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{{also|Gold|gòld|gółd}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|lang=en}}
{{elements|en|Au|platinum|Pt|mercury|Hg}}
[[File:GoldNuggetUSGOV.jpg|thumb|A gold nugget.]]

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|gould||obsolete}}
* {{alter|en|☉||alchemy}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ɡəʊld/|[ɡɔʊ(ɫ)d]|[ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d]|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-gold.ogg|a=RP}}
* {{enPR|gōld|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/ɡoʊld/}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-gold.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɡaʉld/|[ɡɒʊ(ɫ)d]|a=NZ}}
* {{IPA|en|/ɡuːld/|a=obsolete}}<ref>{{R:Bingham IP|75}}</ref>
* {{rhymes|en|əʊld|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|gold}}, from {{inh|en|ang|gold|t=gold}}, from {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*golþ}}, from {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gulþą|t=gold}}, from {{inh|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰl̥h₃tóm|t=gold}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-|t=yellow; gleam; to shine}}. Related to [[yellow]]; see there for more. Germanic cognates include {{cog|nl|goud}}, {{cog|de|Gold}}, {{cog|no|gull}}, {{cog|sv|guld}}, and cognates from other Indo-European languages include {{cog|lv|zelts}}, {{cog|ru|зо́лото}}, {{cog|fa|زرد|tr=zard||yellow, golden}}, {{cog|sa|हिरण्य}}. {{C|en|Gold}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~|gold|golds}}

# {{senseid|en|metal}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} A heavy yellow elemental [[metal]] of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol [[Au]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=A Further Range|author={{w|Robert Frost}}|chapter=The Vindictives|year=1936|passage=You like to hear about '''gold'''.<br>A king filled his prison room<br>As full as the room could hold<br>To the top of his reach on the wall<br>With every known shape of the stuff.<br>’Twas to buy himself off his doom.}}
# {{senseid|en|coinage}} {{lb|en|countable|_|or|_|uncountable}} A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.
#: {{ux|en|The pirates were searching for '''gold'''.}}
# {{senseid|en|color}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.
#: {{color panel|gold|FFD700}}
#: {{color panel|metallic gold|D4AF37}}
# {{senseid|en|bullseye}} {{lb|en|countable}} The [[bullseye]] of an {{l|en|archery}} target.
#: {{ux|en|Daniel hit the '''gold''' to win the contest.}}
# {{senseid|en|gold medal as prize}}<!--id best not "medal" bc homoph w/ "metal"--> {{lb|en|countable}} A [[gold medal]].
#: {{ux|en|France has won three '''golds''' and five silvers.}}
# {{senseid|en|anything or anyone valuable}} {{lb|en|figuratively}} Anything or anyone that is very valuable.
#: {{syn|en|good as gold}}
#: {{ux|en|That food mixer you gave me is absolute '''gold''', mate!}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Paul Hendy|title=Who Killed Simon Peters?|passage=Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy '''gold''' and that's what gets bums on seats.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2012|author=Victor Pemberton|title=Leo's Girl|passage=Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure '''gold''', and she wasn't worth a light beside him.}}
# {{senseid|en|teeth grill}} {{lb|en|slang|in the plural}} A [[grill]] {{gloss|jewellery worn on front teeth}} made of gold.

