D'or

//dɔː// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of gold; golden. not-comparable, postpositional

    "1617, William Camden, Worshipful Society of Apothecaries - description of coat of arms On a shield azure Apollo, the inventor of phisique, proper, with his head radiant, holdinge in his left hand a bowe, and his right hande an arrow d'or […]"

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"Lionel Messi won the 2021 Ballon d'Or, but I think Lewandowski deserved to win that year."

Etymology

French, from de (“of”) + or (“gold”).

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