insignia

See also insígnia

English

WOTD – 12 January 2010    

Wikipedia

Insignia of the Soviet/Russian space station Mir.

Etymology

From Latin īnsignia, nominative plural of īnsigne (“emblem, token, symbol”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/

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Noun

insignia (plural insignias)

1. A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.
2. A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.

Translations

a patch or other object that indicates rank or membership

• Armenian: շքանշան (hy) (šk’anšan) 
• Bulgarian: отличителен знак (bg) (otlichitelen znak) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徽章 (cmn) (huīzhāng), 識別標誌 (cmn), 识别标志 (cmn) (shìbié biāozhì)

• Finnish: arvomerkki (fi)
• French: insigne (fr) m
• Japanese: 階級章 (ja) (かいきゅうしょう, kaikyūshō)
• Russian: знак отличия (ru) (znak otlíčija) m , знак различия (ru) (znak razlíčija) m 
• Spanish: insignia (es) f

symbol or token of power, status, or offic

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勛章 (cmn), 勋章 (cmn) (xūnzhāng) (medal, decoration), 符號 (cmn), 符号 (cmn) (fúhào)

• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: tunnus (fi)
• French: insigne (fr) m
• German: Insigne (de) n, Signum (de) n, Abzeichen (de) n
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: しるし (ja) (shirushi), 記章 (ja) (きしょう, kishō)
• Russian: эмблема (ru) (embléma) f , значок (ru) (značók) m , орден (ru) (órden) m  (order), медаль (ru) (medálʹ) f  (medal)
• Serbo-Croatian: insignija (f) (sh)
• Spanish: distintivo (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can

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Latin

Noun

īnsignia

1. nominative plural of īnsigne
2. accusative plural of īnsigne
3. vocative plural of īnsigne

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Spanish

Noun

insignia f (plural insignias)

1. badge, insignia