Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą
Proto-West Germanic *golþ
Old English gold
Middle English gold
English gold
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).
Meanings
(not-comparable, usually) Made of gold.
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. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
a gold chain
(not-comparable, usually) Having the colour of gold.
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. 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
gold socks
gold sticker
Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
(not-comparable, usually) Premium, superior.
(not-comparable, usually) Of a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies.
The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle". 2000, Billboard, volume 112, number 20, page 52:
(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
Scholars who make their work green open access rather than gold never pay a fee to do so. Even when they choose the gold route, only 33% of peer-reviewed open access journals charge author-side fees. 2013 October 21, Peter Suber, “Open access: six myths to put to rest”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jun 2023:
sw dhahabu (made of gold, golden) · hi स्वर्ण (having the colour of gold) · kg wolo (made of gold, golden) · da guld (made of gold, golden) · sk zlatý (made of gold, golden) · tr altın rengi (having the colour of gold) · mr सुवर्ण (made of gold, golden) · sco gowd (made of gold, golden) · cmn 金色的 (having the colour of gold) · mr सोन्याचा (made of gold, golden) · eo orkolora (having the colour of gold) · gd òir (made of gold, golden) · pt de ouro (made of gold, golden) · cs zlatý (having the colour of gold) · bg златист (having the colour of gold) · fi kultainen (made of gold, golden) · el χρυσαφένιος (having the colour of gold) · pl złocisty (having the colour of gold) · fi kullanvärinen (having the colour of gold) · pl złoty (having the colour of gold) · af goudkleurig (having the colour of gold) · mr सोन्याचे (made of gold, golden) · te కనక (made of gold, golden) · la aureus (having the colour of gold) · ru золото́й (made of gold, golden) · fi kultainen (having the colour of gold) · sh zlatonosan (having the colour of gold) · es áurico (made of gold, golden) · yo wura (made of gold, golden) · ro de aur (made of gold, golden) · th ทอง (made of gold, golden) · ia auree (having the colour of gold) · et kuldne (made of gold, golden) · fr d’or (made of gold, golden) · es áureo (made of gold, golden) · de golden (made of gold, golden) · min ameh (having the colour of gold) · ka ოქრო (made of gold, golden) · de goldfarbig (having the colour of gold) · af goud (made of gold, golden) · sc de auru (made of gold, golden) · dsb złoty (having the colour of gold) · srn gowtu (made of gold, golden) · wo golide (made of gold, golden) · hy ոսկե (made of gold, golden) · min omeh (made of gold, golden) · bg златен (made of gold, golden) · gl dourado (made of gold, golden) · ja 黄金色 (having the colour of gold) · vi (bằng) vàng (made of gold, golden) · sl zlat (having the colour of gold) · rw zahabu (made of gold, golden) · tr zerrin (having the colour of gold) · te స్వర్ణ (made of gold, golden) · it dorato (made of gold, golden) · gd òir (having the colour of gold) · grc χρυσίτης (made of gold, golden) · haw ʻulaʻula (having the colour of gold) · dsb złoty (made of gold, golden) · sh златоноѕан (having the colour of gold) · el χρυσαφένιος (made of gold, golden) · ig edo (having the colour of gold) · af goud (having the colour of gold) · nl goudkleurig (having the colour of gold) · ja 金 (made of gold, golden) · ms emas (having the colour of gold) · hi जरी (having the colour of gold) · kxd amas (made of gold, golden) · hu arany (having the colour of gold) · mg volamena (made of gold, golden) · pt dourada (having the colour of gold) · es áureo (having the colour of gold) · got 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (made of gold, golden) · mr सोन्याची (made of gold, golden) · ru золото́й (having the colour of gold) · afb ذهبي (having the colour of gold) · la auratus (having the colour of gold) · el χρυσαφής (having the colour of gold) · fr doré (having the colour of gold) · hi स्वर्ण (made of gold, golden) · tl gintong (made of gold, golden) · ia de auro (made of gold, golden) · tl ginto na (made of gold, golden) · uk золоти́й (made of gold, golden) · dz གསེར (made of gold, golden) · el μαλαματένιος (made of gold, golden) · cmn 金製的 /金制的 (made of gold, golden) · it di oro (made of gold, golden) · sv guldfärgad (having the colour of gold) · es dorado (having the colour of gold) · ko 금색 (having the colour of gold) · gl dourado (having the colour of gold) · vo goldakölik (having the colour of gold) · ar مُذَهَّب m ذَهَبِي (made of gold, golden) · el χρυσαφής (made of gold, golden) · hi कनक (made of gold, golden) · min ameh (made of gold, golden) · fr doré (made of gold, golden) · fa طلایی (having the colour of gold) · vo goldik (made of gold, golden) · de golden (having the colour of gold) · de gülden (having the colour of gold) · ang gylden (made of gold, golden) · te స్వర్ణ (having the colour of gold) · si රත්තරං (made of gold, golden) · sco