Standard Lemma guide

guilder

noun · 6 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪldə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɡɪldɚ/
  • homophone: gilder
  • rhymes with -ɪldə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: G IH1 L D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The former currency unit in Suriname, divided into 100 cents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Obsolete spelling of gilder (“one who gilds”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

formerly the basic unit of money in the Netherlands; equal to 100 cents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gulden, florin, Dutch florin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Dutch monetary unit

6

noun

Meaning 6

the basic unit of money in Suriname; equal to 100 cents

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gulden, florin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Surinamese monetary unit

History

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gulden (“golden”).

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: florín — unit of currency
  • Aukan: kolu — unit of currency
  • Bulgarian: гу́лден (gúlden) — unit of currency
  • Caribbean Hindustani: rupia (Sarnami) — unit of currency
  • Catalan: florí — unit of currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 荷蘭盾 /荷兰盾 (hélándùn) — unit of currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 盾 (dùn) — unit of currency
  • Danish: gylden — unit of currency
  • Dutch: gulden — unit of currency
  • Finnish: guldeni — unit of currency
  • French: florin — unit of currency
  • West-Frisian: gûne — unit of currency
  • Galician: florín — unit of currency
  • German: Gulden — unit of currency
  • Greek: γκούλντεν (gkoúlnten) — unit of currency
  • Hungarian: forint — unit of currency
  • Italian: fiorino — unit of currency
  • Japanese: ギルダー (girudā) — unit of currency
  • Caribbean Javanese: rupiah — unit of currency
  • Caribbean Javanese: sepérak — unit of currency
  • Kari'na: aparita pìpo — unit of currency
  • Lokono: gulden — unit of currency
  • Luxembourgish: Gulden — unit of currency
  • Malay: guilder — unit of currency
  • Papiamentu: florin — unit of currency
  • Polish: gulden — unit of currency
  • Portuguese: florim — unit of currency
  • Russian: гульден (gulʹden) — unit of currency
  • Saramaccan: kölu — unit of currency
  • Spanish: florín — unit of currency
  • Sranan Tongo: golu — unit of currency
  • Sranan Tongo: twarfusren — unit of currency
  • Sranan Tongo: pisifo — unit of currency