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Etymology
Old English gold#Old English|gold, from Germanic *gulþ-. Cognate with Dutch goud, German Gold, Swedish guld.

Pronunciation
a|RP /ɡ��ld/, /<tt>g@Uld</tt>/
a|US g�ld, /ɡo�ld/, /<tt>goUld</tt>/
audio|en-us-gold.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��ld|-��ld

Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
2. <!--DefB-->(countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
3. <!--DefC-->(countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

#: <table><tr><td>gold colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"#FFD700" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>

1. <!--DefD-->(countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
2. <!--DefE-->(countable) A gold medal.

#: France has won three golds and five silvers.

1. figuratively Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.

Synonyms
E175 when used as a food colouring

Derived terms
top3
all that glisters is not gold,<!--the original form--> all that glitters is not gold<!--the more commonly heard form nowadays-->
argental gold
basket-of-gold
cloth of gold
colloidal gold
colored gold, coloured gold
dead gold
dentist gold
ducat gold
eka-gold
Etruscan gold
fairy gold
filled gold
fool's gold
go gold
gold album
gold-amalgam
gold-balls
gold-bank
gold basket
gold-beater, goldbeater
gold-beating
gold bee
gold beetle
gold beryl
gold blocking
gold-bob
gold bond
gold-book
gold braid
gold-breasted trumpeter
gold brick, gold-brick, goldbrick
gold-bricker
gold-bricking
gold bug
gold bullion
gold bullion standard
gold-capped weaver bird
gold-carp
gold certificate
gold-chain<!--plant-->
gold chalcogenide
gold chloride
gold-clause
gold cloth
gold-color, gold-colour
gold-copper ore
goldcrest
gold-crested wren
gold-cups
gold currency
gold-dig
gold-digger
gold-digging
gold disc, gold disk
gold-dredge, gold-dredger
gold-dredging
mid3
gold-driver
gold-drop
gold-dropper
gold dust
gold-dusty
golden<!--Put terms derived from "golden" on the page for that word-->
gold exchange
gold-fever
gold-field, goldfield
goldfielder
gold-filled
gold-film, gold-film glass
goldfinch
gold-finder
goldfinny
goldfish
Gold Fixing
gold flat
gold-flower
gold-flux
gold foil, gold-foil
gold-fringe
gold halide
gold-hammer
gold-head
gold-heart
gold-hunger
gold hydrazide
goldilocks<!--common noun-->, w:Goldilocks|Goldilocks<!--proper noun-->
goldish
goldite
gold-knap, gold-knop, gold-knops
gold-laced
gold leaf, gold-leaf
goldless
gold-like
gold-lily
gold-lip
gold medal
gold medalist/gold medallist
gold-mill
gold mine, gold-mine
gold-mining
gold-mohr, gold-mohur
gold-mouthed
gold-note
gold of Bruges
gold of Genoa
gold of pleasure
gold of Venice
gold-pan
gold pentafluoride
gold plate, gold-plate
gold-plated
gold-plating
gold point
gold-powder
gold-purple
mid3
gold-quartz
gold-rain
gold record
gold reserve
gold robin
gold rush, gold-rush
gold salt
gold-sand
gold-shell
gold-shrub
goldsinny
gold-size
gold-skin
goldsmith
goldsmithery
gold-solder
gold sovereign
gold-spangle
goldspink
gold-spot
gold standard
gold stick, gold-stick
gold-stone, goldstone
gold swift
gold-tail, gold-tail moth
gold telluride
gold therapy
gold-thirst
gold-thread, goldthread
gold-tipped
gold tooth
gold top
gold trichloride
gold value
gold-washed
gold-washer
gold window
gold-work, gold-works
goldy
green gold
heart of gold
jeweler's gold, jeweller's gold
w:Kolar Gold Fields|Kolar Gold Fields
leprous gold
make a gold
Mannheim gold
mock gold
mosaic gold
old gold
red gold
rhodium-gold
rolled gold
rose gold
shell gold
spangle gold
telluric gold
telluride of gold and silver
white gold

Related terms
gild
gilded
gilt
goldwasser<!--from German-->

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Derived terms)
<!--DefA-->element

