Dictionary

goldsmith en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.

Meanings

1. A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
2. (obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

Forms

Deriveds

goldsmith beetle · goldsmithery

Hypernyms

smith · metalsmith

Relateds

goldsmithing · jeweller

Translations (110)

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gold) · fr orfèvresse (person who makes things out of gold) · sh zlatarka (person who makes things out of gold) · ko 금 세공인 (person who makes things out of gold) · sq argjendar (person who makes things out of gold) · khb ᦋᦱᧂᧈᦆᧄ (person who makes things out of gold) · ur سُناری (person who makes things out of gold) · ml തട്ടാന് (person who makes things out of gold) · es orive (person who makes things out of gold) · sq arpunues (person who makes things out of gold) · cs zlatnice (person who makes things out of gold) · yi גאָלדשמיד (person who makes things out of gold) · pa سُنیارا (person who makes things out of gold) · fi kultaseppä (person who makes things out of gold) · sh zlatar (person who makes things out of gold) · fo gullsmiður (person who makes things out of gold) · pt aurífice (person who makes things out of gold) · hi जरगर (person who makes things out of gold) · la aurārius (person who makes things out of gold) · ro aurar (person who makes things out of gold) · hy ոսկերիչ 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