goldsmith

See also: Goldsmith

English

Etymology

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”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”).

Noun

goldsmith (plural goldsmiths)

A person who forges things out of gold, especially jewelry.
(obsolete) A banker (because the goldsmiths of London used to receive money on deposit, being equipped to keep it safely).

Hypernyms

smith, metalsmith

Related terms

goldsmithing

Translations

person who forges things out of gold

Albanian: arpunues (sq), argjendar (sq)
Arabic: صائغ‎ m
Armenian: ոսկերիչ (hy) (oskeričʿ)
Assamese: সোনাৰি (xünari)
Bulgarian: златар m (zlatar)
Catalan: orfebre (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冶金匠 (yejin jiang)
Czech: zlatník m
Danish: guldsmed c
Dutch: goudsmid (nl)
Esperanto: oraĵisto
Estonian: kullassepp
Faroese: gullsmiður m
Finnish: kultaseppä (fi)
French: orfèvre (fr) m or f
Georgian: ოქრომჭედელი (okromč̣edeli)
German: Goldschmied (de) m, Goldschmiedin f, Gold- und Silberschmied m, Gold- und Silberschmiedin f
Greek: χρυσοχόος (el) m or f (chrysochóos)
Ancient Greek: χρυσοχόος m (khrusokhóos)
Icelandic: gullsmiður m
Italian: orafo (it) m, orafa f, orefice (it) m
Japanese: 金細工人 (kinsaikoujin), 金銀細工職人 (kinginsaikushokunin), 金細工師 (kinsaikushi)
Khmer: ជាងមាស (cieng mieh)
Korean: 금 세공인 (geum segongin)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: zêrringer (ku) m
Sorani: زێڕنگه‌ر‎ (ku) (zéringer)

Latin: aurifex m, aurārius m
Latvian: zeltkalis m
Macedonian: златар m (zlátar)
Malay: tukang emas
Malayalam: തട്ടാന്‍ (taṭṭān‍)
Maltese: ħaddiem id-deheb
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Persian: زرگر‎ (fa) (zargar)
Polish: złotnik (pl) m
Portuguese: ourives (pt) m or f, aurífice (pt) m or f
Romanian: aurar (ro) m
Russian: золоты́х дел ма́стер (zolotýx del máster), ювели́р (ru) (juvelír)
Scottish Gaelic: ceàrd-òir m
Serbo-Croatian: zlatar (sh) m, zlatarka f
Slovak: zlatník m, zlatníčka f
Spanish: forjador del oro, orfebre m or f
Swedish: guldsmed (sv) c
Tagalog: panday-ginto
Telugu: కంసలి (te) (kaṃsali)
Thai: ช่างทอง (châang-tɔɔng)
Tibetan: གསེར་བཟོ་བ (gser bzo ba)
Vietnamese: thợ bạc (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) goldismitan (vo), (♂) goldihismitan, (♀) goldijismitan
Welsh: eurof m
Yiddish: גאָלדשמיד‎ m (goldshmid)