Slovak: zlato#Slovak|zlato n
Slovene: zlato#Slovene|zlato n
Spanish: oro#Spanish|oro m
Swedish: guld
Tagalog: ginto
Tamil: ப�ன� (pon)
Telugu: బ��ార� (bangaaram), �న�� (kanakam), స�వర�ణ� (swarnam)
Thai: THchar|�อ��ำ (tongkam)
Tupinambá: itaîuba
Turkish: altın
Ukrainian: золо�о (zóloto) n
Urdu: URchar|س��ا (son�), URchar|زر (zar)
Uzbek: ол�ин (oltin)
Vietnamese: vàng
Welsh: aur#Welsh|aur m

<!--DefB-->coin

Czech: zlaťák m
Danish: guldmønt c
Dutch: goudstuk n
Greek: ����� ν�μι�μα (xrisó nómizma) n
Interlingua: moneta de auro
Italian: moneta d'oro f
mid
Portuguese: dobrão m, moeda de ouro f
Russian: золо�ой#Noun|золо�ой (zolotój) m
Serbian: zlatnik m
Slovene: zlatnik m
Spanish: moneda de oro f
Swedish: guldmynt
Tok Pisin: golmoni
Vietnamese: ti�n vàng, ��ng vàng

<!--DefC-->colour

Afrikaans: goud
Catalan: or#Catalan|or m, daurat
Chinese: �� (jīnsè)
Danish: gylden farve c
Dutch: goud n
French: or#French|or m
Greek: ����� (khrisó) n, ����α�ί (khrisafí) n, ����α�ένιο (khrisafénio) n
Interlingua: auro
Italian: dorato
mid
Japanese: �� (����, kin�iro)
Korean: 골� (goldeu)
Marathi: स�न�र� (sonérī)
Portuguese: dourado m
Russian: золо�ой (zolotój)
Spanish: oro#Spanish|oro
Slovene: zlata f
Telugu: స�వర�ణ� (swarnam)
Vietnamese: màu vàng, vàng kim loại (to distinguish from yellow)

<!--DefD-->bullseye

Danish: centrum n
mid
Russian: �блоко ми�ени (jábloko mišéni) n, (colloq.) �бло�ко (jáblo�ko) n
Spanish: diana f

<!--DefE-->gold medal

Afrikaans: goud goue medalje
Catalan: or#Catalan|or m, medalla d�or f
Chinese: �� (jīnpái)
Danish: guld c, guldmedalje c
Dutch: goud n, gouden medaille f
French: or#French|or m, médaille d'or f
Greek: ����� με�άλλιο (khrysó metállio) n
Interlingua: medalia de auro
mid
Italian: medaglia d'oro f
Portuguese: medalha de ouro f
Slovene: zlato n
Spanish: medalla de oro f
Swedish: guld, guldmedalj
Telugu: స�వర�ణ� (swarnam) (p: స�వర�ణాల�)
Vietnamese: (huy chương) vàng

<!--DefF-->anything or anyone considered to be very valuable

Afrikaans: goud, skatkis
Danish: guld n, rigdom c
French: or m
Greek: μάλαμα (málama) n
Italian: oro colato, d'oro zecchino
mid
Russian: золо�о (zóloto) n
Telugu: బ��ార� (bangaaram)
Vietnamese: vàng, quý

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Romanian: galben auriu (2)
ttbc|Slovak: zlatka f (3)

Adjective
en-adj-notcomp

1. <!--DefG-->Made of gold.
2. <!--DefH-->Having the colour of gold.

Synonyms
i-c|having the colour of gold golden

Translations
<!--DefG-->made of gold

Afrikaans: goud
Catalan: daurat
Czech: zlatý m
Danish: guld-
Dutch: gouden
Finnish: kultainen
French: d�or#French|or m|f, doré m, dorée f
German: golden#German|golden, gülden
Greek: ������ (xrisós) m, ����α�ή� (xrisafís) m, ����α�ένιο� (xrisafénios) m
Interlingua: de auro#Interlingua|auro, auree, aurate
Italian: di oro#Italian|oro, d'oro m|f, aureo m, aurea f, dorato
mid
Old English: gylden
Polish: z�oty m, z�ota f, z�ote n
Portuguese: de ouro, áureo m, áurea f
Russian: золо�ой (zolotój)
Serbian: zlatan
Slovene: zlat m, zlata f, zlato n
Spanish: dorado (m), dorada (f)
Swedish: guld-
Tagalog: ginto na / gintong
Telugu: స�వర�ణ (swarna), �న� (kanaka)
Vietnamese: (bằng) vàng

