gold medal

noun

A medal made of, or having the color of, gold, given as a prize for winning.

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Meanings

noungold medal (plural gold medals)

plural gold medals

  1. A medal made of, or having the color of, gold, given as a prize for winning.

    Great Britain has collected its first gold medal of the London Games after Heather Stanning and Helen Glover won the coxless pairs with a stunning performance that will spark a mass outpouring of celebration and relief across the country.

    2012 August 1, Owen Gibson, “London 2012: rowers Glover and Stanning win Team GB's first gold medal”, in The Guardian Unlimited
  2. broadlyFinishing in first position, winning.

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 金牌
  • 金牌 (gam¹ paai⁴)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Chinese Mandarin 金牌
  • 金牌 (jīnpái)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Danish guldmedalje
  • guldmedaljemedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Dutch gouden medaille
  • gouden medaillemedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Estonian kuldmedal
  • kuldmedalmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Finnish kultamitali, kulta
  • kultamitalimedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
  • kultamedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
French médaille d'or
  • médaille d'ormedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
German Goldmedaille
  • Goldmedaillemedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Greek χρυσό μετάλλιο
  • χρυσό μετάλλιο (chrysó metállio)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Hungarian aranyérem
  • aranyéremmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Indonesian medali emas
  • medali emasmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Irish bonn óir
  • bonn óirmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Italian medaglia d'oro
  • medaglia d'oromedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Japanese 金メダル
  • 金メダル (kin-medaru)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Korean 금메달
  • 금메달 (geummedal)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Malay pingat emas
  • pingat emasmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Norwegian Bokmål gullmedalje
  • gullmedaljemedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Polish złoty medal
  • złoty medalmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Portuguese medalha de ouro
  • medalha de ouromedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Romanian medalie de aur
  • medalie de aurmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Russian золота́я меда́ль
  • золота́я меда́ль (zolotája medálʹ)medal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Spanish medalla de oro
  • medalla de oromedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Swedish guldmedalj
  • guldmedaljmedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Turkish altın madalya
  • altın madalyamedal made of, or having the colour of, gold
Cite this entry
APA

gold medal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20medal

MLA

“gold medal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20medal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gold medal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gold%20medal.

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