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/ɡəʊld/ UK
[ɡɒʊɫd] UK
/ˈɡɒld/
/ɡoʊld/ Canada, US
[ɡold] Canada, US
/ɡaʉld/ New Zealand
[ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d] New Zealand
/ɡold/ Scotland
/ɡould/ Wales
/ɡuːld/ obsolete

Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

From Middle English gold, from Old English gold (“gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥h₃tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“green, yellow”). Related to yellow; see there for more. Germanic cognates include Scots gowd, Dutch goud, German Gold, Faroese, Icelandic, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk gull, Danish and Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

noun gold · golds · gould · ☉

uncountable, usually A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79. You like to hear about gold. A king filled his prison room As full as the room could hold To the top of his reach on the wall With every known shape of the stuff. ’Twas to buy himself off his doom.
Similar: mul:Au
countable, uncountable A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so. The pirates were searching for gold.
uncountable, usually A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold. Now yellow is ascendant: ambers, golds and sulfurs radiate from the fallen leaves among the rocks and tree trunks.
countable The bullseye of an archery target. Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.
countable A gold medal. France has won three golds and five silvers.
countable, figuratively, uncountable Anything or anyone that is very valuable. That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!
Similar: good as gold
countable, in plural, slang, uncountable A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

symbol gould · ☉

☉ (alchemy)
Similar: aurum, E175 when used as a food colouring

adjective golder · goldest · gould · ☉

not comparable, usually Made of gold. a gold chain
Similar: golden
not comparable, usually Having the colour of gold. gold sticker
Similar: golden
not comparable, usually Premium, superior.
not comparable, usually Of a musical recording, having sold 500,000 copies. The album went gold, then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".
not comparable, usually Subject to or involving a model of open access in which a published article is immediately available for to read for free with no embargo period. Coordinate term: green

verb golds · golding · golded · gould · ☉

transitive To appear or cause to appear golden. I caught sight of something that seemed the nexus of all that glittered, all that golded: like a hallucination in the traffic's rotary heart, a saried creature giddily swirling her own razored rainbow roundabout, mirrored fabric sending light spinning like saberlike amidst the smoking, choking cars.

gold^²

/ɡəʊld/ UK
[ɡɒʊɫd] UK
/ˈɡɒld/
/ɡoʊld/ Canada, US
[ɡold] Canada, US
/ɡaʉld/ New Zealand
[ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d] New Zealand
/ɡold/ Scotland
/ɡould/ Wales
/ɡuːld/ obsolete

Rhymes with -əʊld

Where it comes from

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

adjective gould · ☉

not comparable, of software In a finished state, ready for manufacturing. The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.

adverb gould · ☉

not comparable of or referring to a gold version of something

Gold^³

/ɡəʊld/ UK
/ɡoʊld/ US

Sounds like gold · Rhymes with -əʊld

proper noun Golds

An English surname originating as an occupation for a goldsmith or a rich man.

Gold^⁴

noun Golds

A member of the Goldi or Nanai people.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: metal, gilt, gilded, metallic, golden, aureate, amber, chromatic, colored, au, gold-bearing, gold-plated, ingot, ore, mine, goldsmith

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Every language

symbol element Au

Español	oro
한국어	금 geum, 황금 hwanggeum
日本語	金 kin, 黄金 ōgon
中文	金 jīn, 金子 jīnzi, 黃金 /黄金 huángjīn
हिन्दी	सोना sonā, स्वर्ण svarṇ, कंचन kañcan, कनक kanak, हेम hem, भृंगार bhŕṅgār
Kiswahili	dhahabu
Português	ouro, oiro
Français	or
Deutsch	Gold
Italiano	oro
Ελληνικά	χρυσός chrysós, χρυσάφι chrysáfi, μάλαμα málama
Română	aur
Русский	зо́лото zóloto, а́урум áurum, зла́то zláto
Tiếng Việt	vàng
العربية	ذَهَب ḏahab, إِبْرِيز ʔibrīz
עברית	זָהָב zaháv, פָּז paz

symbol coin

Español	moneda de oro
한국어	동전 dongjeon
日本語	金貨 kinka
中文	金幣 /金币 jīnbì
हिन्दी	स्वर्ण svarṇ, जर jar
Português	dobrão, moeda de ouro
Deutsch	Goldmünze, Goldstück
Italiano	moneta d'oro
Ελληνικά	χρυσό νόμισμα chrysó nómisma
Русский	золото́й zolotój
Tiếng Việt	tiền vàng, đồng vàng

