Meaning

8 senses

  1. Made of, or relating to, gold.

    She wore a golden crown.

    golden, gülden

    золото́йzolotój

    золоти́йzolotýj

    made from or covered with gold

  2. Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.

    Under a golden sun.

    golden, gülden

    золото́йzolotój, золоти́стыйzolotístyj

    suggestive of gold

  3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.

  4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

    The Renaissance was a golden era.

    the Golden Horseshoe

    golden

    золото́йzolotój

    marked by peace and prosperity

  5. Advantageous or very favourable.

    This is a golden opportunity

    golden

  6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

    It's not long until our golden wedding.

  7. Relating to the elderly or retired.

    After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.

  8. (UK, predicative, slang)Fine, without problems.

Examples

223 sentences

  1. Silence is golden.

    Мовчання - золото. — Anjy

    ruМолчание - золото. — gleki

    deSchweigen ist Gold. — xtofu80

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  2. Are we living in a golden age?

    deLeben wir in einem Goldenen Zeitalter? — Waldelfe

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  3. Silence is golden, but not when trying to learn a foreign language.

    ruМолчание — золото, но не при изучении иностранного языка. — afyodor

    deSchweigen ist Gold, aber nicht, wenn man versucht, eine Fremdsprache zu erlernen. — Sudajaengi

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  4. Speech is silver, silence is golden.

    ruСлово — серебро, молчание — золото. — al_ex_an_der

    deReden ist Silber, Schweigen ist Gold. — MUIRIEL

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  5. What's the golden rule?

    ruКаково золотое правило? — marafon

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
made of, or relating to, gold:
Русский
By meaning 2
made of, or relating to, gold:
having a color or other richness suggestive of gold:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
made of, or relating to, gold:

Origin

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle Engli

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en.

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Forms

more golden/goldener, most golden/goldenest
Comparativemore golden / goldener Lesson
Superlativemost golden / goldenest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
color of or like gold:goldish § Synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

176 related words
Derivedengoldengolden agegolden agergolden alexandersgolden algagolden alisongolden alyssumgolden-and-silver honeysucklegolden anniversarygolden applegolden archesgolden astergoldenbackgolden bamboogolden bandicootgolden beangolden beardgrassgolden beetlegoldenberrygolden berylgolden-billed saltatorgolden billiongolden birthdaygolden boot

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
goldA2goldfinchgoldfishgoldsmithgolem

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