gilt

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt
• IPA^(key): /ɡɪɫt/
• Homophone: guilt

Etymology 1

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Noun

gilt (usually uncountable, plural gilts)

1. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
   1. (uncountable, by extension) Gold-colored paint or other coating.
2. (uncountable, slang) Money.
   • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, prologue]:

     three corrupted men […]
     Have, for the gilt of France,—O guilt indeed!—
     Confirm'd conspiracy with fearful France

3. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
4. (obsolete, uncountable) A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
   • 1864, “Returns of Church Goods in The Churches of the City of Norwich”, in Commission of 6 Edward VI‎^[1], 1552, quoted in Norfolk Archaeology, Norfolk and Norwich Archaeological Society, page 371:

     The parysh of Seint Powle in Norwiche. Thomas Blocke, George Wylson, Churchwardens. Have sold in plate, gylte and parcell gylte, to the summe of iiij ownce, every ownce at the price of iiijs. viijd.

Derived terms

• take the gilt off the gingerbread

Translations

gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding

• Bulgarian: позлата f (pozlata), варак m (varak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 镀金 (zh) (dùjīn), ^{(please verify)} 镀金的, ^{(please verify)} 鎏金 (zh) (liújīn)

• Georgian: ქანდა (kanda), ვარაყი (ka) (varaq̇i)
• German: Vergoldung f
• Italian: doratura (it) f, indorato (it) m
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• Latin: aurātūra f
• Russian: позоло́та (ru) f (pozolóta)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: позлата f

  Roman: pozlata (sh) f

money

• Georgian: ფული (puli)
• Russian: (slang) бабло (ru) n (bablo)
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a security issued by the Bank of England — see gilt-edged

Adjective

gilt (comparative more gilt, superlative most gilt)

1. Golden coloured.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

Translations

golden coloured

• Bulgarian: златист (bg) (zlatist)
• Catalan: daurado m
• French: doré (fr) m
• German: gülden (de)
• Georgian: მოოქრული (mookruli), მოოქროვებული (mookrovebuli)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forgylt

  Nynorsk: forgylt

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• Portuguese: dourado (pt) m
• Russian: золотистый (ru) (zolotistyj)
• Spanish: dorado (es) m
• Swedish: förgylld (sv), gyllene (sv), guldfärgad (sv)

Verb

gilt

1. simple past and past participle of gild

Related terms

• parcel gilt

References

• “gilt, n.2.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2018.

Etymology 2

See geld.

Noun

gilt (plural gilts)

1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

Translations

A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.

• Bulgarian: млада женска свиня f (mlada ženska svinja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青年母豬／青年母猪, 青年母猪 (qīngnián mǔzhū)

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• Danish: gylt (da)
• Dutch: gelt (nl)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

gilt

1. (deprecated template usage) second- and third-person singular present indicative of gillen
2. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) plural imperative of gillen

Anagrams

• ligt

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪlt/

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Verb

gilt

1. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular present of gelten.

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Karakalpak

Noun

gilt

1. key