golden

CEFRA1

/ˈɡəʊl.dən/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Having the color of gold or being especially successful.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.

Examples

  • Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

  • Speech is silver, but silence is golden.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩]
  • [ˈɡɔwɫ.dn̩]

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.

  2. Made of, or relating to, gold.

  3. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

More examples

In context

  • The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.

  • She wore a golden crown.

  • The Renaissance was a golden era.

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Origin

adjective

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.