====Symbol====
{{en-symbol}}

# [[☉]] (alchemy)

=====Synonyms=====
* {{l|en|aurum}}
* [[E175]] when used as a [[food colouring]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der4|en|blue-and-gold macaw|devil's gold|fulminating gold|gold field|gold-197|gold-198
|Abyssinian gold|Acapulco gold|amethyst gold|black and gold garden spider|crock of gold|cross of gold|crown gold|digital gold|Dutch gold|e-gold|everything one touches turns to gold|floating gold|flour gold|go for gold|go for the gold ring|gold amalgam|gold box|gold coin|gold colic|gold digging|gold embroidery|gold farm|gold fixing|gold general|gold in them thar hills|gold is where you find it|gold mohur|gold ochre|gold over|gold piece|gold plated|gold rusher|gold size|gold solder|gold-bearing|gold-beater's skin|gold-bright|gold-bronze|gold-collar|gold-digger|gold-dust|gold-finger|gold-hoard|gold-of-pleasure|gold-top milk|gray gold|grey gold|harvest gold|lined gold|Nordic gold|paper gold|perfect gold standard test|purple gold|Russian gold|the streets are paved with gold|violet gold|worth one's weight in gold|Yukon gold
|[[all that glisters is not gold]],<!--the original form--> [[all that glitters is not gold]]<!--the more commonly heard form nowadays-->
|argental gold|gold thioglucose
|[[basket-of-gold]] ({{taxlink|Aurinia saxatile|species}})
|black gold|gold hatband
|blue gold
|cloth of gold
|colloidal gold
|colored gold, coloured gold
|comedy gold
|dead gold
|dentist gold
|ducat gold
|eka-gold
|Etruscan gold|gold open access
|fairy gold
|filled gold
|fool's gold
|go for the gold
|go gold
|gold album
|gold-amalgam
|gold-balls
|gold-bank
|gold basket
|Gold Beach
|[[gold-beater]], [[goldbeater]]
|gold-beating
|{{vern|gold bee}}
|{{vern|gold beetle}} (in families {{taxfmt|Chrysomelidae|family}} and {{taxlink|Cassididae|family}})
|gold beryl
|gold blocking
|gold-bob
|gold bond
|gold-book
|gold braid
|{{vern|gold-breasted trumpeter}} ({{taxfmt|Psophia crepitans|species}})
|[[gold brick]], [[gold-brick]], [[goldbrick]]
|gold-bricker
|gold-bricking
|gold bug
|gold bullion
|gold bullion standard
|{{vern|gold-capped weaver bird}} ({{taxfmt|Ploceus|genus}} spp.)
|{{vern|gold-carp}} ({{taxfmt|Carassius auratus|species}})
|gold certificate
|[[gold-chain]]<!--plant-->
|gold chalcogenide
|gold chloride
|gold clause
|gold cloth
|Gold Coast
|[[gold-color]], [[gold-colour]]
|gold-copper ore
|goldcraft
|[[goldcrest]] ({{taxfmt|Regulus regulus|species}})
|{{vern|gold-crested wren}} ({{taxfmt|Regulus regulus|species}})
|gold-cups
|gold currency
|gold-dig
|gold digger
|gold-digging
|[[gold disc]], [[gold disk]]
|[[gold-dredge]], [[gold-dredger]]
|gold-dredging
|gold-driver
|gold-drop
|gold-dropper
|gold dust
|gold-dusty
|[[golden]]<!--Put terms derived from "golden" on the page for that word-->
|gold exchange
|gold farmer
|gold farming
|[[gold-fever]], [[gold fever]]
|[[gold-field]], [[goldfield]]
|goldfielder
|gold-filled
|[[gold-film]], [[gold-film glass]]
|[[goldfinch]] ({{taxfmt|Carduelis|genus}} spp.)
|gold-finder
|[[goldfinny]] ({{taxlink|Symphodus melops|species}} and {{taxlink|Ctenolabrus rupestris|species}})
|[[goldfish]] ({{taxfmt|Carassius auratus|species}})
|Gold Fixing
|gold flat
|{{vern|gold-flower}}
|gold-flux
|[[gold foil]], [[gold-foil]]
|gold-fringe
|gold halide
|gold-hammer
|gold-head
|gold-heart
|gold-hunger
|gold hydrazide
|[[goldilocks]]<!--common noun-->, {{w|Goldilocks}}<!--proper noun-->
|goldish
|goldite
|[[gold-knap]], [[gold-knop]], [[gold-knops]]
|gold-laced
|[[gold leaf]], [[gold-leaf]]
|goldless
|gold-like
|gold-lily
|gold-lip
|gold medal
|[[gold medalist]]/[[gold medallist]]
|gold-mill
|[[gold mine]], [[goldmine]]
|[[gold miner]], [[goldminer]]
|gold-mining
|[[gold-mohr]], [[gold-mohur]]
|[[gold moth]] ({{taxlink|Cimelioidea|superfamily}} spp.)
|gold-mouthed
|gold name
|gold-note
|gold of Bruges
|gold of Genoa
|gold of pleasure
|gold of Venice
|gold-pan
|gold pentafluoride
|[[gold plate]], [[gold-plate]]
|gold-plated
|gold-plating
|gold point
|gold-powder
|gold-purple
|gold-quartz
|gold-rain
|gold record
|gold reserve
|{{vern|gold robin}} ({{taxlink|Icterus galbula|species}})
|[[gold rush]], [[gold-rush]]
|gold salt
|gold-sand
|gold-shell
|gold-shrub
|[[goldsinny]] ({{taxlink|Symphodus melops|species}} and {{taxlink|Ctenolabrus rupestris|species}})
|gold-size
|gold-skin
|goldsmith
|goldsmithery
|gold-solder
|gold sovereign
|gold-spangle
|[[goldspink]] ({{taxfmt|Carduelis carduelis|species}})
|gold-spot
|gold standard
|gold star
|gold star family
|gold star father
|gold star gay
|gold star lesbian
|gold star mother
|gold star parent
|gold star wife
|[[gold stick]], [[gold-stick]]
|[[gold-stone]], [[goldstone]]
|{{vern|gold swift}} ({{taxlink|Phymatopus hecta|species}})
|{{vern|gold-tail}}, {{vern|gold-tail moth}} ({{taxlink|Sphrageidus similis|species}})
|gold telluride
|gold therapy
|gold-thirst
|[[gold-thread]], [[goldthread]]
|gold-tipped
|gold tooth
|gold top
|gold trichloride
|gold value
|gold-washed
|gold-washer
|gold window
|goldwork
|goldy
|good as gold
|green gold
|heart of gold
|Horus of Gold name
|[[jeweler's gold]], [[jeweller's gold]]
|{{w|Kolar Gold Fields}}
|leprous gold
|liquid gold
|make a gold
|Mannheim gold
|mock gold
|mosaic gold
|old gold
|pink gold
|potable gold
|red gold
|rhodium-gold
|rolled gold
|rose gold
|shell gold
|spangle gold
|strike gold
|telluric gold
|telluride of gold and silver
|white gold
|wiregold
}}