goold (having the colour of gold) · ig edo (made of gold, golden) · tr zerrin (made of gold, golden) · es de oro (made of gold, golden) · grc χρύσεος (made of gold, golden) · hu arany (made of gold, golden) · ca daurat (made of gold, golden) · es aurígero (made of gold, golden) · so dahab (made of gold, golden) · de goldfarben (having the colour of gold) · et kullast (made of gold, golden) · grc χρυσεργής (made of gold, golden) · pox zlåtenĕ (made of gold, golden) · es aurífero (made of gold, golden) · id emas (made of gold, golden) · fa طلایی (made of gold, golden) · tr altın (made of gold, golden) · sn ndarama (made of gold, golden) · el χρυσός (having the colour of gold) · sh златан (made of gold, golden) · min omeh (having the colour of gold) · sco goold (made of gold, golden) · da gylden (having the colour of gold) · ia aurate (having the colour of gold) · pt dourado (having the colour of gold) · fa زرین (made of gold, golden) · mr सोनेरी (made of gold, golden) · sh zlatan (made of gold, golden) · ro auriu (having the colour of gold) · fi kullankeltainen (having the colour of gold) · ca daurat (having the colour of gold) · sl zlat (made of gold, golden) · af goudgeel (having the colour of gold) · it dorato aureo (having the colour of gold) · ms emas (made of gold, golden) · sv guld- (made of gold, golden) · nl gouden (made of gold, golden) · pt áureo (made of gold, golden) · hy ոսկեգույն (having the colour of gold) · et kuldne (having the colour of gold) · ia auree (made of gold, golden) · de gülden (made of gold, golden) · hi जरी (made of gold, golden) · la aureus (made of gold, golden) · grc χρύσειος (made of gold, golden) · vi (màu) vàng (having the colour of gold) · ia aurate (made of gold, golden) · cs zlatý (made of gold, golden) · fa طلائی (made of gold, golden) · fa زرین (having the colour of gold) · el χρυσός (made of gold, golden) · it aureo (made of gold, golden) · sv gyllene (having the colour of gold) · vi vàng kim loại (having the colour of gold) · ar ذَهَبِي (having the colour of gold) · sco gowd (having the colour of gold) · ln woló (made of gold, golden) · pt áurea (made of gold, golden) · pl złoty (made of gold, golden) · it d'oro (made of gold, golden)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą
Proto-West Germanic *golþ
Old English gold
Middle English gold
English gold
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).
Meanings
(countable, uncountable) (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79.
You like to hear about gold.
A king filled his prison room
As full as the room could hold
To the top of his reach on the wall
With every known shape of the stuff.
’Twas to buy himself off his doom. 1936, Robert Frost, “The Vindictives”, in A Further Range:
(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.
(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.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him. 2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl:
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. 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?:
That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
(countable, in-plural, slang, uncountable) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą
Proto-West Germanic *golþ
Old English gold
Middle English gold
English gold
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).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą
Proto-West Germanic *golþ
Old English gold
Middle English gold
English gold
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).
Meanings
(transitive) To appear or cause to appear golden.
You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor. 2011, Harry Nicholson, Tom Fleck, page 250:
I caught sight of something that seemed the nexus of all that glittered, all that golded: like a hallucination in the traffic's rotary heart, a saried creature giddily swirling her own razored rainbow roundabout, mirrored fabric sending light spinning like saberlike amidst the smoking, choking cars. 2010, Tanuja Desai Hidier, Born Confused:
Hair down to my shoulders; waved and liquid-golded. Eyebrows shaved to a different shape and golded. Handle-bar mustache, waxed to points and golded. 2021, Edward Elmer Smith, The Imperial Stars:
Worked wonders, knowing a thing like that. Golded up your hair, even, for all your record said indeterminate. Golded up the whole world, really. 2011, D G Compton, A Usual Lunacy:
But I work still, a dead, unheeding man across the endless interface: wishing I was the sun who golds the lake or the lake, comprehending sun. 2011, Robert M. Ellis, “Pokhara Lake”, in North Cape: Selected Poems of a Poet Turned Philosopher, page 21:
From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.
Meanings
(not-comparable, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go gold. 2011, Jessica Mulligan, Bridgette Patrovsky, quoting Damion Schubert, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 221:
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, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, page 6:
The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004. 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, in HWM, page 10: