gold
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊld/
ipa: [ɡɔʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: [ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d]
enpr: gōld
ipa: /ɡoʊld/
ipa: /ɡold/
ipa: /ɡaʉld/
ipa: [ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d]
ipa: /ɡuːld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: gould
form: ☉
Etymology: 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 Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).
Senses: glosses: ☉ (alchemy)
Synonyms: aurum
E175 when used as a food colouring
Derived terms: word: Abyssinian gold
word: Acapulco gold
word: all that glisters is not gold
word: all that glitters is not gold
word: amethyst gold
word: antigold
word: argental gold
taxonomic: Aurinia saxatile
word: basket-of-gold
word: begold
word: black and gold garden spider
word: black gold
word: blue-and-gold macaw
word: blue gold
word: cloth of gold
word: colloidal gold
word: colored gold
word: coloured gold
word: comedy gold
word: crock of gold
word: cross of gold
word: crown gold
word: dead gold
word: dentist gold
word: devil's gold
word: digital gold
word: digold
word: ducat gold
word: Dutch gold
word: e-gold
word: eka-gold
word: Etruscan gold
word: everything one touches turns to gold
word: fairy gold
word: filled gold
word: floating gold
word: flour gold
word: fluorogold
word: fool's gold
word: fulminating gold
word: go for gold
word: go for the gold
word: go for the gold ring
word: go gold
word: gold-197
word: gold-198
word: gold album
word: gold amalgam
word: gold-amalgam
word: gold-and-silver honeysuckle
word: goldback
word: gold-balls
word: gold-bank
word: gold basket
word: Gold Beach
word: gold-bearing
word: gold-beater
word: goldbeater
word: gold-beater's skin
word: goldbeating
word: gold-beating
word: gold bee
english: in families Chrysomelidae and Cassididae
translation: in families Chrysomelidae and Cassididae
word: gold beetle
word: gold beryl
word: gold blocking
word: gold-bob
word: gold bond
word: gold-book
word: gold box
word: gold braid
taxonomic: Psophia crepitans
word: gold-breasted trumpeter
word: gold-bricker
word: gold brick
word: gold-brick
word: goldbrick
word: gold-bricking
word: gold-bright
word: gold-bronze
word: gold bug
word: gold bullion
word: gold bullion standard
taxonomic: Ploceus spp.
word: gold-capped weaver bird
taxonomic: Carassius auratus
word: gold-carp
word: gold certificate
word: gold-chain
word: gold chalcogenide
word: gold chloride
word: gold clause
word: gold cloth
word: Gold Coast
word: gold coin
word: gold colic
word: gold-collar
word: gold-color
word: gold-colour
word: gold-copper ore
word: goldcraft
taxonomic: Regulus regulus
word: gold-crested wren
taxonomic: Regulus regulus
word: goldcrest
word: goldcup
word: gold-cups
word: gold currency
word: gold-dig
word: gold digger
word: gold-digger
word: gold digging
word: gold-digging
word: gold disc
word: gold disk
word: gold-dredge
word: gold-dredger
word: gold-dredging
word: gold-driver
word: gold-drop
word: gold-dropper
word: gold dust
word: gold-dust
word: gold-dusty
word: gold embroidery
word: golden
word: gold exchange
word: goldeye
word: gold farm
word: gold farmer
word: gold farming
word: gold-fever
word: gold fever
word: gold field
word: goldfielder
word: gold-field
word: goldfield
word: gold-filled
word: gold-film
word: gold-film glass
taxonomic: Carduelis spp.
