different between medal vs laurels

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Vulgar Latin *med?lia, dissimilated form of the unattested *medi?lia, neuter plural (taken for a feminine singular) of the adjective *medi?lis (“of the middle”), from Late Latin medi?le (“middle”), from Latin medius.

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?d?-?l, IPA^(key): /?m?d?l/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [?m?d.??]
    • Homophone: meddle
  • (US) IPA^(key): [?m??.??]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [?me?.??]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
• Rhymes: -?d?l

Noun

medal (plural medals)

1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
   • , II.i.3:

     Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (medaru)
• ? Korean: ?? (medal)

Translations

Verb

medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)

1. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
2. (transitive) To award a medal to.

Anagrams

• Delma, damel, delam, lamed

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

Noun

medal (definite accusative medal?, plural medallar)

1. medal

Declension

Derived terms

• medalç?

Further reading

• “medal” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

medal

1. medal.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Estonian

Etymology

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Noun

medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)

1. medal

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• hõbemedal
• kuldmedal
• pronksmedal

Further reading

• medal in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Polish

Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.dal/

Noun

medal m inan (diminutive medalik)

1. medal (stamped metal disc)

Declension

Derived terms

• (nouns) medalista, medalistka, medalier
• (adjective) medalowy

Related terms

• (nouns) medalierstwo, medaliernia, medaliera
• (adjective) medalierski

Further reading

• medal in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• medal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Noun

laurels

1. plural of laurel

   Two mountain laurels were in bloom.

Noun

laurels pl (plural only)

1. Honors. From the Ancient Greek practice of crowning victors with a branch from the laurel bush, sacred to Apollo.

See also

• mountain laurel
• rest on one's laurels
• laureate

Verb

laurels

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laurel

Anagrams

• allures