name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gilding
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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/ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɪldɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: G IH1 L D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
Gold leaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of gild
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 6
a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gilt
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coating, coat
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: позлатяване (pozlatjavane) — art
- Catalan: dauradura — art
- Finnish: kultaaminen — art
- French: dorure — art
- French: dorage — art
- German: Vergolden — art
- Italian: indoratura — art
- Macedonian: позлату́вање (pozlatúvanje) — art
- Turkish: yaldız — art
- Ottoman Turkish: یالدز (yaldız) — art
- Ottoman Turkish: تذهیب (tezhib) — art
- Bulgarian: позлата (pozlata) — leaf
- Bulgarian: варак (varak) — leaf
- Finnish: lehtikulta — leaf
- German: Blattgold — leaf
- Macedonian: ва́рак (várak) — leaf
- Finnish: kultaus — coating
- German: Vergoldung — coating
- Latin: aurātūra — coating
Real reading context