golden

Значение

Adj

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
2. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
5. Advantageous or very favourable.
6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
7. Relating to the elderly or retired.
8. (slang) Fine, without problems.

Noun

1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
2. Ellipsis of golden retriever.

Verb

1. To become gold or golden (in colour).
2. To make golden or like gold.

Пишется через дефис как

gol‧den

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈɡəʊl.dən/

Этимология

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en.
Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

Предложения

The post-Second World War period was a golden era for Dundee Football Club .

Пост-второй период мировой войны был золотой эрой для футбольного клуба Данди.