English Explanatory Dictionary

gilden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Golden; made of gold.
verb
  1. To make or become golden or gilded

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɪldən/

Word forms

gilden more gilden most gilden gildens gildening gildened

Etymology

From Middle English gilden, gelden, gulden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden”), from *gulþą (“gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gulden, German gülden, Swedish gyllen.

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