word: goldfinch
word: gold-finder
word: gold-finger
alt: Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris
word: goldfinny
taxonomic: Carassius auratus
word: goldfish
word: Gold Fixing
word: gold fixing
word: gold flat
word: gold-flower
word: gold-flux
word: gold foil
word: gold-foil
word: gold-fringe
word: gold general
word: goldgreed
word: gold halide
word: goldhammer
word: gold-hammer
word: gold hatband
word: goldhead
word: gold-head
word: gold-heart
word: gold-hoard
word: goldhoard
word: gold-hunger
word: gold hydrazide
word: goldie
word: Goldie
word: goldilocks
word: Goldilocks
word: gold in them thar hills
word: goldish
word: gold is where you find it
word: goldite
word: gold-knap
word: gold-knop
word: gold-knops
word: gold-laced
word: gold leaf
word: gold-leaf
word: goldless
word: goldlike
word: gold-like
word: gold-lily
word: goldlip
word: gold-lip
word: goldly
word: goldmark
word: gold medal
word: gold medalist
word: gold medallist
word: gold-mill
word: gold mine
word: goldmine
word: gold miner
word: goldminer
word: gold-mining
word: gold-mohr
word: gold-mohur
word: goldmohur
word: gold mohur
alt: Cimelioidea spp.
word: gold moth
word: gold-mouthed
word: gold name
word: goldness
word: gold-note
word: gold nugget pleco
word: gold ochre
word: gold of Bruges
word: gold of Genoa
word: gold-of-pleasure
word: gold of pleasure
word: gold of Venice
word: gold open access
word: gold over
word: gold-pan
word: gold pentafluoride
word: gold piece
word: gold-plated
word: gold plated
word: gold plate
word: gold-plate
word: gold-plating
word: gold point
word: gold-powder
word: gold-purple
word: gold-quartz
word: gold-rain
word: gold record
word: gold reserve
word: gold-ringed cat snake
taxonomic: Icterus galbula
word: gold robin
word: goldrush
word: gold rusher
word: gold rush
word: gold-rush
word: gold salt
word: gold-sand
word: goldseed
word: gold-shell
word: gold-shrub
alt: Symphodus melops and Ctenolabrus rupestris
word: goldsinny
word: gold size
word: gold-size
word: gold-skin
word: goldsmith
word: goldsmithery
word: goldsmithing
word: goldsmithy
word: gold-solder
word: gold solder
word: gold sovereign
word: gold-spangle
taxonomic: Carduelis carduelis
word: goldspink
word: gold-spot
word: gold standard
word: gold star
word: Gold Star
word: gold star family
word: gold star father
word: gold star gay
word: gold star lesbian
word: gold star mother
word: gold star parent
word: gold star wife
word: gold stick
word: gold-stick
word: gold-stone
word: goldstone
taxonomic: Phymatopus hecta
word: gold swift
word: goldtail
word: gold-tail
taxonomic: Sphrageidus similis
word: gold-tail moth
word: gold telluride
word: gold therapy
word: gold thioglucose
word: gold-thirst
word: gold-thread
word: goldthread
word: gold-tipped
word: goldtone
word: gold tooth
word: gold top
word: gold-top milk
word: gold trichloride
word: gold value
word: goldware
word: gold-washed
word: gold-washer
word: goldweight
word: gold window
word: goldwork
word: goldworker
word: goldworking
word: goldy
word: good as gold
word: gray gold
word: green-gold
word: green gold
word: grey gold
word: harvest gold
word: Hawaiian gold coral
word: heart of gold
word: Horus of Gold name
word: immunogold
word: jeweler's gold
word: jeweller's gold
word: Kolar Gold Fields
word: leprous gold
word: lined gold
word: liquid gold
word: make a gold
word: Mannheim gold
word: mock gold
word: mosaic gold
word: nanogold
word: nongold
word: Nordic gold
word: nothing gold can stay
word: old gold
word: organogold
word: paper gold
word: perfect gold standard test
word: pink gold
word: potable gold
word: purple gold
word: radiogold
word: red gold
word: rhodium-gold
word: rolled gold
word: rose gold
word: Russian gold
word: shell gold
word: spangle gold
word: Spangold
word: strike gold
word: supergold
word: telluric gold
word: telluride of gold and silver
word: tetragold
word: tetraxenonogold
word: the streets are paved with gold
word: Threadgold
word: trigold
word: ungold
word: violet gold
word: white gold
word: wiregold
word: worth one's weight in gold
word: Yukon gold
Related terms: word: gild
word: gilded
word: gilt
word: goldwasser
sense: place to pan for gold
word: lavatory