Emblem

English

Etymology

< Old French embleme < Latin emblema (“‘raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic’”) < Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (emblema), “‘an insertion’”) < ἔμβάλλειν (emballein), “‘to put in, to lay on’”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛmbləm/

Noun

Singular Emblem

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1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.

   The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.

2. Something which 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.

Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

Synonyms

• symbol
• token (to betoken)

Translations

representative symbol

Croatian: amblem hr(hr) m. Czech: emblém cs(cs) m., znak cs(cs) m. Dutch: embleem nl(nl) n. Greek: έμβλημα el(el) (émvlima) n.

Hungarian: embléma hu(hu), jelkép hu(hu) Spanish: emblema es(es) m. Swedish: emblem sv(sv) n.

External links

• Emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Emblem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Swedish

Noun

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