aurifer

== Latin == === Etymology === From aurum (“gold”) +‎ -fer (“-carrying”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈau̯.rɪ.fɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaːu̯.ri.fer] === Adjective === aurifer (feminine aurifera, neuter auriferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) bearing, producing or containing gold, gold-bearing, auriferous (of a tree, garden, or grove) bearing golden fruit ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). ==== Synonyms ==== (bearing gold): auriger ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “aurifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aurifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aurifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French aurifère, from Latin aurifer. === Adjective === aurifer m or n (feminine singular auriferă, masculine plural auriferi, feminine/neuter plural aurifere) auriferous ==== Declension ====