gild

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• /ɡɪld/
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• homophone: gilled
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• homophone: guild
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From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”).

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ذَهَّبَ (ḏahhaba) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Breton: aourajiñ — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Bulgarian: позлатявам (pozlatjavam) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Catalan: daurar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Cornish: owra — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Czech: zlatit — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Czech: pozlatit — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Danish: forgylde — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Dutch: vergulden — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Esperanto: orumi — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Finnish: kullata — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• French: dorer — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Galician: dourar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Georgian: მოოქროვება (mookroveba) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Georgian: მოვარაყება (movaraq̇eba) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• German: vergolden — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ancient Greek: χρυσόω (khrusóō) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Hungarian: bearanyoz — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ido: orizar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Interlingua: aurar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Irish: óraigh — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Italian: indorare — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Italian: dorare — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Khmer: បិទមាស (bətmiəh) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Khmer: ស្រោបមាស (sraopmiəh) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Latin: aurō — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Latin: deaurō — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Latin: inaurō — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Macedonian: позлати (pozlati) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Manx: airhey — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Occitan: daurar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Polish: pozłacać — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Portuguese: dourar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Quechua: qurichiy — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Romanian: auri — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Russian: золоти́ть (zolotítʹ) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Russian: позолоти́ть (pozolotítʹ) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Scottish Gaelic: òr — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Scottish Gaelic: òraich — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Serbo-Croatian: zlatiti — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Serbo-Croatian: pozlatiti — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Spanish: dorar — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Swedish: förgylla — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Thai: ปิดทอง (pìd-tɔɔng) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Turkish: yaldızlamak — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ottoman Turkish: یالدزلامق (yaldızlamak) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ottoman Turkish: آلتونلمق (altınlamak) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ukrainian: золоти́ти (zolotýty) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ukrainian: позоло́чувати (pozolóčuvaty) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ukrainian: позолоти́ти (pozolotýty) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Ukrainian: позлоти́ти (pozlotýty) — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Vietnamese: trá — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Welsh: euro — to cover with a thin layer of gold
• Bulgarian: украсявам (ukrasjavam) — to adorn
• Dutch: verfraaien — to adorn
• Dutch: opsmukken — to adorn
• Georgian: მორთვა (mortva) — to adorn
• Georgian: შემკობა (šemḳoba) — to adorn
• Georgian: გალამაზება (galamazeba) — to adorn
• German: schmücken — to adorn
• Italian: adornare — to adorn
• Italian: abbellire — to adorn
• Russian: украша́ть (ukrašátʹ) — to adorn
• Russian: укра́сить (ukrásitʹ) — to adorn
• Turkish: süslemek — to adorn
• Welsh: addurno — to adorn
• Italian: indorare — to give a bright or pleasing aspect to
• Spanish: dorar — to give a bright or pleasing aspect to