gild

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf.
2. (transitive) To adorn.
3. (transitive) To decorate with a golden surface appearance.
4. (transitive) To give a bright or pleasing aspect to.
5. (transitive) To give a brilliant colour or flush to one's face; (also) to make appear drunk.

Noun

Obsolete spelling of guild.

Synonyms

guild

society

plate

club

fraternity

union

association

coat

🧥

corporation

order

fellowship

league

lodge

begild

engild

gold-plate

gilt

institution

social club

overlay

veneer

trade guild

trade association guild

business guild trade organization

decoration with liquid gold

adorn

gold stamping

alliance

brotherhood

coalition

embellish

gloss

gold plate

harden

institute

organization

trade association

trade union

gold blocking

associations

organisation

gold-plating

cover with gold leaf

plate with gold

goldplate

trade council

trading association

Translations

dorer

vergolden

dorare

dorar

vergulden

indorare

dourar

Verbindung

asociación

vereniging

Verband

société

sociedade

Vereinigung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɪld/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gilden

Inherited from Old English: gyldan

In summary

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”).