emblem en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“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.
Meanings
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A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 235:
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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.
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.
2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities […] ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport):
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Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone Of costliest emblem
1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
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A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:
1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man:
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A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
Near-synonym: charge
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emblems | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
representative · model · microcosm · example · sampler · sample · specimen · exemplar
Deriveds
emblemize · emblematic · emblematical · emblemless · emblematist · emblem book · national emblem
Hypernyms
Synonyms
ensign · token · charge · symbol
Translations (105)
tg нишон (representative symbol) · bg ембле́ма (representative symbol) · da emblem (representative symbol) · gl emblema (representative symbol) · id lambang (representative symbol) · el έμβλημα (representative symbol) · ur علامت (representative symbol) · ja 表号 (representative symbol) · ab адырга (representative symbol) · ko 엠블럼 (representative symbol) · tk nyşan (representative symbol) · mi amorangi (representation of a larger whole) · hi चिह्न (representative symbol) · uk ембле́ма (representative symbol) · it simbolo (representative symbol) · be эмбле́ма (representative symbol) · sl znak (representative symbol) · ka სიმბოლო (representative symbol) · tl simbulo (representative symbol) · pl godło (representative symbol) · sv emblem (representative symbol) · hi प्रतीक (representative symbol) · hi चिन्ह (representative symbol) · lt emblema (representative symbol) · pl emblemat (representative symbol) · nn emblem (representative symbol) · sl emblem (representative symbol) · tr amblem (representative symbol) · mn сүлд тэмдэг (representative symbol) · lo ສັນຍາລັກ (representative symbol) · az rəmz (representative symbol) · kk эмблема (representative symbol) · fa علامت (representative symbol) · ka ემბლემა (representative symbol) · nl embleem (representative symbol) · th สัญลักษณ์ (representative symbol) · sk odznak (representative symbol) · hu embléma (representative symbol) · et embleem (representative symbol) · fi embleemi (representative symbol) · sh а̀мбле̄м (representative symbol) · sl simbol (representative symbol) · tg нишона (representative symbol) · et võrdkuju (representative symbol) · mn эмблем (representative symbol) · eo emblemo (representative symbol) · tg аломат (representative symbol) · fa نماد (representative symbol) · mk амблем (representative symbol) · sk znak (representative symbol) · io emblemo (representative symbol) · fi tunnuskuva (representation of a larger whole) · vi biểu tượng (representative symbol) · sq simbol (representative symbol) · fr emblème (representative symbol) · az nişan (representative symbol) · ar شِعَار (representative symbol) · ro emblemă (representative symbol) · uz emblema (representative symbol) · tr belirtke (representative symbol) · sh àmblēm (representative symbol) · lv emblēma (representative symbol) · th เครื่องหมาย (representative symbol) · ja 象徴 (representative symbol) · mi tohu (representation of a larger whole) · he סִימָן (representative symbol) · la insigne (representative symbol) · lo ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍ (representative symbol) · it raffigurazione (representative symbol) · cs emblém (representative symbol) · tk emblema (representative symbol) · ur چنه (representative symbol) · ko 상징 (representative symbol) · cmn 象徵 /象征 (representative symbol) · is tákn (representative symbol) · af embleem (representative symbol) · ms lambang (representative symbol) · ca emblema (representative symbol) · uz belgi (representative symbol) · az emblem (representative symbol) · hu jelkép (representative symbol) · cs znak (representative symbol) · pt emblema (representative symbol) · ky эмблема (representative symbol) · tg тамға (representative symbol) · ru эмбле́ма (representative symbol) · nb emblem (representative symbol) · ky белги (representative symbol) · cmn 象徵性 /象征性 (representative symbol) · eu ikur (representative symbol) · uz nishon (representative symbol) · ar رَمْز (representative symbol) · my အမှတ်တံဆိပ် (representative symbol) · tl sagisag (representative symbol) · fi vertauskuva (representation of a larger whole) · ja エンブレム (representative symbol) · it emblema (representative symbol) · fi tunnus (representative symbol) · sq stemë (representative symbol) · uz ramz (representative symbol) · fa نشان (representative symbol) · de Emblem (representative symbol) · hy խորհրդանիշ (representative symbol) · kk танымбелгі (representative symbol) · es emblema (representative symbol)