el
/ˈoɾo/
Translation
gold
Word origin
From Latin aurum ('gold').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- aurum
- English cognates
- aureate, aureole
Grammar
Examples
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The runner won the gold medal at the national games.
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The gold ring his grandmother gave him is more than a hundred years old.
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They say silence is silver and words are gold when the right ones are used.
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They found gold in the river during the last century.
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Her words are worth their weight in gold.
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