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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