different between terms vs gilden

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t??mz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

1. plural of term

Verb

terms

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

• ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

1. indefinite genitive singular of term

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ld?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English gilden, gelden, gulden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz (“golden”), from *gulþ? (“gold”), equivalent to gold +? -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, German gülden, Swedish gyllen.

Adjective

gilden (comparative more gilden, superlative most gilden)

1. (obsolete) Golden; made of gold.

Etymology 2

From gild +? -en.

Verb

gilden (third-person singular simple present gildens, present participle gildening, simple past and past participle gildened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become golden or gilded

Anagrams

• Dingle, dingle, elding, engild, ingled

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ld?n

Verb

gilden

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of gillen

German

Alternative forms

• gülden

Etymology

From a colloquial merger of various dialectal forms of gelten and the related (obsolete) gülten. Compare for example Alemannic German gülte, gilde, Rhine Franconian gille, Central Franconian jelle, jölde.

Verb

gilden (weak, third-person singular present gildet, past tense gildete, past participle gegildet, auxiliary haben)

1. (colloquial, chiefly childish) to count; to be valid

Usage notes

• Although this verb is fully conjugable, the 3rd-person singular present gildet is by far the commonest form. It is often used as if it were a form of gelten, thus instead of standard gilt.

Conjugation

Synonyms

• gelten

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gylden, gildene, gyldene, gulden, guldene, guylden, guyldene, guildene

Etymology

From Old English gylden, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?naz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?ld?n/, /??ild?n/

Adjective

gilden

1. Formed from gold.
2. Covered or decorated with gold.
3. Golden in colour.
4. (figurative) Having great wealth; rich.
5. (figurative) Glorious, worthy of honour; blessed, happy.

Descendants

• English: gilden; golden (by way of Middle English golden)
• Scots: gilten (obsolete); gowden (by way of Middle English golden)

See also

• golden

References

• “g??lden, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.