auriferous

English

Etymology

From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“I carry”).

Adjective

auriferous (comparative more auriferous, superlative most auriferous)

1. Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing

Synonyms

• gold-bearing

Hypernyms

• metalliferous

Related terms

• -ferous

Translations

containing gold

• Bulgarian: златоносен (bg) (zlatonosen)
• Catalan: aurífer (ca)
• French: aurifère (fr)
• Italian: aurifero (it)

• Latin: aurifer (la)
• Portuguese: aurífero (pt)
• Spanish: aurífero (es)