Badge

English

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A badge.

Etymology

From Late Latin bagea, bagia (“‘sign’”), of Template:Gem[[Category:Template:Gem derivations|Badge]] origin; compare with Old English bēag, bēah (“‘bracelet, collar, crown’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bædʒ/, SAMPA: /b{dZ/
• Rhymes: -ædʒ

Noun

Singular Badge

Plural {{{1}}}

Badge ({{{1}}})

1. A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
2. A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
3. A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
4. Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
   • 158? or 159?, Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, Act I, Scene 2:

     Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

5. Template:1811 A term used for one burned in the hand.

   He has got his badge, and piked: He was burned in the hand, and is at liberty.

6. Template:Nautical A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
7. Template:Heraldry A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.

Derived terms

• badge bunny

Translations

distinctive mark

Bulgarian: значка bg(bg) Czech: odznak cs(cs) m. Finnish: merkki fi(fi), tunnus fi(fi), arvomerkki fi(fi) German: Abzeichen de(de) n.

Italian: distintivo it(it) Polish: odznaka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: distintivo pt(pt) m. Spanish: piocha es(es) f. (Chile) Swedish: knapp sv(sv), emblem sv(sv), märke sv(sv)

nameplate

Finnish: nimilappu, nimikyltti Italian: targhetta it(it)

Portuguese: tarja pt(pt) f. Swedish: namnskylt

card to grant access

Finnish: kulkukortti Hebrew: תג he(he) m. Italian: cartellino it(it)

Portuguese: crachá, crachá pt(pt) m. Spanish: identificación es(es) f. or credencial es(es) f. Swedish: ID-kort, identifikation

something characteristic

Bulgarian: признак bg(bg) Chinese traditional/simplified: 象徵 象征 (xiàng zhēng) Finnish: tuntomerkki fi(fi)

Italian: emblema it(it), contrassegno it(it) Portuguese: marca pt(pt) f. Swedish: kännetecken

carved ornament on the stern of a vessel

Chinese traditional/simplified: 標記,标记 (biāo jì)

Finnish: peräpeili fi(fi)

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Spanish: insignia f., chapa f., pin m., piocha f. (Chile)

Verb

Infinitive to Badge

Third person singular badg

Simple past -

Past participle -

Present participle ing

to Badge (third-person singular simple present badg, present participle ing, simple past and past participle -)

1. (transitive) To mark or distinguish with a badge.
2. To enter a restricted area by showing one's badge.
   • David Simon, Homicide ISBN 0-8050-8075-9, p. 118 - Worden and James walk [...] to the [...] Courthouse [...], where they badge their way past sheriff's deputies and take the elevator to the third floor.

Translations

to mark or distinguish with a badge

Chinese, Simplified: 標記, 标记 (biāo jì) Finnish: kiinnittää merkki, myöntää arvomerkki

French: badge fr(fr) c.

Related terms

• badger

References

• Badge in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Template:R:Heraldry 1862

Anagrams

• abdeg,
• begad
• debag

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /badʒ/
• Homophones: badgent, badges

Noun

Badge m. (plural Badges)

1. identity badge

Verb

Badge

1. first-person singular present indicative of badger.
2. third-person singular present indicative of badger.
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of badger.
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of badger.
5. second-person singular imperative of badger.

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