Gulden — meaning in English

English meaning

• gilt adj Covered with a thin layer of gold or gold-coloured material.
• gold noun A soft, heavy, yellow precious metal used in jewellery, coins, and electronics.
• golden adj Made of gold, or coloured like it.
• guilder noun The former currency unit in the Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

Senses

Gulden is used for these senses in English:

• gilt Golden coloured.
• gold Made of gold.
• gold Having the colour of gold.
• guilder The current currency unit in the islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, divided into 100 cents.

gilt — full definition

1. adj Covered with a thin layer of gold or gold-coloured material.
2. noun A thin coating of gold, or the gold-coloured finish itself.
3. noun A UK government bond, so called because early certificates had gilt edges.
4. noun A young female pig that has not yet had a litter.

gold — full definition

1. noun A soft, heavy, yellow precious metal used in jewellery, coins, and electronics.
2. noun A gold medal, or victory in a competition.
3. noun Anything considered extremely valuable.
4. adj Made of, or coloured like, gold.

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