<!--DefH-->having the colour of gold

Afrikaans: goud, goudkleurig, goudgeel
Czech: zlatý m
Danish: gylden
Dutch: goudkleurig
Esperanto: orkolora
Finnish: kullanvärinen, kultainen
French: doré m, dorée f
German: golden#German|golden, gülden (archaic), goldfarben
Greek: ������ (xrisós) m, ����α�ή� (xrisafís) m, ����α�ένιο� (xrisafénios) m
Interlingua: auree, aurate
Italian: dorato m, dorata f, aureo m
mid
Japanese: ��� (�����, koganeiro)
Polish: z�oty m, z�ocisty m
Portuguese: dourado m, dourada f
Romanian: auriu m, aurie f, aurii m|f p
Russian: золо�ой (zolotój)
Serbian: zlatonosan
Slovene: zlat m, zlata f, zlato n
Spanish: de oro
Swedish: gyllene, guldfärgad
Telugu: స�వర�ణ (swarna)
Vietnamese: (màu) vàng, vàng kim loại (to distinguish from yellow)

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Basque: urrezko
ttbc|Breton: aour
ttbc|Bulgarian: зла�ен, зла�на, зла�но (zlaten, zlatna, zlatno) m/f/n
ttbc|Chinese: � (jīnzi)
ttbc|Guaraní: itaju-, kuarepotiju-
ttbc|Hungarian: arany
ttbc|Indonesian: emas|keemasan
ttbc|Slovak: zlatý m, zlatá f, zlaté n
ttbc|Tupinambá: itaîuba-
ttbc|Welsh: aur#Welsh|aur

See also
top3
arsenic
auramine
aurata
aurate
aurated
aureate
aureation
aureity
aurelia
aurelian
aureola
aureole
aureoled
aureolin
aureoline
aureomycin
mid3
aureus
auric
auricomous
auride
auriferous
aurifex
aurific
aurification
aurify
aurigraphy
aurin
auriphrygiate
aurivorous
auro-
aurous
mid3
aurulent
aurum
chryselephantine
chryso-
kincob
Midas
or<!--heraldic term-->
ormolu
oroide
orphrey
orpiment
philosopher�s stone
zari
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

External links
For etymology and more information refer to:
http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/au.html
(A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Chemical elements
Category:Colors
Category:Metals
Category:Yellows

Danish

Adjective
gold

1. barren
2. sterile
3. dry

#: en gold ko &mdash; a dry cow

Category:Danish adjectives

Dutch

Verb
gold

1. <!--DefZ-->past tense of gelden

<!--Do not put translations, synonyms, etc, here - put these on the page for "gelden"-->

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *gulþa-, from Indo-European *ghltom. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (Dutch goud, German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Gothic ����. The IE root is also the source of Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic зла�о, Russian золо�о), Baltic *želt- (Lithuanian želtas|žel�tas, Latvian želts).

Pronunciation
IPA|/gold/

Noun
gold n

1. #English|gold, riches, treasure

#: Abram wæs swiðe welig on golde. Abram was very rich in gold. (Genesis)

Declension
oe-noun|gold|gold|gold|gold|goldes|golda|golde|goldum

Derived terms
goldfah|goldf�h

Descendants
English: #English|gold

Category:Uncountable

ang:gold
ar:gold
zh-min-nan:gold
da:gold
de:gold
el:gold
fa:gold
fr:gold
ko:gold
hy:gold
io:gold
id:gold
it:gold
kk:gold
ku:gold
la:gold
hu:gold
nl:gold
ja:gold
oc:gold
nds:gold
pl:gold
pt:gold
ro:gold
ru:gold
simple:gold
sr:gold
fi:gold
sv:gold
ta:gold
te:gold
th:gold
vi:gold
tr:gold
uk:gold
vo:gold
zh:gold

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