emblem

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[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

Singular
emblem

Plural
emblems

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.

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[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