medal
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Etymology edit
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.
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medal (plural medals)
- 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?
- A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.
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medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)
- (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.
- (transitive) To award a medal to.
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Azerbaijani edit
Etymology edit
From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.
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medal (definite accusative medalı, plural medallar)
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Declension of medal | ||||||||
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singular | plural | |||||||
nominative | medal |
medallar | ||||||
definite accusative | medalı |
medalları | ||||||
dative | medala |
medallara | ||||||
locative | medalda |
medallarda | ||||||
ablative | medaldan |
medallardan | ||||||
definite genitive | medalın |
medalların |
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Further reading edit
- “medal” in Obastan.com.
Crimean Tatar edit
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Borrowed from Russian медаль (medalʹ)
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medal
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | medal | medaller |
genitive | medalniñ | medallerniñ |
dative | medalge | medallerge |
accusative | medalni | medallerni |
locative | medalde | medallerde |
ablative | medalden | medallerden |
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Estonian edit
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)
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Further reading edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French médaille.
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medal m inan (diminutive medalik, related adjective medalowy)
- medal (stamped metal disc)