emblema

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)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)
• 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, 2024
• “emblema” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Russian эмбле́ма (embléma).

Noun

emblema

1. emblem

Declension

References

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

Galician

Etymology

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

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem

Derived terms

Further reading

• “emblema” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

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

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) IPA^(key): /emˈbleː.ma/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /emˈble.ma/,

Noun

emblēma n (genitive emblēmatis); third declension

1. mosaic
2. emblem, device
3. marquetry

Declension

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

Descendants

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’s 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

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

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem (representative symbol)

Further reading

• “emblema” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem

   Synonym: escudo

Derived terms

Further reading

• “emblema”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014