gild

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪld/
• Rhymes: -ɪld
• Homophones: gilled, guild

Verb

gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)

1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
   • 1888 May, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales, London: David Nutt, […], OCLC 595167, page 1:

     High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt.

2. (transitive) To adorn.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi^[1]:

     I will make fast the doors, and gild myself / With some more ducats, and be with you straight.

3. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:

     When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.

4. (transitive) To make appear drunk.

Derived terms

• gild the lily
• gild the pill

 

Translations

to cover with a thin layer of gold

• Bulgarian: позлатявам (bg) (pozlatjavam)
• Catalan: daurar (ca)
• Dutch: vergulden (nl)
• Esperanto: orumi
• Finnish: kullata (fi)
• French: dorer (fr)
• German: vergolden (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: χρυσόω (khrusóō)

• Italian: indorare, dorare (it)

• Latin: aurō (la), deaurō, inaurō
• Polish: pozłacać (pl)
• Portuguese: dourar (pt)
• Quechua: qurichiy
• Romanian: auri (ro)
• Russian: золоти́ть (ru) impf (zolotítʹ), позолоти́ть (ru) pf (pozolotítʹ)
• Spanish: dorar (es)
• Swedish: förgylla (sv)
• Turkish: yaldızlamak (tr)

to adorn

• Bulgarian: украсявам (bg) (ukrasjavam)
• Dutch: verfraaien (nl), opsmukken (nl)
• German: schmücken (de)

• Italian: adornare (it), abbellire (it)
• Russian: украша́ть (ru) impf (ukrašátʹ), укра́сить (ru) pf (ukrásitʹ)
• Turkish: süslemek (tr)

to give a bright or pleasing aspect to

• Italian: indorare

• Spanish: dorar (es)

to make appear drunk

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: ^{(please verify)} aros (sq), ^{(please verify)} praroj (sq)

Etymology 2

Noun

gild (plural gilds)

1. Obsolete form of guild.

See also

• gild on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DILG, glid

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Gothic

Romanization

gild

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳

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Irish

Etymology

From English guild.

Noun

gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)

1. (historical) guild

   Synonym: cuallacht

Declension

Declension of gild

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gild gildeanna Vocative a ghild a ghildeanna Genitive gild gildeanna Dative gild gildeanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an gild na gildeanna Genitive an ghild na ngildeanna Dative leis an ngild don ghild leis na gildeanna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gild	ghild	ngild
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "gild" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “guild” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.