emblema

See also: Emblema and embléma

English

Etymology

From Latin emblēma. Doublet of emblem.

Noun

emblema (plural emblemata)

1. An inlaid ornament.

Anagrams

• Emmabel

Asturian

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemes)

1. emblem

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈblɛ.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈble.mə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [emˈble.ma]
• Hyphenation: em‧ble‧ma

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemes)

1. emblem (representative symbol)
2. emblem (something that represents a larger whole)

Derived terms

• emblemàtic

Further reading

• “emblema” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “emblema” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “emblema”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “emblema”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian эмбле́ма (embléma).

Noun

emblema

1. emblem

Declension

Declension of emblema

nominative	emblema
genitive	emblemanıñ
dative	emblemağa
accusative	emblemanı
locative	emblemada
ablative	emblemadan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Galician

Etymology

From Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem

Derived terms

• emblemático

Further reading

• “emblema”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Italian

Etymology

From Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈblɛ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɛma
• Hyphenation: em‧blè‧ma

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemi)

1. emblem

Derived terms

• emblematicamente
• emblematico

Further reading

• emblema in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• emblema in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɛmˈbɫeː.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [emˈblɛː.ma]

Noun

emblēma n (genitive emblēmatis); third declension

1. mosaic
2. emblem, device
3. marquetry

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	emblēma	emblēmata
genitive	emblēmatis	emblēmatum
dative	emblēmatī	emblēmatibus
accusative	emblēma	emblēmata
ablative	emblēmate	emblēmatibus
vocative	emblēma	emblēmata

Descendants

• Asturian: emblema
• Catalan: emblema
• → English: emblema
• Friulian: embleme
• Galician: emblema
• Italian: emblema
• Old French: embleme
  • → English: emblem
  • French: emblème
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: emblem
    • → Norwegian Nynorsk: emblem
    • → Romanian: emblemă
    • → Turkish: amblem
• Portuguese: emblema
• Russian: эмбле́ма (embléma)
• Spanish: emblema

References

• “emblema”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “emblema”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "emblema", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “emblema”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “emblema”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• emblemene

Noun

emblema n

1. definite plural of emblem

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

emblema n

1. definite plural of emblem

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈblẽ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈblẽ.mɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈblẽ.mɐ/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈblẽ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈble.ma/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈble.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈble.mɐ/

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• Rhymes: -emɐ
• Hyphenation: em‧ble‧ma

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem (representative symbol)

Further reading

• “emblema”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “emblema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “emblema”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /emˈblema/ [ẽmˈble.ma]
• Rhymes: -ema
• Syllabification: em‧ble‧ma

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem

   Synonym: escudo

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 17:

     [El Brujo] odia también todo lo blanco, tal vez por ser este color emblema de la pureza.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• emblemáticamente
• emblemático

Further reading

• “emblema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025