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auriferous

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ɔːˈɹɪfəɹəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American:
  • rhymes with -ɪfəɹəs

1

adj

Meaning 1

Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

containing gold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • auriferous quartz veins

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gold-bearing

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin aurifer (“gold-bearing”) + the English suffix -ous. The Latin term in turn derived from aurum (“gold”) + ferō (“to carry”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: златоносен (zlatonosen) — containing gold
  • Catalan: aurífer — containing gold
  • Finnish: kultapitoinen — containing gold
  • French: aurifère — containing gold
  • Galician: aurífero — containing gold
  • German: goldhaltig — containing gold
  • Irish: órtháirgeach — containing gold
  • Italian: aurifero — containing gold
  • Latin: aurifer — containing gold
  • Polish: złotodajny — containing gold
  • Polish: złotonośny — containing gold
  • Portuguese: aurífero — containing gold
  • Spanish: aurífero — containing gold