gold
A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
» Tom has a heart of gold.
Tom hat ein goldenes Herz.
У Тома золотое сердце.
У Тома золоте серце.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)(uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
(countable, uncountable)A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
The pirates were searching for gold.
(uncountable)A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
a deep yellow color
(countable)The bullseye of an archery target.
Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.
(countable)A gold medal.
France has won three golds and five silvers.
coins made of gold
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
(countable, in the plural, slang, uncountable)A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
Examples
723 sentencesTom has a heart of gold.
У Тома золоте серце.
ruУ Тома золотое сердце.
deTom hat ein goldenes Herz.
Gold is more precious than silver.
Золото цінніше від срібла.
We had a bar of gold stolen.
В нас вкрали зливок золота.
ruУ нас украли слиток золота.
deUns wurde ein Goldbarren gestohlen.
Is that pure gold?
Це чисте золото?
ruЭто чистое золото?
deIst das reines Gold?
Is this real gold?
Це справжнє золото?
ruЭто настоящее золото?
deIst das echtes Gold?
Origin
From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ,From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Scots gowd, Dutch goud, German Gold, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk gull, Danish and Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).
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Forms
plural: gold / goldsSynonyms
5 synonyms- a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; does not react with most chemicals but is attacked by chlorine and aqua regia:Auatomic number 79
- a deep yellow color:amber
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
9 patterns- gold coins
- the gold coins
- hid the gold
- gold medal
- a gold watch
- is a gold
- gold is heavier
- gold watch
- have a gold