gild

English

Etymology

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.
  2. (transitive) To adorn.
  3. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
    • 1609, WilliamShakespeare, Sonnet 28:
      When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.
  4. (transitive) To make appear drunk.

Derived terms

Translations

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Noun

gild (plural gilds)

  1. Obsolete form of guild.

See also

Anagrams

Gothic

Romanization

gild

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳

Irish

Etymology

From English guild.

Noun

gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)

  1. (historical) guild
    Synonym: cuallacht

Declension

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.

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