different between miser vs gold

English

Etymology

From Late Latin miser (“wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, miserable, sick, ill, bad, worthless, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma?z?(?)/
• :Rhymes: -a?z?(r)

Noun

miser (plural misers)

1. (derogatory) A person who hoards money rather than spending it; one who is cheap or extremely parsimonious.

   Ebenezer Scrooge was a stereotypical miser: he spent nothing he could save, neither giving to charity nor enjoying his wealth.

2. A kind of earth auger, typically large-bored and often hand-operated.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:miser

Antonyms

• spendthrift

Derived terms

• miserly

Related terms

• miserable
• misery

Translations

See also

• misère

Further reading

• miser in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• miser in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• miser at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• IMers, Mires, Reims, Rimes, emirs, mires, reims, reism, remis, riems, rimes

French

Etymology

mise +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ze/

Verb

miser

1. (gambling) to bet (place a bet)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• miser sur le mauvais cheval

Descendants

• ? Romanian: miza

Further reading

• “miser” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• émirs, mires, mirés, Reims, remis, rimes, rîmes

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *misseros, of unknown origin. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *m?wd?- (“to complain, be emotional about”), the same root of Latin maere? and Ancient Greek ????? (mîsos, “hatred”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?mi.ser/, [?m?s??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?mi.ser/, [?mi?s??r]

Adjective

miser (feminine misera, neuter miserum, comparative miserior, superlative miserrimus, adverb miseriter); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. poor, wretched, pitiful
   • 29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I

     n?n ign?ra mal? miser?s succurrere disc?

     being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate

   • Catullus. Catullus 8

     Miser Catulle, d?sin?s inept?re

     Poor Catullus, stop with the nonsense

2. miserable, unhappy
3. worthless, null
4. tragic, unfortunate
5. sick
6. tormenting

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Romanian: meser, measer
• Italian: misero
• Old French: mezre
• ? Catalan: míser
• ? Portuguese: mísero
• ? Spanish: mísero
• ? Albanian: mjerë (disputed)
• ? English: miser
• ? Romanian: mizer

References

• miser in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• miser in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• miser in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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)