emblem
A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logoA representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
» The eagle is our national emblem.
Meaning
5 sensesA representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
Emblem
эмбле́маembléma
ембле́маembléma
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.
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.
A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
Near-synonym: charge
- special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
- a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Examples
9 sentencesThe eagle is our national emblem.
The dove is an emblem of peace.
The note is embossed with the school emblem.
deDer Bescheid hat eine Prägung mit dem Wappen der Schule.
The royal emblem was engraved upon the invitation.
At certain moments he sees himself as an emblem of possibility to which all eyes have turned.
Translations
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Origin
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated worFrom 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.
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