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English

Alternative forms

• gould (obsolete)

Etymology 1

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). 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 are Latvian zelts, Russian ??????? (zóloto), Persian ???? (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit ?????? (hira?ya).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???ld/, /???ld/, /???ld/
• (US) enPR: g?ld, IPA^(key): /?o?ld/
• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /?u?ld/
• Rhymes: -??ld

Noun

gold (countable and uncountable, plural golds)

1. (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
2. (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

3. (uncountable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

4. (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.

5. (countable) A gold medal.

6. (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
7. (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

Synonyms

• aurum
• E175 when used as a food colouring

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See gold/translations § Noun.

See also

• (place to pan for gold): lavatory

Adjective

gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)

1. Made of gold.
2. Having the colour of gold.
3. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.
4. Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.

   Coordinate term: platinum

   • 2000, Billboard (volume 112, number 20, page 52)

     The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".

Translations

Synonyms

• (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden

Verb

gold (third-person singular simple present golds, present participle golding, simple past and past participle golded)

1. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning

See also

Etymology 2

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

Adjective

gold (not comparable)

1. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.

Adverb

gold (not comparable)

1. of or referring to a gold version of something

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Gold”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• Mindat.org?^[2], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English gold, from Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

Noun

gold

1. gold; a heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au
2. a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so
3. a bright yellow colour, resembling the metal gold
4. a gold medal
5. (fantasy role-playing games board games) miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre

Adjective

gold

1. having the colour of gold

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:gold.

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• golt (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German golt, from Old High German gold, from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”). Cognate with German Gold, English gold.

Noun

gold n

1. (Luserna) gold (metal)

References

• “gold” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l/, [???l?]
• Rhymes: -?l

Adjective

gold

1. barren, desolate
2. sterile (unable to reproduce)
3. dry, (of a cow) not producing milk

   En gold ko.

   A dry cow.

Inflection

Derived terms

• goldhed ("barrenness, sterility")

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

gold

1. singular past indicative of gelden

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??l?tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *??elh?- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ld/

Noun

gold (plural golds)

1. gold (metal)

Derived terms

• gilden
• golden

Descendants

• English: gold
• Scots: gowd, goold

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?/ (example of pronunciation)

Adjective

gold (indefinite singular gold, definite singular and plural golde, comparative goldare, indefinite superlative goldast, definite superlative goldaste)

1. frail, barren

References

• “gold” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?, from Proto-Indo-European *????tom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?old/, [?o?d]

Noun

gold n

1. gold

Declension

Derived terms

• goldf?h
• gylden

Descendants

• Middle English: gold
  • English: gold
  • Scots: gowd, goold

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English gold.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?old]

Noun

gold (nominative plural golds)

1. gold

Declension

Synonyms

• goldin (chemistry - Au)
• (obsolete): golüd (classic or original Volapük / Volapük rigik)

Derived terms

See also

• bronsöt
• kuprin (chemistry - Cu)
• largent
• largentin (chemistry - Ag)

English

Noun

sulphur (countable and uncountable, plural sulphurs)

1. Alternative spelling of sulfur
2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the subfamily Coliadinae, especially the sulphur coloured species. Compare yellow.

Derived terms

• Hot Sulphur Springs
• Owly sulphur, a type of owlfly
• sulphur spring
• Sulphur Springs
• White Sulphur Springs

Verb

sulphur (third-person singular simple present sulphurs, present participle sulphuring, simple past and past participle sulphured)

1. Alternative spelling of sulfur

Usage notes

• This is the traditional popular spelling in the UK and India, and an alternative spelling in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. However, it is considered non-standard in scientific contexts, as the IUPAC has only approved the spelling sulfur.

References

Anagrams

• uphurls

Latin

Alternative forms

• sulpur (archaic)
• sulfur (late-Classical)

Etymology

From a Hellenisation of earlier sulpur, from the root *selp- (“fat, oil”). Cognate with English salve, Sanskrit ??????? (sarpís, “cleaned melted butter”), ????? (s?prá, “greasy, smooth”), Tocharian B ?alype (“ointment”), and perhaps ????? (élpos, “?olive oil, fat”) or Ancient Greek ???? (ólp?, “flask for oil”).

According to De Vaan citing Szemerényi, perhaps from an s-stem Proto-Indo-European *sélpos. However, De Vaan finds both the -él- > -ól- and -os > -ur changes to be irregular (for -ol- > -ul- see sulcus), adding that perhaps it comes from Proto-Italic *solpor, from an r/n-stem Proto-Indo-European *sólpr? instead.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sul.p?ur/, [?s????p??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sul.fur/, [?sulfur]

Noun

sulphur n (genitive sulphuris); third declension

1. sulfur, brimstone
2. lightning

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

References

• sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sulphur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers