gold

Significado (Inglês)

1. A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
2. A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
3. A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
4. The bullseye of an archery target.
5. A gold medal.
6. Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
7. (slang) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

golden

gold-colored

atomic number 79

of gold

of the color of gold

silver and antimony

deep yellow

pure gold

gold ornament

jewelery

bull’s-eye

alloy of iron

Freqüência

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡəʊld/

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).