gold

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English

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A gold nugget.

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Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English gold (gold), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (gold). Compare Dutch goud, German Gold, Swedish guld, from Pre-Germanic *ǵʰl̥tóm (gold), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰel- (yellow; gleam; to shine) (compare Latvian zelts, Russian золото (zóloto), Persian زر (zar), Sanskrit ... (hīraṇyam). More at yellow.

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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) A coin 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 considered to be very valuable.
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Adjective

gold (not generally comparable; )

  1. Made of gold.
  2. Having the colour of gold.
  3. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
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  • (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”, 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

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]

Adjective

gold (neuter goldt, definite and plural golde, comparative goldere, superlative goldest)

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

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Middle English

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Old English

Noun

gold (plural golds)

  1. gold (metal)

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Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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gold (plural golds)

  1. gold

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