gilding

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ

Verb

gilding

1. present participle and gerund of gild

Noun

gilding (countable and uncountable, plural gildings)

1. (uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
2. (uncountable) Gold leaf.
3. (countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.

Derived terms

• amalgam gilding
• fire gilding
• fire-gilding
• gilding metal
• mercury gilding
• wash-gilding
• water gilding

 

Translations

art

• Bulgarian: позлатяване n (pozlatjavane)
• Finnish: kultaaminen (fi)
• German: Vergolden n
• Italian: indoratura f
• Macedonian: позлату́вање n (pozlatúvanje)
• Ottoman Turkish: تذهیب (tezhib)

leaf

• Bulgarian: позлата f (pozlata), варак m (varak)
• Finnish: lehtikulta (fi)
• German: Blattgold (de) n
• Macedonian: ва́рак m (várak)

coating

• Finnish: kultaus (fi)
• German: Vergoldung f
• Latin: aurātūra f

Anagrams

• gliding

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Danish gelding, from Old Norse geldingr.

Noun

gilding c (singular definite gildingen, plural indefinite gildinger or gildinge)

1. (dated) eunuch
2. (dialectal) a castrated animal

Inflection

Declension of gilding

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gilding	gildingen	gildinger gildinge	gildingerne gildingene
genitive	gildings	gildingens	gildingers gildinges	gildingernes gildingenes

Synonyms

• kastrat c

References

• “gilding” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog