medal

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English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adj), from Classical Latin medius.

Pronunciation

• enPR: mĕdʹ-əl, IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdəl/
  • (UK) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩]
    • Homophone: meddle
  • (US) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
  • (General Australian) IPA^(key): [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩]
    • Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
• Rhymes: -ɛdəl

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: メダル (medaru)
• → Korean: 메달 (medal)
• → Persian: مدال (medâl)

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

medal (definite accusative medalı, plural medallar)

1. medal

Declension

Derived terms

• medalçı

Further reading

• “medal” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian медаль (medalʹ)

Noun

medal

1. medal.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “medal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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 [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French médaille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛ.dal/
• Rhymes: -ɛdal
• Syllabification: me‧dal

Noun

medal m inan (diminutive medalik, related adjective medalowy)

1. medal (stamped metal disc)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• medal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• medal in Polish dictionaries at PWN