goldsmith
/ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/
goldsmith noun: a person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
Noun
goldsmith (plural goldsmiths)
Proper noun capitalized: Goldsmith
Goldsmith
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- In fact, the most hipsterlike thing about Goldsmith is that his beard predates beards becoming de rigueur. Yet his seasoned maturity almost cost him the gig.2016 March 10, Phil Rosenthal, “Who’s really interested in the second Most Interesting Man, Dos Equis?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025
goldsmith meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
goldsmith in Hindi
- person who makes things out of gold
- सुनार sunār, सुनारी sunārī, जरगर jargar, साइग sāig, स्वर्णकार svarṇakār
goldsmith in Tamil
- person who makes things out of gold
- பொற்கொல்லன் poṟkollaṉ, பொன்செய்கொல்லன் poṉceykollaṉ, தட்டான் taṭṭāṉ, பொற்றட்டான் poṟṟaṭṭāṉ
goldsmith in Marathi
- सुवर्णकार
goldsmith in Urdu
- person who makes things out of gold
- سُنار sunār, سُناری sunārī
More languagesFewer languages
- goldsmith in Bengali
- স্বর্ণকার śôrnôkar
- goldsmith in Telugu
- కంసలి kaṁsali
- goldsmith in Malayalam
- തട്ടാന് taṭṭāṉ
- goldsmith in Kannada
- ಚಿನಿವಾರ, ಚಿನವಾರ, ಚಿನಿವರ, ಚಿನಿವಲ
- goldsmith in Punjabi
- سُنیارا suneyārā, سُنَیرا sunairā
- goldsmith in Gujarati
- સોની sonī, સોનાર sonār, સ્વર્ણકાર svarṇakār
- goldsmith in Odia
- ସୁନାରି sunāri, ସୁନାର sunāra
- goldsmith in Sanskrit
- see Thesaurus:स्वर्णकार
- goldsmith in Assamese
- সোনাৰি xünari
- goldsmith in Nepali
- स्वर्णकार
- goldsmith in Tagalog
- panday-ginto
- goldsmith in Arabic
- صَائِغ ṣāʔiḡ
- goldsmith in Malay
- tukang emas
- goldsmith in Persian
- زرگر zargar
- goldsmith in Thai
- ช่างทอง châang-tɔɔng
- goldsmith in Vietnamese
- thợ bạc, thợ vàng
Forms of goldsmith
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Origin of goldsmith
From Middle English goldsmith, from Old English goldsmiþ (“goldsmith”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþasmiþaz (“goldsmith”), equivalent to gold + smith. Cognate with Scots goldsmyth, gouldsmeth (“goldsmith”), Saterland Frisian Gouldsmid (“goldsmith”), West Frisian goudsmid (“goldsmith”), Dutch goudsmid (“goldsmith”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.
From goldsmith.
Words formed from goldsmith
Phrases with goldsmith
Questions about goldsmith
- What does goldsmith mean?
- Goldsmith means a person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
- What is goldsmith in Hindi?
- Goldsmith in Hindi is सुनार (sunār), सुनारी (sunārī), जरगर (jargar). See Goldsmith meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goldsmith?
- Goldsmith can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce goldsmith?
- Goldsmith is pronounced /ˈɡoʊldˌsmɪθ/ (US).
- What is the plural of goldsmith?
- The plural of goldsmith is goldsmiths.
Words near goldsmith in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: goldsmith (page history and authors); Goldsmith (page history and authors); goldsmith (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); স্বর্ণকার (Bengali) (page history and authors); goldsmith (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સોનાર (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ସୁନାର (Odia) (page history and authors); goldsmith (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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