gold

• gould (obsolete)

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Related to yellow; see there for more.

Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد‎ (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊld/, /ɡɔʊld/
• (US) enPR: gōld, IPA^(key): /ɡoʊld/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ɡʊld/

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• Rhymes: -əʊld

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 or uncountable) A coin or coinage 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 that is very valuable.
   • 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?

     Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.

   • 2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl

     Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him.

7. (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

• E175 when used as a food colouring

• (place to pan for gold): lavatory

gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)

1. Made of gold.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

2. Having the colour of gold.
   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess‎:

     Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.

3. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.

• (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden

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

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

gold (not comparable)

1. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
   • 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, in 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.

gold (not comparable)

1. of or referring to a gold version of something

• “Gold” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database, 1997–.
• “”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016.

Borrowed from English gold, from Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

gold

1. gold; a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
2. a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so
3. a bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold
4. a gold medal
5. (fantasy role-playing games board games) miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre

gold

1. having the colour of gold

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:gold.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔl/, [ɡ̊ʌlˀ]

gold

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

   En gold ko.

   A dry cow.

• goldhed ("barrenness, sterility")

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gold

1. singular past indicative of gelden

From Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

gold (plural golds)

1. gold (metal)

• gilden
• golden

• English: gold
• Scots: gowd, goold

From Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥tom, from *ǵʰelh₃-. Cognate with Old Frisian gold, Old Saxon gold, Old High German gold (German Gold), Old Norse goll, gull (Swedish guld), Dutch goud, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Slavic *zolto (Old Church Slavonic злато (zlato), Russian зо́лото (zóloto)), Proto-Baltic *želt-, *želtas (Lithuanian žel̃tas, Latvian zelts).

• IPA^(key): /ɡold/

gold n

1. gold, riches, treasure

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

• goldfāh
• gylden

• Middle English: gold
  • English: gold
  • Scots: gowd, goold

Borrowed from English gold.

• IPA^(key): [ɡold]

gold (plural golds)

1. gold

• goldin (chemistry - Au)
• (obsolete): golüd (classic or original Volapük / Volapük rigik)

• bronsöt
• kuprin (chemistry - Cu)
• largent
• largentin (chemistry - Ag)