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insignia
English
Etymology
From Latin ?ns?gnia, nominative plural of ?ns?gne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?n?s??.ni.?/
Noun
insignia (plural insignias or insignia)
- A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badge
- A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 6 in the first part of The Last Man
- The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 6 in the first part of The Last Man
- (figuratively) A mark or token by which anything is known.
- 2006, P. Goodrich, The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual (page 49)
- Rule 23: “The stress of love makes it hard to eat and sleep.” To these empirical laws we can add the various other insignia of love.
- 2006, P. Goodrich, The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual (page 49)
Synonyms
- insigne (dated)
Translations
Further reading
- insignia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galician
Pronunciation
Noun
insignia f (plural insignias)
- pin, badge
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in?si?.ni.a/, [???s???niä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in?si?.?i.a/, [in?si??i?]
Noun
?nsignia
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ?nsigne
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?si?nja/, [?n?si??.nja]
- Hyphenation: in?sig?nia
Noun
insignia f (plural insignias)
- badge, insignia
Derived terms
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shield
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?ld/
- Rhymes: -i?ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognate with West Frisian skyld, Dutch schild (“shield”), German Schild (“shield”), Danish skjold (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”) and Faroese skjøldur (“shield”)
Compare Latin sc?tum (“shield”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Latgalian šk?da (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Russian ??? (š?it, “shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover, protect”), *skey- (“to cut, split”).
Noun
shield (plural shields)
- Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- (figuratively) One who protects or defends.
- (lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- (mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A toilet seat.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- (obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
- (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- (colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.
- (heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- (automotive, British) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
Synonyms
- (place with a toilet seat): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- bitch shield
- rape shield
- shield medick (Medicago scutellata)
- shield wall
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English shelden, from Old English scildan.
Verb
shield (third-person singular simple present shields, present participle shielding, simple past and past participle shielded)
- To protect, to defend.
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. - (electricity) to protect from the influence of
Derived terms
- beshield
Translations
Anagrams
- Diehls, delish, hidels, hidles, hields, ledish, sheild
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