• (British) IPA: /ˈɡəʊl.dən/, [ˈɡɒʊ̯ɫ.dn̩]
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡoʊl.dən/, [ˈɡəɫ.dn̩]

From Middle English golden, a restored form (due to the noun gold) of earlier Middle English gulden, gylden, gilden "golden"; > English gilden, from Old English gylden, from Proto-West Germanic *gulþīn, from Proto-Germanic *gulþīnaz, equivalent to gold + -en.

Cognate with Dutch gouden, gulden, German gülden, golden ("golden"), Danish gylden. Doublet of gilden. More at gold.

golden

1. Made of, or relating to, gold.

   She wore a golden crown.

2. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold.

   Under a golden sun.

    

3. Of a beverage, flavoured or colored with turmeric. [from c. 2010]
4. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc.

   The Renaissance was a golden era.

   the Golden Horseshoe

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC ↗:

     O Partridge! could I hope once again to see that face; but, alas! all those golden dreams are vanished for ever, and my only refuge from future misery is to forget the object of all my former happiness.

5. Advantageous or very favourable.

   This is a golden opportunity

6. Relating to a fiftieth anniversary.

   It's not long until our golden wedding.

7. Relating to the elderly or retired.

   After retiring, Bob and Judy moved to Arizona to live out their golden years.

8. (UK, slang, predicative) Fine, without problems.

• (color of or like gold) see goldish#Synonyms

• French: d'or, en or
• German: golden, gülden
• Italian: d'oro
• Portuguese: de ouro, dourado, áureo, doirado
• Russian: золото́й
• Spanish: oro made of gold, áureo made of gold (poetic)

• French: doré
• German: golden, gülden
• Italian: dorato
• Portuguese: dourado, áureo
• Russian: золото́й
• Spanish: dorado

• German: golden
• Italian: d'oro
• Portuguese: dourado, áureo
• Russian: золото́й
• Spanish: dorado, de oro

• French: en or
• German: golden
• Italian: d'oro
• Portuguese: de ouro

• French: d'or
• Italian: d'oro
• Spanish: de oro

golden (plural goldens)

1. Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
2. Ellipsis of golden retriever

From gold + -en, or perhaps a derivation from the adjective above.

golden (goldens, present participle goldening; simple past and past participle goldened)

1. (intransitive) To become gold or golden (in colour).
2. (transitive) To make golden or like gold.
   • 1994, Marion H. Hedges, Iron City:

     It goldened, as nothing else goldened, the commonplace countryside.

• Portuguese: dourar, doirar (Portugal)

• As an English surname, from the adjective golden.
• As an Irish - surname, from mag Ualghairg; see McGoldrick.

• (British) IPA: /ˈɡəʊldən/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡoʊldən/

1. Surname.
2. A female given name
3. A male given name
4. A town in British Columbia, Canada.
5. A village in Tipperary, Ireland.
6. A home rule municipality/county seat in Jefferson County, Colorado.
7. An unincorporated community in Idaho County, Idaho.
8. A village in Adams County, Illinois.
9. A village in Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
10. An unincorporated community/and/census-designated place in Barry County, Missouri.
11. A ghost town in Burt County, Nebraska.
12. A ghost town/and/census-designated place in New Mexico.
13. A ghost town in Josephine County, Oregon.
14. An unincorporated community in Wood County, Texas.
15. A ghost town in Box Elder County, Utah.
16. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
17. An unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia.

golden (plural goldens)

1. Ellipsis of Golden Retriever