zlato

Czech

Chemical element
Au
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Next: rtuť (Hg)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech zlato, from Proto-Slavic *zolto. Compare Russian and Ukrainian золото (zoloto), Belarusian золата (zólata), Bulgarian and Macedonian злато (zlato), Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Slovak zlato, Polish, Kashubian, Lower Sorbian, and Upper Sorbian złoto, Polabian zlåtă.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈzlato]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: zla‧to

Noun

zlato n

  1. gold
    Je to pravé zlato? ― Is it real gold?
  2. darling
  3. (heraldry) or, gold

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • zlato in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • zlato in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • zlato in Internetová jazyková příručka

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zolto, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰólh₃tom (“gold”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlâːto/
  • Hyphenation: zla‧to

Noun

zlȃto n (Cyrillic spelling зла̑то)

  1. gold (metal)
    Moja ogrlica je od zlata. ― My necklace is made of gold.
  2. objects made of gold collectively
  3. (by extension) something precious or extremely valuable
  4. term of endearment; darling, dear

Declension

Derived terms

See also

SymbolPtAuAgFeAlSnCu
metalplatinazlatosrebroželjezoaluminijkalaj
kositar
bakar

Slovak

Chemical element
Au
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Next: ortuť (Hg)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zolto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɫatɔ/

Noun

zlato n (genitive singular zlata, nominative plural zlatá, genitive plural zlát, declension pattern of mesto)

  1. gold (element)
  2. darling

Declension

Derived terms

  • zlatko, zlatenko, zlatuško

Further reading

  • zlato in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Slovene

Chemical element
Au
Previous: plátina (Pt)
Next: žívo srebró (Hg)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zolto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zlatóː/

Noun

zlatọ̑ n

  1. gold

Inflection

Neuter, hard
nominative zlato
genitive zlata
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
zlato
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
—
dative
(dajȃlnik)
—
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
—
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
zlatu
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
zlatom

Further reading

  • “zlato”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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