emblem
See also: Emblem and emblém
English
Etymology
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛmbləm/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: em‧blem
Noun
emblem (plural emblems)
- A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
- Synonyms: symbol, token
- The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
- c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i], page 235:
- His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;
- Something that represents a larger whole.
- The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
- 2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities […] ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
- Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.
- Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
- 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone
Of costliest emblem
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- A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
- 1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man:
- An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:
- 1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man:
Derived terms
- emblematic
- emblematical
- emblem book
- national emblem
Translations
representative symbol
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representation of a larger whole
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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
Declension of emblem
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | emblem | emblemet | emblemer | emblemerne |
| genitive | emblems | emblemets | emblemers | emblemernes |
References
- “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “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 ἔμβλημα (émblēma).
Noun
emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)
- an emblem
References
- “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Noun
emblem n (plural embleme)
- Obsolete form of emblemă.
Declension
Declension of emblem
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) emblem | emblemul | (niște) embleme | emblemele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) emblem | emblemului | (unor) embleme | emblemelor |
| vocative | emblemule | emblemelor | ||
References
- emblem in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Swedish
Noun
emblem n
- emblem
Declension
| Declension of emblem | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | emblem | emblemet | emblem | emblemen |
| Genitive | emblems | emblemets | emblems | emblemens |