gold in English: A shiny yellow metal that is worth a lot of money. (noun)

Translation

A shiny yellow metal that is worth a lot of money.

Word origin

From Old English gold, from an old Germanic root meaning yellow or shining.

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"Gold" is the shiny yellow metal it is made from.

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"Gold" is uncountable, so it has no plural here.

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Here "gold" is used before a noun to say what it is made of.

money

The coins and notes that people use to buy things.

ring

To make a clear sound like a bell, or to call someone on the phone.

yellow

Having the colour of the sun or of a lemon.

king

A man who rules a country, often because his father ruled it before him.

buy

To get something by paying money for it.

fortune

A very large amount of money. It can also mean the good or bad things that happen to you by chance.

golden

Having the bright yellow colour of gold, or made of gold.

precious

Worth a lot of money, or loved very much.

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