adjective

auriferous (comparative more auriferous, superlative most auriferous)

1. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing
   • (Can we date this quote by Thomson and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays

   • 1887, R. A. Murray, Victoria. Geology and Physical Geography (page 126)

     In some places, however, quartz reefs, payably auriferous while in Silurian rock, have been followed down to subjacent granite, and have there been found to thin out and become unprofitable […]

Synonyms

• gold-bearing

Hypernyms

• metalliferous

Related terms

• -ferous

Translations

containing gold

• Bulgarian: златоносен (zlatonosen)
• Catalan: aurífer
• Finnish: kultapitoinen
• French: aurifère (fr)
• Interlingue:
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• Irish: órtháirgeach
• Italian: aurifero (it)
• Latin: aurifer
• Portuguese: aurífero (pt)
• Spanish: aurífero (es)