different between surface vs gild

English

Etymology

From French surface.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s??f?s/

Noun

surface (plural surfaces)

1. The overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid.
2. The outside hull of a tangible object.
3. (figuratively) Outward or external appearance.
   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, […].

4. (mathematics, geometry) The locus of an equation (especially one with exactly two degrees of freedom) in a more-than-two-dimensional space.
5. (fortification) That part of the side which is terminated by the flank prolonged, and the angle of the nearest bastion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Stocqueler to this entry?)

Synonyms

• overside
• superfice (archaic)

Derived terms

Related terms

• surficial

Translations

Verb

surface (third-person singular simple present surfaces, present participle surfacing, simple past and past participle surfaced)

1. (transitive) To provide something with a surface.
2. (transitive) To apply a surface to something.
3. (intransitive) To rise to the surface.
4. (transitive) To bring to the surface.
   • 2007, Patrick Valentine, The Sage of Aquarius (page 182)

     Sage went immediately to work; Damien surfaced the submarine and readied the group to meet outside the hatch.

5. (intransitive) To come out of hiding.
6. (intransitive) For information or facts to become known.
7. (transitive) To make information or facts known.
8. (intransitive) To work a mine near the surface.
9. (intransitive) To appear or be found.

Translations

French

Etymology

sur- +? face, calque of Latin superficies.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy?.fas/
• Homophones: surfaces, surfacent

Noun

surface f (plural surfaces)

1. surface

Derived terms

Further reading

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþijan?, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ? (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ld/
• Rhymes: -?ld
• Homophones: gilled, guild

Verb

gild (third-person singular simple present gilds, present participle gilding, simple past and past participle gilded or gilt)

1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
2. (transitive) To adorn.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act II, Scene vi^[1]:

     I will make fast the doors, and gild myself / With some more ducats, and be with you straight.

3. (transitive, cooking) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
   • 2008, Ivan P. Day, Cooking in Europe, 1650-1850 (page 98)

     Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan.

4. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 28:

     When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even.

5. (transitive) To make appear drunk.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

gild (plural gilds)

1. Obsolete form of guild.
   • 1920, H. E. Salter, Munimenta Civitatis Oxonie (volume 71, page xxviii)

     No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]

See also

• gild on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• DILG, glid

Gothic

Romanization

gild

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Irish

Etymology

From English guild.

Noun

gild m (genitive singular gild, nominative plural gildeanna)

1. (historical) guild

   Synonym: cuallacht

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "gild" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “guild” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Entries containing “gild” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gildr, from Proto-Germanic *gildiz. Cognates include Icelandic gildur and Scots yauld.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

gild (masculine and feminine gild, neuter gildt, definite singular and plural gilde, comparative gildare, indefinite superlative gildast, definite superlative gildaste)

1. (also law) valid

   Antonym: ugild

2. nice, healthy, rich, capable
3. kind, good
4. enjoyable
5. happy
6. proud

Derived terms

• gilda (verb)

Related terms

• gilde n
• gjelda

References

• “gild” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?eld, ?ield, ?yld

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *geld?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jild/, [ji?d]

Noun

?ild n

1. payment of money; tribute, compensation, tax
2. guild, society, club
3. deity
4. visible object of worship; idol

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: ?eld
  • English: yield
  • Scots: ?eld, ?eild
• ? Medieval Latin: geldum, gildum
  • ? English: geld

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “?ild”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old Norse

Adjective

gild

1. strong feminine nominative singular of gildr
2. strong neuter nominative plural of gildr
3. strong neuter accusative plural of gildr