=====Related terms=====
{{rel4|en|gild|gilded|gilt|[[goldwasser]]<!--from German-->}}

=====Translations=====
{{see translation subpage|Noun}}

=====See also=====
* {{sense|place to pan for gold}} [[lavatory]]

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-|er}}

# Made of gold.
#: {{syn|en|golden}}
#: {{ux|en|a '''gold''' chain}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=2|passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.{{...}}A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge '''gold''' stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.}}
# Having {{l|en|gold|id=color|the colour}} of gold.
#: {{syn|en|golden}}
#: {{ux|en|'''gold''' sticker}}
#: {{ux|en|'''gold''' socks}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1927|author=[http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL2416183A F. E. Penny]
|chapter=4|title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL16814587W Pulling the Strings]
|passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his '''gold'''-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in '''gold''' lines.}}
#* {{RQ:Allingham China Governess|chapter=3|passage=Here the stripped panelling was warmly '''gold''' and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.}}
# {{lb|en|of commercial services}} [[premium|Premium]], [[superior]].
# Of a musical recording: having sold 500,000 copies.
#: {{cot|en|platinum}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2000|journal=Billboard|volume=112|issue=20|page=52
|passage=The album went '''gold''', then platinum, thanks to a second hit single, "It's A Miracle".}}
# {{lb|en|academia}} Subject to or involving a model of [[open access#Noun|open access]] in which a published [[article#Noun|article]] is immediately available for to read for free with no [[embargo#Noun|embargo]] period.
#: {{coord|en|green}}
#* {{RQ:Guardian|author=Peter Suber|authorlink=Peter Suber|title=Open access: six myths to put to rest|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603054429/https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/oct/21/open-access-myths-peter-suber-harvard|date=21 October 2013|passage=Scholars who make their work green open access rather than '''gold''' never pay a fee to do so. Even when they choose the '''gold''' route, only 33% of peer-reviewed open access journals charge author-side fees.}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|made of gold, golden}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|goud}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|مُذَهَّب|m}} {{t|ar|ذَهَبِي|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ոսկե}}
* Brunei Malay: {{t|kxd|amas}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|златен}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|daurat}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[金製]]的|tr=jīnzhì de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zlatý|m}}
* Danish: {{qualifier|compound}} {{t+|da|guld|n}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|gouden}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|གསེར}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kuldne}}, {{t|et|kullast}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kultainen}}
* French: {{t|fr|d’[[or]]}}, {{t+|fr|doré}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|dourado|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ოქრო}}
* German: {{t+|de|golden}}, {{t+|de|gülden}} {{qualifier|archaic}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρυσός|m}}, {{t+|el|χρυσαφής|m}}, {{t+|el|χρυσαφένιος|m}}, {{t+|el|μαλαματένιος|m}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|χρύσεος}}, {{t|grc|χρύσειος}} {{qualifier|Epic}}, {{t|grc|χρυσεργής}}, {{t|grc|χρυσίτης}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|स्वर्ण}}, {{t+|hi|कनक}}, {{t+|hi|जरी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|arany}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|edo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|emas}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|de [[auro]]}}, {{t|ia|auree}}, {{t|ia|aurate}}
* Italian: {{t|it|di [[oro]]}}, {{t+|it|d'oro}}, {{t+|it|aureo}}, {{t+|it|dorato}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|金}}
* Kongo: {{t|kg|wolo}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aureus}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|woló}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|volamena}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|emas}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|ameh}}, {{t|min|omeh}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|gylden}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|طلایی|tr=talâyi}}, {{t+|fa|زرین|tr=zarin}}, {{t+|fa|طلائی}}
* Polabian: {{t|pox|zlåtenĕ}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|złoty}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|de [[ouro]]}}, {{t+|pt|áureo|m}}, {{t+|pt|áurea|f}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|de aur}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|золото́й}}
* Rwanda-Rundi: {{t|rw|zahabu}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|de auru}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|gowd}}, {{t|sco|goold}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|òir}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|златан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zlatan}}
* Shona: {{t|sn|ndarama}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|රත්තරං}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|zlatý|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|zlat}}
