different between emblem vs colophon

English

Etymology

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”), from ????????? (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbl?m/
• Hyphenation: em?blem

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
2. Something which represents a larger whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Synonyms

• symbol
• token (to betoken)

Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

Translations

Verb

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Further reading

• emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emblem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer)

1. emblem

Declension

References

• “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem or emblemer, definite plural emblema or emblemene)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “emblem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

emblem n

1. emblem

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n, “peak or finishing touch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?l?f?n/

Noun

colophon (plural colophons)

1. In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
2. (printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust-jacket. It generally contains factual information about the book, especially about its production, and includes details about typographic style, the fonts used, the paper used, and perhaps the binding method of the book. Also used in a similar fashion for newspapers, magazines, and academic journals.
3. (Internet) A page on a website identifying the details of its creation, such as the author's name and the technologies used.
4. (obsolete) A finishing stroke or crowning touch.
   • 1635, John Swan, Speculum Mundi, page 427

     He comes to the creation of man, and makes him the Colophon, or conclusion of all things else.

Translations

See also

• coronis
• vignette

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n, “peak or finishing touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?.f??/

Noun

colophon m (plural colophons)

1. colophon, final notice on manuscript.
2. colophon, final notice about printer, editor, paper, etc., with bibliophilic information.

Further reading

• “colophon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (koloph?n)

Noun

c?l?ph?n m (genitive c?l?ph?nis); third declension

1. summit, peak

Declension

Third-declension noun.

See also

• Colophon

References

• colophon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• colophon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• colophon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette