golden calf

English

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Noun

golden calf (plural golden calves)

1. (Old Testament) A golden image of a calf, made by Aaron and worshipped by the Israelites.
2. (by extension) Money as an end in itself; mammon.

Translations

A golden image of a calf

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 金牛犢 / 金牛犊 (gam¹ ngau⁴ duk⁶)

  Mandarin: 金牛犢 / 金牛犊 (jīnniúdú)

• Esperanto: ora bovido
• Finnish: kultainen vasikka (fi)
• French: veau d’or (fr)
• German: goldenes Kalb n
• Korean: 금송아지 (geumsong'aji)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gullkalv c

  Nynorsk: gullkalv m

• Polish: złoty cielec (pl) m
• Russian: золото́й теле́ц m (zolotój teléc)
• Swedish: guldkalv (sv) c

Money

• Finnish: mammona (fi)
• French: veau d’or (fr)
• Polish: złoty cielec (pl) m
• Russian: золото́й теле́ц m (zolotój teléc)