* Somali: {{t|so|dahab}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|złoty}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dorado|m}}, {{t|es|de [[oro]]}}, {{t+|es|áureo}}, {{t|es|áurico}}, {{t+|es|aurífero}}, {{t+|es|aurígero}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|gowtu}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|dhahabu}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|guld-}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|ginto na}} / {{t|tl|gintong}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|స్వర్ణ}}, {{t|te|కనక}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ทอง|tr=thong}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|золоти́й}}
* Vietnamese: ([[bằng]]) [[vàng]]
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|goldik}}
* Wolof: {{t|wo|golide}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|wura}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|having the colour of gold}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|goud}}, {{t|af|goudkleurig}}, {{t|af|goudgeel}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|ذَهَبِي}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|ذهبي|tr=ðəhəbi}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|ոսկեգույն}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|златист}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|daurat}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[金色]]的|tr=jīnsè de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|zlatý|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|gylden}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|goudkleurig}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|orkolora}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|kuldne}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kullanvärinen}}, {{t+|fi|kultainen}}, {{t+|fi|kullankeltainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|doré}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|dourado|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|golden}}, {{t+|de|gülden}} {{qualifier|archaic}}, {{t+|de|goldfarben}}, {{t|de|goldfarbig}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|χρυσός}}, {{t+|el|χρυσαφής}}, {{t+|el|χρυσαφένιος}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|स्वर्ण}}, {{t+|hi|जरी}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|arany}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|edo}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|auree}}, {{t|ia|aurate}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|dorato}} {{t+|it|aureo}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|黄金色|tr=[[こがねいろ]], koganeiro}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|금색|tr=}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|aureus}}, {{t+|la|auratus}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|emas}}
* Minangkabau: {{t+|min|ameh}}, {{t|min|omeh}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|طلایی|tr=talâyi}}, {{t+|fa|زرین|tr=zarin}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|złoty}}, {{t+|pl|złocisty}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|dourado|m}}, {{t+|pt|dourada|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|auriu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|золото́й}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|gowd}}, {{t|sco|goold}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|òir}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|златоноѕан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|zlatonosan}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|zlat}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|złoty}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|dorado}}, {{t+|es|áureo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|gyllene}}, {{t+|sv|guldfärgad}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|స్వర్ణ}}
* Vietnamese: ([[màu]]) [[vàng]], vàng [[kim loại]] (to distinguish from [[yellow]])
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|goldakölik}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Basque: {{t-check|eu|urrezko}}
* Breton: {{t+check|br|aour}}
* Guaraní: {{t-check|gn|itaju-}}, {{t-check|gn|kuarepotiju-}}
* Indonesian: {{t-check|id|ke[[emas]]an}}
* Slovak: {{t-check|sk|zlatý}}
* Tupinambá: {{t-check|tpn|[[itaîuba]]-}}
* Welsh: {{t+check|cy|aur}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To appear or cause to appear [[golden]].
#: {{hypo|en|gild#Verb}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010| title=Born Confused|author=Tanuja Desai Hidier | page=| passage=I caught sight of something that seemed the nexus of all that glittered, all that '''golded''': like a hallucination in the traffic's rotary heart, a saried creature giddily swirling her own razored rainbow roundabout, mirrored fabric sending light spinning like saberlike amidst the smoking, choking cars.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011| title=Tom Fleck |author=Harry Nicholson | page=250| passage=You are the sun at Noon, that '''golds''' the barley, and pulls the bee to the ling on the moor. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011| title=A Usual Lunacy|author=D G Compton | page=| passage=Worked wonders, knowing a thing like that. '''Golded''' up your hair, even, for all your record said ''indeterminate''. '''Golded''' up the whole world, really. }}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011| title=North Cape: Selected Poems of a Poet Turned Philosopher |author=Robert M. Ellis | page=21|chapter=Pokhara Lake| passage=But I work still, a dead, unheeding man across the endless interface: wishing I was the sun who '''golds''' the lake or the lake, comprehending sun.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2021| title=The Imperial Stars|author=Edward Elmer Smith | page=| passage=Hair down to my shoulders; waved and liquid-golded. Eyebrows shaved to a different shape and '''golded'''. Handle-bar mustache, waxed to points and '''golded'''. }}

