English Explanatory Dictionary

gilt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Gold or other metal in a thin layer; gilding.
  2. Gold-colored paint or other coating.
  3. Money.
  4. A security (usually a bond) issued by the Bank of England (see gilt-edged).
  5. A gilded object, an object covered with gold.
adj
  1. Golden coloured; gilded.
verb
  1. simple past and past participle of gild
noun
  1. A young female pig, at or nearing the age of first breeding.
noun
  1. Acronym of globalization, internationalization, localization, and translation

Pronunciation

/ɡɪlt/ [ɡɪɫt] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-guilt.wav En-us-gilt.ogg

Word forms

gilt gilts more gilt most gilt yilt

Etymology

Formed in English from the verb gild (“to cover in gold”). Compare gold and German Geld.

Related words

parcel gilt

Derived words

fire gilt gilt-head gilt-head bream gilt silver gilt-tail silver-gilt take the gilt off the gingerbread electrogilt gilthead giltwood ungilt

Translations

Bulgarian: позлата Bulgarian: варак Czech: pozlacení Czech: pozlátko Czech: zlacení Georgian: ქანდა Georgian: ვარაყი German: Vergoldung Italian: doratura Italian: indorato Latin: aurātūra Macedonian: по́злата Macedonian: ва́рак Russian: позоло́та Serbo-Croatian: позлата Serbo-Croatian: pozlata Ukrainian: позолота
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