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medalla

Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia. Doublet of malla, the native Catalan counterpart.

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Noun

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medalla f (plural medalles)

  1. medal

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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From Spanish medalla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈdaʎa/, [meˈd̪a.ʎa]
  • Rhymes: -aʎa
  • Hyphenation: me‧da‧lla

Noun

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medalla (plural medallas)

  1. medal
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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian medaglia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /meˈdaɟa/ [meˈð̞a̠.ɟɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aɟa
  • Hyphenation: me‧da‧lla

Noun

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medalla f (plural medallas)

  1. medal

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of meaja, the native Spanish counterpart. Related to English medal, ultimately from the same Italian source.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈdaʝa/ [meˈð̞a.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /meˈdaʎa/ [meˈð̞a.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈdaʃa/ [meˈð̞a.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈdaʒa/ [meˈð̞a.ʒa]

 

  • Syllabification: me‧da‧lla

Noun

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medalla f (plural medallas)

  1. medal

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Chavacano: medalla
  • → Maranao: midaliya
  • → Tagalog: medalya

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