adj
Meaning 1
Made of, or relating to, gold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She wore a golden crown.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
golden
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊl.dən/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩]
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/ˈɡɒl.dən/ doll–dole merger
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British, Southern, Standard: /ˈɡəwl.dən/
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British, Southern, Standard: [ˈɡɔwɫ.dn̩]
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/ˈɡɔl.dən/ doll–dole merger
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US: /ˈɡoʊl.dən/
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US: [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩]
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California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian: /ˈɡəʉl.dən/
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Australian: [ˈɡɔʊ̯ɫ.dn̩]
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Scotland: /ˈɡol.dən/
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Wales: /ˈɡoul.dən/ without the toe–tow merger
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rhymes with -əʊldən
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UK: /ˈɡəʊldən/
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US: /ˈɡoʊldən/
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homophone: golden
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adj
Meaning 2
Having a color or other richness suggestive of gold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Under a golden sun.
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 3
Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 4
Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The Renaissance was a golden era.
- the Golden Horseshoe
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adj
Meaning 5
Advantageous or very favourable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- This is a golden opportunity
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adj
Meaning 6
Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It's not long until our golden wedding.
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adj
Meaning 7
Relating to the elderly or retired.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.
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adj
Meaning 8
Fine, without problems.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, predicative, slang
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name
Meaning 9
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A female given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 11
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 12
A town in the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 13
A village in County Tipperary, Ireland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 14
A hamlet in Probus parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW9246).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States:
A home rule municipality, the county seat of Jefferson County, Colorado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Adams County, Illinois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Oceana County, Michigan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 19
A number of places in the United States:
A village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 20
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Barry County, Missouri.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 21
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Burt County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 22
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Holt County, Nebraska.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 23
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town and census-designated place in Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 24
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Josephine County, Oregon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 25
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 26
A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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name
Meaning 27
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 28
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 29
Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 30
Ellipsis of golden retriever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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verb
Meaning 31
To become gold or golden (in color).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 32
To make golden or like gold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 33
presaging or likely to bring good luck
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a favorable time to ask for a raise
- lucky stars
- a prosperous moment to make a decision
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 34
suggestive of gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a golden voice
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 35
having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- long aureate (or golden) hair
- a gold carpet
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aureate, gilded, gilt, gold
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 36
supremely favored
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- golden lads and girls all must / like chimney sweepers come to dust
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fortunate
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 37
marked by peace and prosperity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a golden era
- the halcyon days of the clipper trade
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: halcyon, prosperous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 38
made from or covered with gold
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- gold coins
- the gold dome of the Capitol
- the golden calf
- gilded icons
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gold, gilded
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden ("golden"; > English gilden), from Old English gylden (“golden”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz (“golden, made of gold”), equivalent to gold + -en. Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden (“golden”), German gülden, golden (“golden”), Danish gylden (“golden”). Doublet of gilden. More at gold.
* As an English surname, from the adjective golden. * As an Irish surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.
From gold + -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.
Across languages
Translations
198 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: goue — made of, or relating to, gold
- Arabic: ذَهَبِيّ (ḏahabiyy) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Armenian: ոսկե (oske) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Assamese: সোণৰ (xünor) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Assamese: সুণীয়া (xunia) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Belarusian: залаты́ (zalatý) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Bulgarian: зла́тен (zláten) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Buryat: алтан (altan) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Catalan: d'or — made of, or relating to, gold
- Catalan: daurat — made of, or relating to, gold
- Cebuano: bulawanon — made of, or relating to, gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 金的 (jīn de) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 黃金的 /黄金的 (huángjīn de) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Czech: zlatý — made of, or relating to, gold
- Danish: gylden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Dutch: gouden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Finnish: kultainen — made of, or relating to, gold
- French: d'or — made of, or relating to, gold
- French: en or — made of, or relating to, gold
- Galician: de ouro — made of, or relating to, gold
- Georgian: ოქროსი (okrosi) — made of, or relating to, gold
- German: golden — made of, or relating to, gold
- German: gülden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gulþeins) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Greek: χρυσός (chrysós) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Ancient Greek: χρύσεος (khrúseos) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Ancient Greek: χρυσοῦς (khrusoûs) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Hebrew: מוזהב — made of, or relating to, gold
- Hindi: सुनहरा (sunahrā) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Indonesian: emas — made of, or relating to, gold
- Ingrian: kultain — made of, or relating to, gold
- Irish: órga — made of, or relating to, gold
- Italian: d'oro — made of, or relating to, gold
- Japanese: 黄金の (ōgon no) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Japanese: 金の — made of, or relating to, gold
- Kazakh: алтын (altyn) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Korean: 금의 (geum-ui) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Korean: 황금의 (hwanggeum-ui) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Central Kurdish: زێڕین (zêrrîn) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Northern Kurdish: zêrîn — made of, or relating to, gold
- Latin: aureus — made of, or relating to, gold
- Macedonian: златен (zlaten) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Marathi: सोनेरी (sonerī) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Marathi: सुवर्ण (suvarṇa) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Marathi: सोन्याचा (sonyācā) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Marathi: सोन्याची (sonyācī) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Marathi: सोन्याचे (sonyāce) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Middle English: golden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Middle English: gilden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Navajo: óola bee ályaa — made of, or relating to, gold
