"gold leaf" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gold leaf (uncountable)
  1. Gold beaten into a thin sheet. Wikipedia link: gold leaf Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Gold Derived forms: gold-leaf electrometer, gold-leaf electroscope, gold-leaf galvanoscope Translations (gold beaten into a thin sheet): ရွှေမျက်ပါး (hrwe-myakpa:) (Burmese), 金箔 (jīnbó) (Chinese Mandarin), bladguld [neuter] (Danish), bladgoud [neuter] (Dutch), lehtikulta (Finnish), feuille d’or [feminine] (French), folla de ouro [feminine] (Galician), Blattgold [neuter] (German), Goldblatt [neuter] (German), aranyfüst (Hungarian), blaðgull [neuter] (Icelandic), foglia d'oro (Italian), 金箔 (kinpaku) (alt: きんぱく) (Japanese), ដំបារមាស (dɑmbaamiəh) (Khmer), 금박 (geumbak) (alt: 金箔) (Korean), ຄຳປິວ (kham piu) (Lao), bractea [feminine] (Latin), ва́рак (várak) [masculine] (Macedonian), တၞးထဝ် (Mon), ထဝ်တၞး (Mon), bladgull [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), bladgull [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), folha de ouro [feminine] (Portuguese), foiță de aur [feminine] (Romanian), ၶႅပ်းၶမ်း (khép khám) (Shan), pan de oro [masculine] (Spanish), bladguld [neuter] (Swedish), ทองคำเปลว (tɔɔng-kam-bpleeo) (Thai), ทองใบ (Thai), goldabled (Volapük)

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