white gold

noun

Any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel.

Meanings

nounwhite gold (countable and uncountable, plural white golds)

plural white golds

  1. countableAny precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal such as platinum or palladium or other white metal such as nickel.

    It’s a slender band of white gold. It’ll be rather lovely once it fades.

    2022, Hernan Diaz, Trust, Picador (2023), page 371
  2. Any white commodity seen as valuable.
    1. countableuncountableCotton
    2. countableuncountableSugar
    3. countableuncountableChina or porcelain
    4. countableuncountableCocaine.

      Fleets of planes flew in their daily cargo of white gold, first extracted from coca leaves in Peru or Bolivia and then refined in Colombia.

      1989, Gabriel G. Nahas, Helene Peters, Cocaine: The Great White Plague, page 122
  3. obsoleteuncountablePlatinum.

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Translations

Bulgarian бяло злато
  • бяло злато (bjalo zlato)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Chinese Mandarin 白金, 白色黃金 /白色黄金
  • 白金 (báijīn)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • 白色黃金 /白色黄金 (báisè huángjīn)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • 白色K金 (báisè kei jīn)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Dutch witgoud
  • witgoudany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Finnish valkokulta
  • valkokultaany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
French or blanc
  • or blancany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
German Weißgold
  • Weißgoldany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Hungarian fehérarany
  • fehéraranyany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Italian oro bianco
  • oro biancoany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Japanese ホワイトゴールド, 白色金
  • ホワイトゴールド (howaitogōrudo)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • 白色金 (hakushokukin)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Korean 백색금, 화이트골드
  • 백색금 (baeksaekgeum)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • 화이트골드 (hwaiteugoldeu)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Persian طلا سفید, اسپیدزر
  • طلا سفید (talâ-sefid)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • اسپیدزر (espid-zarr)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Polish białe złoto
  • białe złotoany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Portuguese ouro branco
  • ouro brancoany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Romanian aur alb
  • aur albany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Russian бе́лое зо́лото
  • бе́лое зо́лото (béloje zóloto)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Spanish oro blanco
  • oro blancoany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Swedish vitguld
  • vitguldany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Thai ทองขาว, ทองคำขาว
  • ทองขาว (tɔɔng-kǎao)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
  • ทองคำขาว (tɔɔng-kam-kǎao)any precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
Vietnamese vàng trắng
  • vàng trắngany precious metal alloy consisting of gold and a platinum group metal
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