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emblem
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)
- A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
- Something which represents a larger whole.
- Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
- 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)
- (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)
- 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)
- 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)
- an emblem
References
- “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
emblem n
- emblem
Declension
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medallion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French médaillon
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /m??dælj?n/
Noun
medallion (plural medallions)
- A large medal, usually decorative.
- A cut of meat resembling a medallion.
- Synonym: medaillon
- (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
- A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
Derived terms
- medallionist
Related terms
- medal
Translations
Verb
medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)
- (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
- a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky
See also
- amulet
- rosary
- talisman
Anagrams
- medaillon
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