different between goud vs gould

English

Etymology 1

Compare Old French gaide, French guède, from Old High German; or compare French gaude. See also woad.

Noun

goud (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) woad

Etymology 2

Noun

goud (plural gouds)

1. Alternative form of gourde (“Haitian currency”)

Anagrams

• Doug

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?œut]

Etymology 1

From Dutch goud, from Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?.

Noun

goud (uncountable)

1. gold

Etymology 2

From Dutch gouden.

Adjective

goud (attributive goue, comparative gouer, superlative goudste)

1. made out of gold
2. golden, gold-coloured

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?t/
• Hyphenation: goud
• Rhymes: -?u?t

Noun

goud n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) gold

   zwart goud - oil

   zwart goud - vinyl record

   blauw goud - water

2. (heraldry) or, gold

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: goud
• ? Sranan Tongo: gowtu

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz. More at good.

Adjective

goud (comparative beeter, superlative bääst)

1. good

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Inherited or borrowed?”)

Noun

goud n (no plural)

1. gold
2. gold jewelry
3. gold coins
4. riches, treasure

Derived terms

• goudûle

Further reading

• “goud”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Adjective

gould (not comparable)

1. Obsolete form of gold.

Noun

gould (uncountable)

1. Obsolete form of gold.
   • 1649, John Caley quoted in Archaeologia, Volume X., page #405:

     […] one other roome called the lower parler, this roome intended for hangings, part of the walls are wayn?cotted with oake, adorned with ?tarres and cro?s patees of gould, the feeling thereof is a quadrat arch, in the middle whereof hangs one piñacle perpendicular, garni?hed in every angle with coates of armes, well wrought and richly guilt, the floor is of deale boardes, a hand?ome chymny peece, in the midle whereof is a well wrought coate of arms?; […]