====See also====
{{col-top|3}}
* [[arsenic]]
* [[auramine]]
* [[aurata]]
* [[aurate]]
* [[aurated]]
* [[aureate]]
* [[aureation]]
* [[aureity]]
* [[aurelia]]
* [[aurelian]]
* [[aureola]]
* [[aureole]]
* [[aureoled]]
* [[aureolin]]
* [[aureoline]]
* [[aureomycin]]
* [[aureus]]
* [[aurian]]
* [[auric]]
* [[auricomous]]
* [[auride]]
* [[auriferous]]
* [[aurifex]]
* [[aurific]]
* [[aurification]]
* [[aurify]]
* [[aurigraphy]]
* [[aurin]]
* [[auriphrygiate]]
* [[aurivorous]]
* [[auro-]]
* [[aurous]]
* [[aurulent]]
* [[aurum]]
* [[chryselephantine]]
* [[chryso-]]
* [[kincob]]
* [[Midas]]
* [[or]]<!--heraldic term-->
* [[ormolu]]
* [[oroide]]
* [[orphrey]]
* [[orpiment]]
* [[philosopher's stone|philosopher’s stone]]
* [[zari]]
* [[Appendix:Colors]]
{{col-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{m|en|gold master}}, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# {{lb|en|programming|of software}} In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
#* {{quote-journal|en|year=2004|month=November|passage=The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone '''gold''' with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.|title=Half-Life 2 goes '''gold'''|magazine=HWM|page=10}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|passage=He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go '''gold''' and turn a new game loose on the public.|title=Unearthed|author=Jordan Gray|page=6}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2011|passage=I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go '''gold'''.|page=221|title=Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide|quotee=Damion Schubert|author=Jessica Mulligan; Bridgette Patrovsky}}

