gold
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Alternative forms
- gould (obsolete)
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.
Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ɡəʊld/, X-SAMPA: /g@Uld/
- (US) enPR: gōld, IPA: /ɡoʊld/, X-SAMPA: /goUld/
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Noun
gold (countable and uncountable; plural golds)
- (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- (countable) A coin made of this material, or supposedly so.
- (countable) A bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
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- (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.
- (countable) A gold medal.
- France has won three golds and five silvers.
- (figuratively) Anything or anyone considered to be very valuable.
Synonyms
- E175 when used as a food colouring
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Adjective
gold (not generally comparable; )
Synonyms
- (having the colour of gold): golden
Verb
gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)
- 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)
- (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.
- 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, HWM, page 10:
Adverb
gold (not comparable)
- of or referring to a gold version of something
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Most common English words before 1923: service · various · u · #586: gold · letters · history · master
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]
Adjective
gold (neuter goldt, definite and plural golde, comparative goldere, superlative goldest)
- barren, desolate
- sterile (unable to reproduce)
- dry, (of a cow) not producing milk
- En gold ko.
- A dry cow.
- En gold ko.
Derived terms
- goldhed ("barrenness", "sterility")
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
- IPA: /ɡold/
Noun
gold n
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Descendants
- English: gold
Volapük
Noun
gold (plural golds)
- gold
Declension
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | gold | golds |
| genitive | golda | goldas |
| dative | golde | goldes |
| accusative | goldi | goldis |
| predicative | goldu | goldus |
| vocative | o gold! | o golds! |
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