gold

See also: gòld and Gold

English

Chemical element
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A gold nugget.

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Etymology 1

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Related to yellow; see there for more.

Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد‎ (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡəʊld/, /ɡɔʊld/
  • (US) enPR: gōld, IPA(key): /ɡoʊld/
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  • Rhymes: -əʊld

Noun

gold (countable and uncountable, plural golds)

  1. (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
  2. (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
  3. (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
    gold colour:  
  4. (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
  5. (countable) A gold medal.
    France has won three golds and five silvers.
  6. (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
    • 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?
      Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.
    • 2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl
      Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him.
  7. (fantasy role-playing games board games) Miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre.
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Adjective

gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)

  1. Made of gold.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:
      Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
  2. Having the colour of gold.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess‎:
      Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
  3. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
Translations
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Synonyms
  • (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden

Verb

gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)

  1. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning

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Etymology 2

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

Adjective

gold (not comparable)

  1. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
    • 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, in HWM, page 10:
      The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.
    • 2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, page 6:
      He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go gold and turn a new game loose on the public.
    • 2011, Jessica Mulligan and Bridgette Patrovsky, quoting Damion Schubert, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 221:
      I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go gold.

Adverb

gold (not comparable)

  1. of or referring to a gold version of something

Further reading

  • “Gold” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
  • mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English gold, from Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

Noun

gold

  1. gold; a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
  2. a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so
  3. a bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold
  4. a gold medal
  5. (fantasy role-playing games board games) miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre

Adjective

gold

  1. having the colour of gold

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gold.

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]

Adjective

gold

  1. barren, desolate
  2. sterile (unable to reproduce)
  3. dry, (of a cow) not producing milk
    En gold ko.
    A dry cow.

Inflection

Inflection of gold
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular gold goldere goldest2
Neuter singular goldt goldere goldest2
Plural golde goldere goldest2
Definite attributive1 golde goldere goldeste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

gold

  1. singular past indicative of gelden

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

Noun

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold (metal)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥tom, from *ǵʰelh₃-. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Dutch goud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Russian зо́лото (zóloto)), Proto-Baltic *želt-, *želtas (Lithuanian žel̃tas, Latvian zelts).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡold/

Noun

gold n

  1. gold, riches, treasure
    Abram wæs swiðe welig on golde. Abram was very rich in gold. (Genesis)

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Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English gold.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡold]

Noun

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold

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