emblem

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 External links 2 Swedish 2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] 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’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛmbləm/

[edit] Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

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.

[edit] Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

[edit] Translations

[edit] 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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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for emblem	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	emblem	emblemet	emblem	emblemen
Possessive form	emblems	emblemets	emblems	emblemens

emblem n.

1. emblem