emblem

== 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/ Hyphenation: em‧blem === Noun === emblem (plural emblems) A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo. Synonyms: symbol, token, ensign Something that represents a larger whole. Coordinate terms: microcosm, model; exemplar, example, representative; sample, specimen, sampler Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation. (heraldry) A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon. Hypernym: bearing Near-synonym: charge ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed) (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize. ==== Further reading ==== emblem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “emblem”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “emblem”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Danish == === Noun === emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer) emblem ==== Declension ==== === 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 ==== === References === emblem in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN == Swedish == === Noun === emblem n emblem ==== Declension ==== === References === emblem in Svensk ordbok (SO) emblem in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) emblem in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)