medallion
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French médaillon.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /məˈdæljən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
medallion (plural medallions)
- A large medal, usually decorative.
- A cut of meat resembling a large medal.
- Synonym: medaillon
- pork medallion
- (art) A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
- A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
- A yellowish brown.
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Translations
large decorative medal
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Verb
medallion (third-person singular simple present medallions, present participle medallioning, simple past and past participle medallioned)
- (transitive, poetic) To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
- a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky