golden
English
/ˈɡəʊl.dən/, /ˈɡoʊl.dən/
adj
Definitions
- Made of, or relating to, gold.
- Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.
- Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
- Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
- Advantageous or very favourable.
- Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
- Relating to the elderly or retired.
- (UK) Fine, without problems.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English golden, gulden derived from Old English gylden (golden) derived from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (golden, made of gold) suffix from English gold (pyrolyse food to a golden brown) root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*ǵʰelh₃-
Gloss
shine, yellow, gleam, green, glisten, flourish
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gold Star English
- Golden Week English
- Goldie English
- antigold English
- back English
- begold English
- berry English
- chloride English
- chloro- English
- digold English
- e-gold English
- eka-gold English
- engolden English
- eye English
- fluorogold English
- gilden English
- gold English
- gold star English
- gold-beater English
- gold-bronze English
- goldback English
- goldbeater English
- goldbeating English
- goldbrick English
- goldcrest English
- goldcup English
- golden ticket English
- goldenback English
- goldenberry English
- goldeneye English
- goldenly English
- goldenness English
- goldenrod English
- goldenseal English
- goldensprog English
- goldentail English
- goldenweed English
- goldeny English
- goldeye English
- goldfield English
- goldfinch English
- goldfish English
- goldhammer English
- goldie English
- golding English
- goldish English
- goldless English
- goldlike English
- goldlip English
- goldly English
- goldminer English
- goldmohur English
- goldness English
- goldrush English
- goldseed English
- goldsmith English
- goldsmithing English
- goldsmithy English
- goldtail English
- goldthread English
- goldtone English
- goldware English
- goldwork English
- goldy English
- guilder English
- immunogold English
- nanogold English
- nongold English
- organogold English
- potable gold English
- radiogold English
- rod English
- seal English
- sprog English
- supergold English
- tail English
- tetragold English
- tetraxenonogold English
- ticket English
- trigold English
- ungold English
- ungolden English
- weed English
- week English
- fel Latin
- fel, felle Latin
- glisco Latin
- Gold German
- Goldene Zahl German
- Goldener Schnitt German
- golden German
- gülden German
- mattgolden German
- weißgolden German
- zöld Hungarian
- geel Dutch, Flemish
- goud Dutch, Flemish
- gouden Dutch, Flemish
- желтеть Russian
- желтуха Russian
- δαρεικός Ancient Greek
- ζέλκια Ancient Greek
- κάλαθος Ancient Greek
- χλωρός Ancient Greek
- χλόη Ancient Greek
- χολέρα Ancient Greek
- χολέρᾰ Ancient Greek
- χολή Ancient Greek
- χόλος Ancient Greek
- ἀρσενικόν Ancient Greek
- *gel- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃-, *ǵʰelh₃-os- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰelh₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰlh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃-en-yo-m Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥h₃enyom, *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰl̥tóm Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰolh₃tom Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰĺ̥tom Proto-Indo-European
- gulne Norwegian Bokmål
- *gelwaz Proto-Germanic
- *glōdiz Proto-Germanic
- *gulaz Proto-Germanic
- *gulþą Proto-Germanic
- *gulþīnaz Proto-Germanic
- ゴールデンウィーク Japanese
- złotawy Polish
- złoty Polish
- gulna Norwegian Nynorsk
- gulne Norwegian Nynorsk
- gold Old English
- gylden Old English
- ġeolwian Old English
- colerik Middle English
- gilden Middle English
- gilder Middle English
- gold Middle English
- golden Middle English
- gulden Middle English
- gullinn Old Norse
- gulr Old Norse
- gylden Danish
- *zelenъ Proto-Slavic
- *zelьje Proto-Slavic
- *zolto Proto-Slavic
- *zoltъ Proto-Slavic
- *žьltъ Proto-Slavic
- colere Old French
- لاجورد Persian
- gold Cebuano
- gold Old High German
- guldīn Old High German
- glanaid Old Irish
- giallee Manx
- guldīn Middle High German
- güldīn Middle High German
- giel Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gëllen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 Gothic
- *guldīn Old Dutch
- *gello- Proto-Celtic
- *glanos Proto-Celtic
- *glastos Proto-Celtic
- glibberich Middle Low German
- gülden Middle Low German
- *ȷ́ʰárHiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- igolide Zulu
- gowd Scots
- gowden Scots
- yella Scots
- žalias Lithuanian
- geel German Low German
- gold Volapük
- goldin Volapük
- igolide Xhosa
- gol Tok Pisin
- *gilˀtas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gilˀtos Proto-Balto-Slavic
- koura Maori
- ܙܪܢܝܟܐ Classical Syriac
- gułd Vilamovian
- gwal Hausa
- goridhe Shona
- golide Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- igolide North Ndebele
- *gilˀtos bat-pro
- *želtas bat-pro
- *zarn Parthian
- rod
- eye
- seal
- tail
- back
- weed
- week
- gold
- goldy
- berry
- sprog
- ungold
- e-gold
- Goldie
- gilden
- ticket
- goldie
- begold
- goldly
- digold
- chloro-
- goldeye
- nongold
- guilder
- goldish
- goldcup
- golding
- goldeny
- goldlip
- trigold
- goldback
- goldtone
- eka-gold
- nanogold
- goldness
- goldless
- goldtail
- goldlike
- goldrush
- goldwork
- engolden
- goldware
- goldfish
- ungolden
- antigold
- chloride
- goldenly
- goldseed
- radiogold
- goldfinch
- tetragold
- gold star
- goldenrod
- goldbrick
- goldeneye
- goldsmith
- goldcrest
- Gold Star
- supergold
- goldmohur
- goldfield
- goldminer
- goldenback
- organogold
- goldhammer
- goldentail
- fluorogold
- goldsmithy
- immunogold
- goldbeater
- goldenness
- goldenweed
- goldthread
- goldenseal
- goldenberry
- goldbeating
- Golden Week
- goldensprog
- gold-beater
- gold-bronze
- goldsmithing
- potable gold
- golden ticket
- tetraxenonogold