====Adverb====
{{en-adv|-}}

# of or referring to a gold version of something

===References===
<references/>

===Further reading===
* {{R:WebMineral}}
* {{R:mindat}}

{{C|en|Metals|Wealth|Yellows}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|ceb|en|gold}}, from {{der|ceb|enm|gold}}, from {{der|ceb|ang|gold||gold}}, from {{der|ceb|gem-pro|*gulþą||gold}}, from {{der|ceb|ine-pro|*ǵʰl̥tóm||gold}}, from {{der|ceb|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-||yellow; gleam; to shine}}.

===Noun===
{{head|ceb|noun}}

# {{l|ceb|gold}} (chemical element)
# a coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so
# a bright yellow color, resembling the metal gold
# a [[gold medal]]
# {{lb|ceb|fantasy|_|RPG|fantasy|_|board games}} miscellaneous unit of currency in fantasy genre

===Adjective===
{{head|ceb|adjective}}

# having the colour of {{l|ceb|gold}}

===Quotations===
{{seeCites|ceb}}

{{C|ceb|Metals|Yellows}}

==Cimbrian==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|cim|golt||Sette Comuni}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|cim|gmh|golt}}, from {{inh|cim|goh|gold}}, from {{inh|cim|gmw-pro|*golþ}}, from {{inh|cim|gem-pro|*gulþą||gold}}. Cognate with {{cog|de|Gold}}, {{cog|en|gold}}.

===Noun===
{{cim-noun|n}}

# {{lb|cim|Luserna}} [[#English|gold]] {{gl|metal}}

===References===
* {{R:Patuzzi}}

{{c|cim|Chemical elements|Metals}}

==Danish==

===Etymology===
Probably from or related to {{der|da|non|geldr|t=barren, yielding no milk}}, from {{der|da|gem-pro|*galdaz}}, {{m|gem-pro|*galdijaz|t=barren, unfruitful}}, from {{der|da|ine-pro|*gʰel-|t=to shout, cry}}.

See also {{cog|sv|gall|t=barren}}, {{cog|de|galt}}, {{m|de|gelt|t=yielding no milk, unfruitful}}, {{cog|non|gelda|t=to castrate}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|da|/ɡɔl/|[ɡ̊ʌlˀ]}}
* {{rhymes|da|ɒl|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{da-adj}}

# [[barren]], [[desolate]]
# [[sterile]] {{gloss|unable to reproduce}}
# [[dry]], {{non-gloss|(of a cow) not producing milk}}
#: {{ux|da|En '''gold''' ko.|A '''dry''' cow.}}

====Inflection====
{{da-infl-adj||est}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|da|goldhed}} ("[[barrenness]], [[sterility]]")

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|nl|Nl-gold.ogg}}

===Verb===
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|gelden||s|past|ind}}

==Middle English==

===Etymology===
{{root|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}
From {{inh|enm|ang|gold||gold}}, from {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*golþ}}, from {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*gulþą||gold}}, from {{inh|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰl̥tóm||gold}}, from {{der|enm|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-||yellow; gleam; to shine}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|enm|/ɡɔld/|/ɡoːld/}}

===Noun===
{{enm-noun}}

# [[#English|gold]] {{gloss|metal}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|enm|gilden}}
* {{l|enm|golden}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|en|gold}}
* {{desc|sco|gowd|goold}}

{{c|enm|Metals}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nn|/ɡɔlː/}} {{nn-pronu-note}}

