Gilt — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold

decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈɪlt/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡˈɪlt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡˈɪlt/

1 syllable Say it as /ɡˈɪlt/.

Examples

long aureate (or golden) hair
a gold carpet

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

gilding gilded begild gild gold golden engild aureate

Parts of Speech

noun	a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
verb	decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
adjective	having the deep slightly brownish color of gold “long aureate (or golden) hair”

Word Forms

gilt	adjective	having the deep slightly brownish color of gold
gild	verb	decorate with, or as if with, gold leaf or liquid gold
gilder	noun	someone whose occupation is to apply an overlay of gold or gilt
gilding	noun	a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
gilt	noun	a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold
gold	noun	a deep yellow color

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

vergoldet

eine Beschichtung aus Gold oder etwas, das wie Gold aussieht

🇫🇷French

doré

une couche d'or ou de quelque chose qui ressemble à de l'or

🇪🇸Spanish

dorado

una capa de oro o de algo que parece oro

🇮🇹Italian

dorato

un rivestimento d'oro o di qualcosa che assomigli all'oro

🇳🇱Dutch

verguld

een laag goud of iets dat op goud lijkt

🇵🇹Portuguese

dourado

uma camada de ouro ou de algo que parece ouro

🇷🇺Russian

золоченый

покрытие из золота или чего-то похожего на золото

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गिल्ट

सोने की परत या सोने जैसी दिखने वाली कोई चीज़

🇧🇩Bengali

গিল্ট

সোনার আবরণ বা সোনার মতো দেখতে এমন কিছু

🇮🇳Tamil

கில்ட்

தங்கத்தின் பூச்சு அல்லது தங்கம் போல தோற்றமளிக்கும் ஒன்று

🇮🇳Telugu

గిల్ట్

బంగారు పూత లేదా బంగారంలా కనిపించేది

🇮🇳Marathi

गिल्ट

सोन्याचे लेप किंवा सोन्यासारखे दिसणारे काहीतरी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ગિલ્ટ

સોનાનો કોટિંગ અથવા સોના જેવી દેખાતી વસ્તુ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಿಲ್ಟ್

ಚಿನ್ನದ ಲೇಪನ ಅಥವಾ ಚಿನ್ನದಂತೆ ಕಾಣುವ ವಸ್ತು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗിൽറ്റ്

സ്വർണ്ണത്തിൻ്റെ അല്ലെങ്കിൽ സ്വർണ്ണം പോലെ തോന്നിക്കുന്ന ഒരു പൂശുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਿਲਟ

ਸੋਨੇ ਦੀ ਜਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਪਰਤ ਜੋ ਸੋਨੇ ਵਰਗੀ ਦਿਖਾਈ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

گلٹ

سونے کی یا کسی چیز کی جو سونے کی طرح دکھائی دیتی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

镀金

金或看起来像金的东西的涂层

🇯🇵Japanese

金箔

金または金のように見えるもののコーティング

🇰🇷Korean

암퇘지

금이나 금처럼 보이는 것의 코팅

🇻🇳Vietnamese

mạ vàng

một lớp phủ vàng hoặc thứ gì đó trông giống như vàng

🇹🇭Thai

ทอง

การเคลือบด้วยทองคำหรือสิ่งที่ดูเหมือนทองคำ

🇮🇩Indonesian

emas

lapisan emas atau sesuatu yang tampak seperti emas

🇲🇾Malay

sepuhan

salutan emas atau sesuatu yang kelihatan seperti emas

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مذهب

طلاء من الذهب أو ما يشبه الذهب

🇮🇷Persian

طلاکاری

روکشی از طلا یا چیزی که شبیه طلاست

🇹🇷Turkish

yaldızlı

altın kaplama veya altına benzeyen bir şey

🇮🇱Hebrew

מוּזהָב

ציפוי של זהב או של משהו שנראה כמו זהב

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The primary meaning of 'gilt' is 'a coating of gold or of something that looks like gold'.

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Using 'gilt' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

In which domain is the word 'gilt' most likely to appear as standard vocabulary?

'gilt' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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