Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gould

/ɡˈuld/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: gould
IPA: /ɡˈuld/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete form of gold.

Obsolete

noun

Obsolete form of gold.

Obsolete; Uncountable

name

Countable; Uncountable

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A number of places in the United States:

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A number of places in the United States:

Countable; Uncountable

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Example Sentences

"[…] one other roome called the lower parler, this roome intended for hangings, part of the walls are waynſcotted with oake, adorned with ſtarres and croſs patees of gould, the feeling thereof is a quadrat arch, in the middle whereof hangs one piñacle perpendicular, garniſhed in every angle with coates of armes, well wrought and richly guilt, the floor is of deale boardes, a handſome chymny peece, in the midle whereof is a well wrought coate of arms ; […]"

Etymology

Variant of Gold.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Goulds (plural)

Derived Forms

Gouldsboro

Phrases

Gould-Jacobs reaction Gould's goanna Gould's monitor Gould's razor shell Mount Gould

Homonyms

goold

Rhymes With

ruled cooled fooled overruled schooled pooled tooled retooled drooled goold supercooled

Questions

How do you pronounce gould?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡˈuld/.
What does gould mean?: Obsolete form of gold.
Where does gould come from?: Variant of Gold.

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