===Adjective===
{{nn-adj-2}}

# [[frail]], [[barren]]

===References===
* {{R:ND}}

==Old English==

===Etymology===
{{root|ang|ine-pro|*ǵʰelh₃-}}
From {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*golþ}}, from {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*gulþą}}, from {{inh|ang|ine-pro|*ǵʰĺ̥tom}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|gold}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|n}}

# [[#English|gold]]
#* '''late 10th century''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://archive.org/details/aelfricslivesof01aelf/page/220/mode/2up?q= "Chair of Saint Peter"]
#*: {{quote|ang|...Næbbe ic seolfor ne '''gold''', ic þē dō þæt ic hæbbe...|...I have neither silver nor '''gold''', I give thee that I have...}}

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-n|gold|num=sg}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ang|goldfāh}}
* {{l|ang|goldsele}}
* {{l|ang|gylden}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|gold}}

{{c|ang|Metals}}

==Volapük==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|vo|en|gold}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|vo|[ɡold]}}

===Noun===
{{vo-noun}}

# [[gold]]

====Declension====
{{vo-decl-noun}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|vo|goldin}} {{q|chemistry - Au}}
* {{sense|obsolete}} {{l|vo|golüd}} {{q|classic or {{l|vo|original Volapük}} / {{l|vo|Volapük rigik}}}}

====Derived terms====
{{der4|vo
|bledagold
|bledagoldel
|bledahigoldel
|bledajigoldel
|bledogold
|blufamabagold
|dofaredagold
|filagoldam
|folkloridilgoldiniatazüd
|goldabled
|goldabledül
|goldabraun
|goldabraunik
|goldabronsöt
|goldabük
|goldacäf
|goldadef
|goldadiv
|goldafasan
|goldafit
|goldaköl
|goldakölaglod
|goldakölakrut
|goldakölalaig
|goldakölik
|goldakönäd
|goldakonäd [[Rusänik]] ([[limperial]])
|goldaköt
|goldaköted
|goldakötedakad
|goldam
|goldamak
|goldamastöf
|goldamon
|goldan
|goldaränät
|goldarein
|goldatastabot
|goldatazüd
|goldatäod
|goldatäodot
|goldahivobotel
|goldajivobotel
|goldatinkat
|goldavob
|goldavobot
|goldavobotel
|goldayelov
|goldayelovik
|gold di Mannheim
|gold di Rhein
|goldibevob
|goldibevoban
|goldiblufam
|goldiflapan
|goldihibevoban
|goldihiflapan
|goldihismitan
|goldijibevoban
|goldijiflapan
|goldijismitan
|goldik
|goldin
|goldinablög
|goldinadef
|goldinadiv
|goldinafilun
|goldinagik
|Goldinajolän
|Goldinajolänan
|Goldinajolänik
|goldinakipädot
|goldinalainaskin
|goldinalän
|goldinameinäd
|goldinavöläd
|goldiner
|goldineraglun
|goldineragron
|goldineraston
|goldinerik
|goldinijafäd
|goldiniloxid
|goldinisulfid
|goldinituv
|goldinituvot
|goldinoklorid
|goldinoloxid
|goldismitan
|goldismitöp
|goldivätöm
|goldöfik
|goldön
|gold rafinik
|higoldan
|hi-Goldinajolänan
|jigoldan
|ji-Goldinajolänan
|lugold
|lugoldanid
|lugoldanidik
|lugoldik
|mulür goldakölik
|mulür goldik
|rafinagold
|tonatem goldik
|tonat goldik
}}

====See also====
* {{l|vo|bronsöt}}
* {{l|vo|kuprin}} {{qualifier|chemistry - Cu}}
* {{l|vo|largent}}
* {{l|vo|largentin}} {{qualifier|chemistry - Ag}}

{{c|vo|Metals}}

==Welsh==

===Etymology===
From {{bor|cy|en|gold}}.

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|-}}

# [[marigold]]

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|cy
|gold Ffrainc<t:French marigold>
|gold talsyth<t:African marigold>
|gold y De<t:huacatay>
|gold y gors<t:marsh marigold>
|gold y môr<t:goldilocks aster>
}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:cy:GPC}}

{{C|cy|Flowers}}