gold
Betekenis (Engels)
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- A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
- A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
- A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
- The bullseye of an archery target.
- A gold medal.
- Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
- (slang) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.
Concepten
goud
gouden
gulden
goudstuk
gouden medaille
goudkleurig
Goud
geld
roos
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɡəʊld/
Etymologie (Engels)
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- (“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 зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).
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