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. — wolfgangth
У Тома золотое сердце. — marafon
У Тома золоте серце. — deniko
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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. — deniko
ruУ Тома золотое сердце. — marafon
deTom hat ein goldenes Herz. — wolfgangth
Gold is more precious than silver.
Золото цінніше від срібла. — deniko
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
Is that pure gold?
Це чисте золото? — deniko
ruЭто чистое золото? — Biga
deIst das reines Gold? — MUIRIEL
Is this real gold?
Це справжнє золото? — deniko
ruЭто настоящее золото? — odexed
deIst das echtes Gold? — felvideki
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