medal

See also: Medal and meðal

English
The National Geographic Society's "Hubbard Medal"

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adj), from Classical Latin medius.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: mĕdʹ-əl, IPA(key): /ˈmɛdəl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdəl

Noun

medal (plural medals)

  1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.i.3:
      Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
  2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Japanese: メダル (medaru)
  • → Korean: 메달 (medal)
  • → Persian: مدال (medâl)

Translations

Verb

medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)

  1. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
    He medalled twice at the Olympics.
    • 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:
      I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
    • 2013 January 13, “Je Ne Sais What?”, in The Good Wife, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Anna (Elizabeth Alderfer):
      I wanted to medal. I was pregnant and I wanted to medal.
  2. (transitive) To award a medal to.

Anagrams

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

Noun

medal (definite accusative medalı, plural medallar)

  1. medal

Declension
    Declension of medal
singular plural
nominative medal
 medallar
definite accusative medalı
 medalları
dative medala
 medallara
locative medalda
 medallarda
ablative medaldan
 medallardan
definite genitive medalın
 medalların
    Possessive forms of medal
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalım medallarım
sənin (“your”) medalın medalların
onun (“his/her/its”) medalı medalları
bizim (“our”) medalımız medallarımız
sizin (“your”) medalınız medallarınız
onların (“their”) medalı or medalları medalları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalımı medallarımı
sənin (“your”) medalını medallarını
onun (“his/her/its”) medalını medallarını
bizim (“our”) medalımızı medallarımızı
sizin (“your”) medalınızı medallarınızı
onların (“their”) medalını or medallarını medallarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalıma medallarıma
sənin (“your”) medalına medallarına
onun (“his/her/its”) medalına medallarına
bizim (“our”) medalımıza medallarımıza
sizin (“your”) medalınıza medallarınıza
onların (“their”) medalına or medallarına medallarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalımda medallarımda
sənin (“your”) medalında medallarında
onun (“his/her/its”) medalında medallarında
bizim (“our”) medalımızda medallarımızda
sizin (“your”) medalınızda medallarınızda
onların (“their”) medalında or medallarında medallarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalımdan medallarımdan
sənin (“your”) medalından medallarından
onun (“his/her/its”) medalından medallarından
bizim (“our”) medalımızdan medallarımızdan
sizin (“your”) medalınızdan medallarınızdan
onların (“their”) medalından or medallarından medallarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) medalımın medallarımın
sənin (“your”) medalının medallarının
onun (“his/her/its”) medalının medallarının
bizim (“our”) medalımızın medallarımızın
sizin (“your”) medalınızın medallarınızın
onların (“their”) medalının or medallarının medallarının

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “medal” in Obastan.com.

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian медаль (medalʹ)

Noun

medal

  1. medal.

Declension
Declension of medal
singular plural
nominative medal medaller
genitive medalniñ medallerniñ
dative medalge medallerge
accusative medalni medallerni
locative medalde medallerde
ablative medalden medallerden

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

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)

  1. medal

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “medal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Polish
Medals engraved by Polish artist Zbigniew Kotyłło

Etymology

Borrowed from French médaille.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛ.dal/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛdal
  • Syllabification: me‧dal

Noun

medal m inan (diminutive medalik, related adjective medalowy)

  1. medal (stamped metal disc)

Declension
Declension of medal
singular plural
nominative medal medale
genitive medalu medali
dative medalowi medalom
accusative medal medale
instrumental medalem medalami
locative medalu medalach
vocative medalu medale

Derived terms
nouns
adjectives
adverb
  • medalowo
nouns

Further reading
  • medal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • medal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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