medalla
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia. Doublet of malla, the native Catalan counterpart.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
medalla f (plural medalles)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “medalla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “medalla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “medalla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “medalla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chavacano edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
medalla
Related terms edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian medaglia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
medalla f (plural medallas)
Further reading edit
- “medalla” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- Syllabification: me‧da‧lla
Noun edit
medalla f (plural medallas)
Hyponyms edit
- medalla de bronce (“bronze medal”)
- medalla de honor (“badge of honor”)
- medalla de oro (“gold medal”)
- medalla de plata (“silver medal”)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “medalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014