emblema

See also: Emblema and embléma

English

Etymology

From Latin emblēma. Doublet of emblem.

Noun

emblema (plural emblemata)

1. An inlaid ornament.

Anagrams

• Emmabel

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Asturian

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemes)

1. emblem

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: em‧ble‧ma

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemes)

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

Derived terms

• emblemàtic

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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

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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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /emˈbleː.ma/, [ɛmˈbɫ̪eːmä]
• (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).

Case	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
• Portuguese: emblema
• Romanian: emblemă
• 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

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• emblemene

Noun

emblema n

1. definite plural of emblem

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

emblema n

1. definite plural of emblem

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

emblema m (plural emblemas)

1. emblem (representative symbol)

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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

Derived terms

• emblemático
• emblemáticamente

Further reading

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