Gold
nounA precious yellow metal used for coins, jewellery, and as a store of wealth.
How to spell gold
4 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce gold
What does gold mean?
- nounA precious yellow metal used for coins, jewellery, and as a store of wealth.
- adjectiveHaving the bright yellow colour of the metal.
Gold in a sentence
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noun
The ring was made of solid gold.
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adjective
She chose a gold frame for the painting.
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noun
Investors bought gold as prices in the market fell.
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adjective
The curtains were a deep gold shade.
Where does gold come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
Gold is a thoroughly native English word, descending from the Old English 'gold' with essentially the same form and meaning it carries today. It traces back to a Proto-Germanic root reconstructed as 'gulthan', which is the source of related words such as German 'Gold', Dutch 'goud', and Old Norse 'gull'. Further back, scholars connect it to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'to gleam' or 'to shine yellow', the same colour notion that links it to words like 'yellow' and 'glow'. That ancient sense of a bright yellow gleam explains why the word names both the precious metal and its warm colour. Because the spelling has stayed remarkably stable for over a thousand years, gold is one of the simpler words to write, with no silent letters or unexpected vowels.
How the word is built
- gold (single native root: the metal and its colour)
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