fool's gold

English

Noun

fool's gold (uncountable)

1. A mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold; mainly iron pyrite.

Translations

mineral or other substance often mistaken for gold

• Catalan: or dels ximples m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愚人金 (yúrén jīn), 假黃金／假黄金, 假黄金 (jiǎ huángjīn)

• Czech: kočičí zlato n
• Danish: narreguld n
• Dutch: gekkengoud
• Finnish: kissankulta (fi), katinkulta (fi)
• French: or des fous (fr) m
• German: Katzengold (de) n, Narrengold n
• Greek: σιδηροπυρίτης (el) m (sidiropyrítis), χαλκοπυρίτης m (chalkopyrítis)
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• Hungarian: bolondok aranya
• Icelandic: glópagull n
• Italian: oro di Bologna m, similoro m, oro degli stolti m
• Japanese: 愚か者の金 (orokamono no kin)
• Korean: 바보의 금 (baboui geum)
• Portuguese: ouro dos tolos m
• Spanish: oro de los tontos m, oro de los pobres m
• Swedish: kattguld n