gilt

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Cf. gold and German Geld

Noun

gilt (usually uncountable, plural gilts)

  1. (uncountable) Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
  2. (uncountable, slang) Money.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
  3. (countable, finance) A security issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged)
Translations

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

Etymology 2

See geld.

Noun

gilt (plural gilts)

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

Verb

gilt

  1. simple past tense and past participle of gild

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪlt

Verb

gilt

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

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪlt/

Verb

gilt

  1. Third-person singular present of gelten.

Karakalpak

Noun

gilt

  1. key
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