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, 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

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, 2012–2024

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

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’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

 

• (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/

• 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/ [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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10