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guilder en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɪldə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈɡɪldɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).

Meanings

  1. The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.
    • On the Spuy is a good Dutch Inn, called the Hoff van Utrecht. The Price is a Gilder a Day, or a Shilling for the Dinner only. 1743, [Henry Lawson], “The Manner in which Strangers Live at the Hague”, in A Description of Holland: Or, The Present State of the United Provinces. […], London: Printed for J. and P. Knapton, […], →OCLC, page 208:
    • [N]one ſhall be choſen to be a Commiſſioner in the Court at Amſterdam, vnleſſe he put ſix thouſand gilders ſtocke of his owne in the ſaid Companie; [...] 1621, Orders and Articles Granted by the High and Mightie Lords the States General of the Vnited Provinces, Concerning the Erecting of a VVest Indian Companie: Together with the Priuiledges and Rights Giuen vnto the Same, [London]: [s.n.], →OCLC, clause 13:
  2. The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.
  3. The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Forms

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guilders Number=Plur lexicographic
gilder alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

Euroguilder

Translations (33)

nl gulden (unit of currency) · arw gulden (unit of currency) · fy gûne (unit of currency) · fr florin (unit of currency) · jvn rupiah (unit of currency) · fi guldeni (unit of currency) · el γκούλντεν (unit of currency) · pl gulden (unit of currency) · car aparita pìpo (unit of currency) · ca florí (unit of currency) · srn golu (unit of currency) · da gylden (unit of currency) · pap florin (unit of currency) · srm kölu (unit of currency) · de Gulden (unit of currency) · djk kolu (unit of currency) · ru гульден (unit of currency) · srn twarfusren (unit of currency) · it fiorino (unit of currency) · cmn 荷蘭盾 /荷兰盾 (unit of currency) · jvn sepérak (unit of currency) · gl florín (unit of currency) · es florín (unit of currency) · pt florim (unit of currency) · bg гу́лден (unit of currency) · hu forint (unit of currency) · hns rupia (Sarnami) (unit of currency) · cmn(unit of currency) · ast florín (unit of currency) · lb Gulden (unit of currency) · ja ギルダー (unit of currency) · ms guilder (unit of currency) · srn pisifo (unit of currency)

guilder en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɡɪldə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Received-Pronunciation) audio
  • /ˈɡɪldɚ/ (General-American)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”).
    alt of gilder
    • A lady ſhould, indeed, ſtudie her face, when wee thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the dores are ſhut, ſhould men bee inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. [...] you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerues, with the helpe of art, to adorne a great deale. 1609 December (first performance), Beniamin Ionson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Epicoene, or The Silent Woman. A Comœdie. […]”, in The Workes of Beniamin Ionson (First Folio), London: […] Will[iam] Stansby, published 1616, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 532:

Forms

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guilders Number=Plur lexicographic