Meanings
goldsmith1
plural goldsmiths
- A person who makes, repairs or sells things of gold, especially jewelry.
Goldsmith2
- A surname originating as an occupation.
In fact, the most hipsterlike thing about Goldsmith is that his beard predates beards becoming de rigueur. Yet his seasoned maturity almost cost him the gig.
2016 March 10, Phil Rosenthal, “Who’s really interested in the second Most Interesting Man, Dos Equis?”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2025
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan artisan who makes jewelry and other objects out of gold
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
goldsmith · noun
- Proto-Germanic*gulþasmiþaz“goldsmith”
- Old Englishgoldsmiþ“goldsmith”
- Middle Englishgoldsmith
- Englishgoldsmith
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”), German Goldschmied (“goldsmith”), Danish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Swedish guldsmed (“goldsmith”), Icelandic gullsmiður (“goldsmith”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English orbatour, orbatur (“goldsmith”) and orfever, orfevre (“goldsmith”), both borrowed from Old French.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek χρυσοχόος, χρυσουργός
- χρυσοχόος (khrusokhóos)person who makes things out of gold
- χρυσουργός (khrusourgós)person who makes things out of gold
Arabic صَائِغ
- صَائِغ (ṣāʔiḡ)person who makes things out of gold
Bulgarian златар
- златар (zlatar)person who makes things out of gold
Catalan orfebre
- orfebreperson who makes things out of gold
Chinese Mandarin 金匠
- 金匠 (jīnjiàng)person who makes things out of gold
Czech zlatník, zlatnice
- zlatníkperson who makes things out of gold
- zlatniceperson who makes things out of gold
Danish guldsmed
- guldsmedperson who makes things out of gold
Dutch goudsmid
- goudsmidperson who makes things out of gold
Esperanto oraĵisto, oraĵistino
- oraĵistoperson who makes things out of gold
- oraĵistinoperson who makes things out of gold
Estonian kullassepp
- kullasseppperson who makes things out of gold
Finnish kultaseppä
- kultaseppäperson who makes things out of gold
French orfèvre, orfèvresse
- orfèvreperson who makes things out of gold
- orfèvresseperson who makes things out of gold
German Goldschmied, Goldschmiedin
- Goldschmiedperson who makes things out of gold
- Goldschmiedinperson who makes things out of gold
- Gold- und Silberschmiedperson who makes things out of gold
- Gold- und Silberschmiedinperson who makes things out of gold
Greek χρυσοχόος
- χρυσοχόος (chrysochóos)person who makes things out of gold
Hindi सुनार, सुनारी
- सुनार (sunār)person who makes things out of gold
- सुनारी (sunārī)person who makes things out of gold
- जरगर (jargar)person who makes things out of gold
- साइग (sāig)person who makes things out of gold
- स्वर्णकार (svarṇakār)person who makes things out of gold
Hungarian aranyműves, ötvös
- aranyművesperson who makes things out of gold
- ötvösperson who makes things out of gold
Icelandic gullsmiður
- gullsmiðurperson who makes things out of gold
Italian orafo, orafa
- orafoperson who makes things out of gold
- orafaperson who makes things out of gold
- oreficeperson who makes things out of gold
Japanese 金細工人, 金銀細工職人
- 金細工人 (kinsaikoujin)person who makes things out of gold
- 金銀細工職人 (kinginsaikushokunin)person who makes things out of gold
- 金細工師 (kinsaikushi)person who makes things out of gold
Korean 금 세공인
- 금 세공인 (geum segong'in)person who makes things out of gold
Latin aurifex, aurārius
- aurifexperson who makes things out of gold
- aurāriusperson who makes things out of gold
- aurāriaperson who makes things out of gold
Latvian zeltkalis
- zeltkalisperson who makes things out of gold
Malay tukang emas
- tukang emasperson who makes things out of gold
Norwegian Bokmål gullsmed
- gullsmedperson who makes things out of gold
Persian زرگر
- زرگر (zargar)person who makes things out of gold
Polish złotnik, złotniczka
- złotnikperson who makes things out of gold
- złotniczkaperson who makes things out of gold
Portuguese ourives, aurífice
- ourivesperson who makes things out of gold
- auríficeperson who makes things out of gold
Punjabi سُنیارا, سُنَیرا
- سُنیارا (suneyārā)person who makes things out of gold
- سُنَیرا (sunairā)person who makes things out of gold
Romanian aurar
- aurarperson who makes things out of gold
Russian золоты́х дел ма́стер, ювели́р
- золоты́х дел ма́стер (zolotýx del máster)person who makes things out of gold
- ювели́р (juvelír)person who makes things out of gold
Scottish Gaelic ceàrd-òir
- ceàrd-òirperson who makes things out of gold
Slovak zlatník, zlatníčka
- zlatníkperson who makes things out of gold
- zlatníčkaperson who makes things out of gold
Spanish orfebre, orífice
- orfebreperson who makes things out of gold
- oríficeperson who makes things out of gold
- orebceperson who makes things out of gold
- oribeperson who makes things out of gold
- oriveperson who makes things out of gold
Swahili mfua dhahabu
- mfua dhahabuperson who makes things out of gold
Swedish guldsmed
- guldsmedperson who makes things out of gold
Tagalog panday-ginto
- panday-gintoperson who makes things out of gold
Tamil பொற்கொல்லன், பொன்செய்கொல்லன்
- பொற்கொல்லன் (poṟkollaṉ)person who makes things out of gold
- பொன்செய்கொல்லன் (poṉceykollaṉ)person who makes things out of gold
- தட்டான் (taṭṭāṉ)person who makes things out of gold
- பொற்றட்டான் (poṟṟaṭṭāṉ)person who makes things out of gold
Thai ช่างทอง
- ช่างทอง (châang-tɔɔng)person who makes things out of gold
Turkish kuyumcu
- kuyumcuperson who makes things out of gold
Ukrainian золота́р
- золота́р (zolotár)person who makes things out of gold
Urdu سُنار, سُناری
- سُنار (sunār)person who makes things out of gold
- سُناری (sunārī)person who makes things out of gold
Vietnamese thợ bạc, thợ vàng
- thợ bạcperson who makes things out of gold
- thợ vàngperson who makes things out of gold
Welsh eurof
- eurofperson who makes things out of gold
Yiddish גאָלדשמיד
- גאָלדשמיד (goldshmid)person who makes things out of gold
Cite this entry
goldsmith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldsmith
“goldsmith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldsmith. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goldsmith,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goldsmith.
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