Meaning

6 senses

  1. (not comparable, usually)Made of gold.

    a gold chain

    golden, gülden

    золото́йzolotój

    золоти́йzolotýj

    made from or covered with gold

  2. (not comparable, usually)Having the colour of gold.

    gold sticker

    gold socks

    golden, gülden, goldfarben

    золото́йzolotój

    having the deep slightly brownish color of gold

  3. (not comparable, usually)Premium, superior.

  4. (not comparable, usually)Of a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies.

  5. (not comparable, usually)Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period.

    Coordinate term: green

  6. (not comparable)In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Examples

723 sentences

  1. Tom has a heart of gold.

    У Тома золоте серце. — deniko

    ruУ Тома золотое сердце. — marafon

    deTom hat ein goldenes Herz. — wolfgangth

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  2. Gold is more precious than silver.

    Золото цінніше від срібла. — deniko

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  3. We had a bar of gold stolen.

    В нас вкрали зливок золота. — Squaw

    ruУ нас украли слиток золота. — sharptoothed

    deUns wurde ein Goldbarren gestohlen. — pne

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  4. Is that pure gold?

    Це чисте золото? — deniko

    ruЭто чистое золото? — Biga

    deIst das reines Gold? — MUIRIEL

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  5. Is this real gold?

    Це справжнє золото? — deniko

    ruЭто настоящее золото? — odexed

    deIst das echtes Gold? — felvideki

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made of gold, golden:
Русский
By meaning 1
made of gold, golden:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
made of gold, golden:
having the colour of 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).

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

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Forms

golder, goldest
Comparativegolder Lesson
Superlativegoldest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
goldenA2
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
gogglesgoinggoldenA2goldfinch

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