gilding

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɪldɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪldɪŋ

Verb

gilding

  1. present participle and gerund of gild

Noun

gilding (countable and uncountable, plural gildings)

  1. (uncountable) The art of applying gold leaf to a surface.
  2. (uncountable) Gold leaf.
  3. (countable) A coating of gold or gold-colored paint, etc.

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Danish gelding, from Old Norse geldingr.

Noun

gilding c (singular definite gildingen, plural indefinite gildinger or gildinge)

  1. (dated) eunuch
  2. (dialectal) a castrated animal

Inflection
Declension of gilding
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gilding gildingen gildinger
gildinge		 gildingerne
gildingene
genitive gildings gildingens gildingers
gildinges		 gildingernes
gildingenes

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