different between medallion vs hallmark

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

1721. hall +? mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?lm??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??lm??k/

Noun

hallmark (plural hallmarks)

1. A distinguishing characteristic.
2. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
   • 2007, John Zerzan John, Silence.

     It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.

Translations

Verb

hallmark (third-person singular simple present hallmarks, present participle hallmarking, simple past and past participle hallmarked)

1. To provide or stamp with a hallmark.

Translations

See also

• benchmark