English Explanatory Dictionary

golden

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Made of, or relating to, gold.
  2. Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
  3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
  4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
  5. Advantageous or very favourable.
  6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
  7. Relating to the elderly or retired.
  8. Fine, without problems.
noun
  1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
  2. Ellipsis of golden retriever.
verb
  1. To become gold or golden (in color).
  2. To make golden or like gold.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A female given name.
  3. A male given name.
  4. A town in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
  5. A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
  6. A hamlet in Probus parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9246).
  7. A number of places in the United States:
  8. A home rule municipality, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado.
  9. An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
  10. A village in Adams County, Illinois.
  11. A township in Oceana County, Michigan.
  12. A village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Golden Retriever.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡəʊl.dən/ [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩] /ˈɡoʊl.dən/ [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩] en-us-golden.ogg en-au-golden.ogg /ˈɡəʊldən/ /ˈɡoʊldən/

Word forms

golden more golden goldener most golden goldenest goulden goldens goldening goldened

Etymology

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

Synonyms

goldish § Synonyms

Derived words

African golden wolf a golden key can open any door American golden plover Asian golden cat Asiatic golden cat engolden Eurasian golden plover golden age golden-ager golden ager golden alexanders golden alga golden alison golden alyssum golden-and-silver honeysuckle golden anniversary golden apple golden arches golden aster goldenback golden balls golden bamboo Golden Banana golden bandicoot golden BB golden beardgrass golden beetle goldenberry golden berry Golden Bible golden-billed saltator golden billion golden birthday golden boot golden boy golden-breasted fulvetta golden brown golden-brown alga golden bull golden bush robin golden calf goldencarpet golden chain golden-chain golden-chain tree golden chain tree golden-cheeked warbler Golden Chersonese golden child golden chinquapin golden club golden coin turtle golden-collared honeycreeper golden-collared manakin golden conebush golden contact golden crab Golden Crescent golden-crested wren golden-crowned spadebill
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