different between medallion vs contorniate

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French médaillon

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??dælj?n/

Noun

medallion (plural medallions)

1. A large medal, usually decorative.
2. A cut of meat resembling a medallion.

   Synonym: medaillon

3. (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
4. 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)

1. (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

English

Etymology

Italian contorniato, present participle of contorniare (“to make a circuit or outline”).

Noun

contorniate (plural contorniates)

1. A bronze medal or medallion with a deep furrow on the contour or edge, supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of R. S. Poole to this entry?)

Adjective

contorniate (not comparable)

1. Having a furrow of this kind.

Italian

Verb

contorniate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of contornare