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golden
English
Alternative forms
- goulden (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /????l.d?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /??o?l.d?n/, [???l.d?n]
- Rhymes: -??ld?n
- Hyphenation: gol?den
Etymology 1
From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden (“golden”), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). More at gold.
Adjective
golden (comparative more golden or goldener, superlative most golden or goldenest)
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- She wore a golden crown.
- Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Under a golden sun.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric. [from c. 2010]
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- The Renaissance was a golden era.
- the Golden Horseshoe
- O Partridge! could I hope once again to see that face; but, alas! all those golden dreams are vanished for ever, and my only refuge from future misery is to forget the object of all my former happiness.
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- This is a golden opportunity
- ... a seasoned Champions League outfit, who beat Barcelona at the Nou Camp in 2009-10 and continually worked their way between the home defence to create some golden opportunities.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- It's not long until our golden wedding.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
- After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.
- (Britain, slang) Fine, without problems.
- 2007, Colin Barr, Steve Katai, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Triathlon Training, Penguin ?ISBN, page 28
- Many anti-fog variety goggles are available, but if you don't get that type, just rub a little spit on the lenses before you put them on in the water and you'll be golden.
- 2009, Mark Wiskup, Presentation S.O.S.: From Perspiration to Persuasion in 9 Easy Steps, Hachette UK ?ISBN
- Therefore, the task ahead is easy. When the spotlight is on you, never let the audience down and you'll be golden.
- 2011, Wayne R. Dempsey, 101 Projects for Your Porsche Boxster, Motorbooks ?ISBN, page 68
- If all of the marks line up perfectly, then you're golden, and you can continue on with finishing up the installation.
- 2007, Colin Barr, Steve Katai, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Triathlon Training, Penguin ?ISBN, page 28
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
golden (plural goldens)
- Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Etymology 2
From gold +? -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.
Verb
golden (third-person singular simple present goldens, present participle goldening, simple past and past participle goldened)
- (intransitive) To become gold or golden (in colour).
- (transitive) To make golden or like gold.
- 1994, Marion H. Hedges, Iron City:
- It goldened, as nothing else goldened, the commonplace countryside.
- 1994, Marion H. Hedges, Iron City:
Translations
Anagrams
- Delong, dongle, longed
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ld?n
Verb
golden
- plural past indicative and subjunctive of gelden
Anagrams
- dongel, gondel
German
Alternative forms
- gülden (archaic, poetic)
- gulden, gölden (obsolete)
Etymology
Common since the 18th century. Alteration (after Gold (“gold”)) of older gulden, gülden, from Middle High German guld?n, güld?n, from Old High German guld?n, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz. Equivalen to Gold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, gouden, English golden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??ld?n/
- Hyphenation: gol?den
Adjective
golden (comparative goldener, superlative am goldensten)
- golden; gold (made of gold)
- golden (gold-coloured)
Declension
Synonyms
- (in predicative use) aus Gold
- (in attributive use) Gold-
Derived terms
- Goldener Schnitt
- Goldene Zahl
- goldenes Herz
- Gulden
See also
Further reading
- “golden” in Duden online
- “golden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Middle English
Alternative forms
- goldene, goldyn, goldin, goldun, goldyng, goldein, gowuldyn, colden, coldin
Etymology
From gilden, reformed by analogy with gold.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????ld?n/
Adjective
golden
- Formed from gold.
- Decorated or covered with gold.
- Having a golden colour.
- (figurative) Of excellent quality or worth; precious, best.
Descendants
- English: golden
- Scots: gowden
See also
- gilden
References
- “g?lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.
Plautdietsch
Adjective
golden
- golden
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aurum
English
Etymology
From Latin aurum (“gold”). Doublet of or.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.??m/
- Rhymes: -????m
Noun
aurum (uncountable)
- (chemistry) gold, used in the names of various substances (see Derived terms)
- An Italian liqueur
Derived terms
- aurum fulminans
- aurum mosacium
- aurum musivum
Descendants
- ? Malay: aurum
Latin
Alternative forms
- ausum
Etymology
Rhoticization of earlier ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é-h?us-óm (“gold”), from *h?ews- (“to dawn, become light, become red”). Cognate with Lithuanian áuksas, Old Lithuanian ausas, Old Prussian ausis, Tocharian A wäs, Tocharian B yas?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?au?.rum/, [?äu?????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?au?.rum/, [???u?rum]
Noun
aurum n (genitive aur?); second declension
- gold (as mineral or metal)
- gold (colour)
- any object made of gold, such as a gold coin or a gold ring
- lustre
- a Golden Age
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Synonyms
- (the metal gold): chr?sos
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Eastern Romance:
- Balkan-Romance:
- Aromanian: avru
- Istro-Romanian: aur
- Romanian: aur
- Dalmatian: jaur, yaur, uar, vuar
- Balkan-Romance:
- Western Romance:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Emilian: òr, ôr
- Ligurian: öo
- Lombard: òr
- Piedmontese: òr
- Romagnol: or
- Ocitano-Romance
- Old Occitan: aur
- Catalan: or
- Occitan: aur
- Old Occitan: aur
- Oïl:
- Old French: or
- Middle French: or
- French: or
- Middle French: or
- Old French: or
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: aur
- Ladin: or
- Romansch: aur, or, ôr
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ibero-Romance
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Aragonese: oro
- Old Leonese:
- Asturian: oru
- Extremaduran: oru
- Leonese: oru, ouru
- Mirandese: ouro
- Old Portuguese: ouro
- Galician: ouro
- Portuguese: ouro
- Old Spanish: oro
- Ladino: oro
- Spanish: oro
- Navarro-Aragonese:
- Italo-Romance:
- Corsican: oru
- Italian: oro
- Neapolitan: oro
- Sicilian: oru, àuru
- Venetian: oro
- Gallo-Romance:
- Non-Romance:
- ? Albanian: ar
- ? Celtic:
- Brythonic:
- Breton: aour
- Cornish: owr
- Welsh: aur, awr
- Old Irish: ór
- Irish: ór
- Manx: airh
- Scottish Gaelic: òr
- Brythonic:
- ? English: aurum
- Esperanto: oro
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, ?ISBN, page 63
Further reading
- aurum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- aurum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aurum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- aurum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- aurum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aurum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Malay
Alternative forms
- ???????
Etymology
Borrowed from English aurum, from Latin aurum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [aurom], [aur?m], [?rum], [aurum]
- Rhymes: -urum, -rum, -um
Noun
aurum (Jawi spelling ???????, informal 1st possessive aurumku, impolite 2nd possessive aurummu, 3rd possessive aurumnya)
- gold (element)
Synonyms
- emas / ????
- kencana / ??????
Old Norse
Etymology
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
aurum
- dative plural of eyrir
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