goldとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• gould (廃れた用法)

語源 1

From Middle English gold, from 古期英語 gold (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰl̥tóm (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“yellow; gleam; to shine”). Related to yellow; see there for more.

Germanic cognates include Dutch goud, German Gold, Norwegian gull, Swedish guld, and cognates from other Indo-European languages are Latvian zelts, Russian зо́лото (zóloto), Persian زرد‎ (zard, “yellow, golden”), Sanskrit हिरण्य (hiraṇya).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊld/, /ɡɔʊld/, /ɡɒʊld/
• (米国用法) enPR: gōld, IPA^(key): /ɡoʊld/
• (廃れた用法) IPA^(key): /ɡuːld/
• Rhymes: -əʊld

名詞

gold (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 golds)

1. (uncountable) A heavy yellow elemental metal of great value, with atomic number 79 and symbol Au.
2. (countable or uncountable) A coin or coinage made of this material, or supposedly so.

   The pirates were searching for gold.

3. (countable) A deep yellow colour, resembling the metal gold.

   gold:  

   metallic gold:  

4. (countable) The bullseye of an archery target.

   Daniel hit the gold to win the contest.

5. (countable) A gold medal.

   France has won three golds and five silvers.

6. (figuratively) Anything or anyone that is very valuable.

   That food mixer you gave me is absolute gold, mate!

   • 2010, Paul Hendy, Who Killed Simon Peters?:

     Now obviously this meant that I went over my allotted time, but the theatre management didn't mind because I was giving them comedy gold and that's what gets bums on seats.

   • 2012, Victor Pemberton, Leo's Girl:

     Marge Quincey didn't deserve a husband like his dad. He was pure gold, and she wasn't worth a light beside him.

7. (slang, in the plural) A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth) made of gold.

同意語

• E175 when used as a food colouring

派生語

関連する語

参考

• (place to pan for gold): lavatory

形容詞

gold (not generally comparable, comparative golder, superlative goldest)

1. Made of gold.

   a gold chain

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 2, in The Celebrity:

     Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. […] A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.

2. Having the colour of gold.

   gold sticker

   gold socks

   • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:

     Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess‎^[1]:

     Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.

3. (of commercial services) Premium, superior.

同意語

• (made of gold, having the colour of gold): golden

動詞

gold (三人称単数 現在形 golds, 現在分詞 golding, 過去形および過去分詞形 golded)

1. To pyrolyze or burn food until the color begins to change to a light brown, but not as dark as browning

参考

語源 2

From gold master, a copy of the code certified as being ready for release.

形容詞

gold (not comparable)

1. (programming, of software) In a finished state, ready for manufacturing.
   • 2004 November, “Half-Life 2 goes gold”, in HWM, page 10:

     The Company confirmed that Half-Life 2, developed by Valve Software, has gone gold with a planned retail street date of November 16, 2004.

   • 2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, page 6:

     He felt bone-tired and twitchy, the way he did in the final stages of putting a video-game project together, almost ready to go gold and turn a new game loose on the public.

   • 2011, Jessica Mulligan and Bridgette Patrovsky, quoting Damion Schubert, Developing Online Games: An Insider's Guide, page 221:

     I had coded guilds into M59 over the weekend, shortly before we were supposed to go gold.

副詞

gold (not comparable)

1. of or referring to a gold version of something

Further reading

• “Gold” in David Barthelmy, Webmineral Mineralogy Database^[2], 1997–.
• Mindat.org‎^[3], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.

語源

From Proto-West Germanic *golþ, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥tom.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɡold/, [ɡoɫd]

名詞

gold n

1. gold

語形変化

派生語

• goldfāh
• gylden

派生した語

• Middle English: gold
  • English: gold
  • Scots: gowd, goold