gild

Significado

Verb

1. To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
2. To adorn.
3. To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
4. To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
5. To make appear drunk.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of guild.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡɪld/

Etimología

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