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d'or

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɔː/
  • General-American: /doɹ/
  • homophone: door
  • CMU ARPABET: D AO1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of gold; golden.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, postpositional

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

Examples

  • 1617, William Camden, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - description of coat of arms On a shield azure Apollo, the inventor of phisique, proper, with his head radiant, holdinge in his left hand a bowe, and his right hande an arrow d'or [...]

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

French, from de (“of”) + or (“gold”).