How to pronounce guild
American English pronunciation
GILD
- IPA
- /ˈɡɪld/
- Syllables
- GILD (1 syllable)
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What guild means
A club of workers in the same craft who help each other
In a sentence: In the old town, the bakers' guild set the rules for how bread was made.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old Norse word that meant both "payment" and "guild." It's related to yield.
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