- Norwegian: gyllen — made of, or relating to, gold
- Old Turkic: 𐰞𐱃𐰆𐰣 (altun) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Persian: طلایی (talâyi) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Persian: زرین (zarrin) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Plautdietsch: golden — made of, or relating to, gold
- Polish: złoty — made of, or relating to, gold
- Portuguese: de ouro — made of, or relating to, gold
- Portuguese: dourado — made of, or relating to, gold
- Portuguese: áureo — made of, or relating to, gold
- Portuguese: doirado — made of, or relating to, gold
- Romanian: de aur — made of, or relating to, gold
- Romanian: din aur — made of, or relating to, gold
- Romanian: aurit — made of, or relating to, gold
- Russian: золото́й (zolotój) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Sanskrit: काञ्चन (kāñcana) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Serbo-Croatian: златан — made of, or relating to, gold
- Serbo-Croatian: zlatan — made of, or relating to, gold
- Slovak: zlatý — made of, or relating to, gold
- Slovene: zlaten — made of, or relating to, gold
- Lower Sorbian: złoty — made of, or relating to, gold
- Spanish: de oro — made of, or relating to, gold
- Spanish: áureo — made of, or relating to, gold
- Swedish: gyllene — made of, or relating to, gold
- Tagalog: ginto — made of, or relating to, gold
- Telugu: బంగారు (baṅgāru) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Turkish: altın — made of, or relating to, gold
- Turkish: zerrin — made of, or relating to, gold
- Ukrainian: золоти́й (zolotýj) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Urdu: سنہرا (sunahrā) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Welsh: euraidd — made of, or relating to, gold
- Welsh: euraid — made of, or relating to, gold
- Yiddish: גאָלדן (goldn) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Yiddish: גילדן (gildn) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Yiddish: גילדערן (gildern) — made of, or relating to, gold
- Afrikaans: goue — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Assamese: সোণালী (xünali) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Bulgarian: зла́тен (zláten) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Catalan: daurada — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Catalan: daurat — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Cebuano: bulawanon — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Chinese Mandarin: 金色的 (jīnsè de) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Danish: gylden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Dutch: gouden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Dutch: goudkleurig — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Esperanto: ora — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Finnish: kultainen — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Finnish: kullankeltainen — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- French: doré — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Galician: dourado — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Galician: louro — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Georgian: ოქროსფერი (okrosperi) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- German: golden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- German: gülden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Greek: χρυσός (chrysós) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Greek: χρυσαφένιος (chrysafénios) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Hebrew: זהוב (zahóv) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Indonesian: keemasan — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Interlingua: auree — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Interlingua: aurate — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Italian: dorato — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Japanese: 金色の (kin'iro no) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Korean: 금색의 (geumsaeg-ui) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Central Kurdish: زێڕین (zêrrîn) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Northern Kurdish: zêrîn — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Latin: inauratus — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Latin: aurosus — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Malay: keemasan — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Middle English: golden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Middle English: gilden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Navajo: óolago naashchʼąąʼ — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Norwegian: gyllen — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Occitan: daurat — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Persian: طلایی (talâyi) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Persian: زرگون (zarrgun) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Plautdietsch: golden — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Polish: złoty — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Polish: złocisty — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Portuguese: dourado — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Portuguese: áureo — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Romanian: auriu — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Russian: золото́й (zolotój) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Russian: золоти́стый (zolotístyj) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Lower Sorbian: złoty — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Spanish: dorado — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Swedish: gyllene — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Tagalog: ginintuan — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Turkish: altın rengi — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Turkish: zerrin — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Yiddish: גאָלדן (goldn) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Yiddish: גילדן (gildn) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Yiddish: גילדערן (gildern) — having a color or other richness suggestive of gold
- Afrikaans: gulde — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Catalan: daurat — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Danish: gylden — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Finnish: kulta- — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Galician: dourado — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- German: golden — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Greek: χρυσός (chrysós) — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Italian: d'oro — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Latin: aureus — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Middle English: golden — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Middle English: gilden — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Norwegian: gyllen — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Polish: złoty — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Portuguese: dourado — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Portuguese: áureo — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Romanian: prosper — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Romanian: de aur — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Russian: золото́й (zolotój) — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Spanish: dorado — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Spanish: de oro — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Swedish: gyllene — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Tagalog: ginintuan — marked by prosperity, creativity, etc.
- Afrikaans: gulde — advantageous or very favourable
- Catalan: d'or — advantageous or very favourable
- Danish: gylden — advantageous or very favourable
- Finnish: tuhannen taalan — advantageous or very favourable
- French: en or — advantageous or very favourable
- Galician: de ouro — advantageous or very favourable
- German: golden — advantageous or very favourable
- Greek: χρυσός (chrysós) — advantageous or very favourable
- Italian: d'oro — advantageous or very favourable
- Latin: aureus — advantageous or very favourable
- Norwegian: gyllen — advantageous or very favourable
- Polish: wielki — advantageous or very favourable
- Portuguese: de ouro — advantageous or very favourable
- Romanian: favorabil — advantageous or very favourable
- Romanian: norocos — advantageous or very favourable
- Romanian: de aur — advantageous or very favourable
- Swedish: gyllene — advantageous or very favourable
- Afrikaans: goue — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Bulgarian: зла́тен (zláten) — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Catalan: d'or — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Cebuano: bulawanon — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Finnish: kulta- — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- French: d'or — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Galician: de ouro — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Italian: d'oro — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Latin: aureus — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Polish: złoty — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Romanian: de aur — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Spanish: de oro — relating to a fiftieth anniversary
- Afrikaans: vergoud — to become golden
- Catalan: daurar-se — to become golden
- Hebrew: הִזְהִיב (hiz'hív) — to become golden
- Afrikaans: vergoud — to make golden or like gold
- Portuguese: dourar — to make golden or like gold
- Portuguese: doirar — to make golden or like gold
Real reading context