symbol colour

Español	oro
한국어	골드 goldeu, 금색 geumsaek
日本語	金色, 黄金色 koganeiro
中文	金色 jīnsè
हिन्दी	सुनहरी sunahrī, सुनहरा sunahrā, सुनहला sunahlā, स्वर्ण svarṇ, जरी jarī
Português	dourado
Français	or
Deutsch	Gold
Italiano	oro
Ελληνικά	χρυσό chrysó, χρυσαφί chrysafí, χρυσαφένιο chrysafénio
Română	auriu
Русский	золото́й zolotój
Tiếng Việt	màu vàng, vàng kim loại, vàng kim
العربية	ذَهَبِي ḏahabī
עברית	זהב \ זָהָב zaháv

symbol bullseye

Español	diana
Deutsch	Gold
Русский	я́блоко мише́ни jábloko mišéni, я́блочко jábločko

symbol gold medal

Español	medalla de oro
한국어	금메달 geummedal
日本語	金 kin, 金メダル kin medaru
中文	金牌 jīnpái
हिन्दी	स्वर्ण svarṇ
Português	medalha de ouro, ouro
Français	or, médaille d'or
Deutsch	Goldmedaille
Italiano	oro, medaglia d'oro
Ελληνικά	χρυσό chrysó
Română	aur
Русский	золота́я меда́ль zolotája medálʹ
Tiếng Việt	huy chương vàng, vàng
עברית	מדליית זהב \ מֶדַלְיַת זָהָב medályat zaháv

symbol anything or anyone considered to be very valuable

한국어	황금 hwanggeum
हिन्दी	जरी jarī, भृंगार bhŕṅgār
Português	tesouro
Français	or
Deutsch	Gold
Italiano	oro, ricchezza, oro colato, oro zecchino
Ελληνικά	μάλαμα málama, διαμάντι diamánti
Română	aur
Русский	зо́лото zóloto
Tiếng Việt	vàng, quý

adj made of gold, golden

Español	de oro, áureo, áurico, aurífero, aurígero
日本語	金
中文	金製的 /金制的 jīnzhì de
हिन्दी	स्वर्ण svarṇ, कनक kanak, जरी jarī
Kiswahili	dhahabu
Português	de ouro, áureo, áurea
Français	d’or, doré
Deutsch	golden, gülden
Italiano	di oro, d'oro, aureo, dorato
Ελληνικά	χρυσός chrysós, χρυσαφής chrysafís, χρυσαφένιος chrysafénios, μαλαματένιος malamaténios
Română	de aur
Русский	золото́й zolotój
Tiếng Việt	(bằng) vàng
العربية	مُذَهَّب m ذَهَبِي muḏahhab

adj having the colour of gold

Español	dorado, áureo
한국어	금색 geumsaek
日本語	黄金色 koganeiro
中文	金色的 jīnsè de
हिन्दी	स्वर्ण svarṇ, जरी jarī
Português	dourado, dourada
Français	doré
Deutsch	golden, gülden, goldfarben, goldfarbig
Italiano	dorato aureo
Ελληνικά	χρυσός chrysós, χρυσαφής chrysafís, χρυσαφένιος chrysafénios
Română	auriu
Русский	золото́й zolotój
Tiếng Việt	(màu) vàng, vàng kim loại
العربية	ذَهَبِي ḏahabī

noun member of the Goldi people

Русский	нанаец nanajec, нанайка nanajka

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@misc{gold_2026,
  title = {gold},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gold},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}

gold

AI In plain words

gold¹

Where it comes from

noun gold · golds · gould · ☉

symbol gould · ☉

adjective golder · goldest · gould · ☉

verb golds · golding · golded · gould · ☉

gold²

Where it comes from

adjective gould · ☉

adverb gould · ☉

Gold³

proper noun Golds

Gold⁴

noun Golds

Thesaurus

Translations

symbol element Au

symbol coin

symbol colour

symbol bullseye

symbol gold medal

symbol anything or anyone considered to be very valuable

adj made of gold, golden

adj having the colour of gold

noun member of the Goldi people

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