medal
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#MEDALCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#MEDAL [Term?]Category:Middle English term requests#MEDAL, from Middle FrenchCategory:English terms derived from Middle French#MEDAL medaille, medale, from ItalianCategory:English terms derived from Italian#MEDAL medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval LatinCategory:English terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#MEDAL medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late LatinCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#MEDAL mediālis (“middle”, adjective), from Classical LatinCategory:English terms derived from Classical Latin#MEDAL medius.
Pronunciation
- enPR: mĕdʹ-əl, IPA(key): /ˈmɛdəl/Category:English 2-syllable words#MEDALCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MEDAL
- (UK) IPA(key): [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MEDAL
- (US) IPA(key): [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MEDAL
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩]Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#MEDAL
- Rhymes: -ɛdəlCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛdəl#MEDALCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛdəl/2 syllables#MEDAL
Noun
medal (plural medals)Category:English lemmas#MEDALCategory:English nouns#MEDALCategory:English countable nouns#MEDALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
- 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: […] 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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Translations
Verb
medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle (US) medaling or (UK) medalling, simple past and past participle (US) medaled or (UK) medalled)Category:English lemmas#MEDALCategory:English verbs#MEDALCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
- (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#MEDAL, sportsCategory:en:Sports#MEDAL, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#MEDAL) To win a medal.
- He medalled twice at the Olympics.Category:English terms with usage examples#MEDAL
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian:
- Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- 2022 March 9, Andrew Lawrence, “Brittney Griner’s Russian ordeal is a byproduct of WNBA’s shoestring funding”, in The Guardian:
- In 2008, after being passed over yet again for USA Basketball’s Beijing Olympics team, San Antonio Stars all-star Becky Hammon signed a four-year, $2m contract with CSKA Moscow that included a six-figure bonus for becoming a naturalised citizen and medaling at the Games.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- 2024 July 30, Beau Dure, “What’s tougher than competing in an Olympic sport? Competing in two”, in The Guardian:
- Rebecca Romero medaled in rowing and track cycling in 2004 and 2008, joining East German swimmer-turned-handball player Roswitha Krause and several swimmers/divers as two-sport medalists.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- 2024 August 20, Edward Helmore, “Five-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on food”, in The Guardian:
- Though she never medalled at the Olympics, she did win a pair of golds at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in 2002.Category:English terms with quotations#MEDAL
- (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#MEDAL) To award a medal to.
See also
Anagrams
Category:en:Awards#MEDALAzerbaijani
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:Azerbaijani terms derived from French#MEDAL médaille, from ItalianCategory:Azerbaijani terms derived from Italian#MEDAL medaglia.
Pronunciation
Noun
medal (definite accusative medalı, plural medallar)Category:Azerbaijani lemmas#MEDALCategory:Azerbaijani nouns#MEDALCategory:Azerbaijani entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | medal | medallar |
| definite accusative | medalı | medalları |
| dative | medala | medallara |
| locative | medalda | medallarda |
| ablative | medaldan | medallardan |
| definite genitive | medalın | medalların |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “medal” in Obastan.com.
Crimean Tatar
Etymology
Borrowed from RussianCategory:Crimean Tatar terms borrowed from Russian#MEDALCategory:Crimean Tatar terms derived from Russian#MEDAL медаль (medalʹ)
Noun
medalCategory:Crimean Tatar lemmas#MEDALCategory:Crimean Tatar nouns#MEDALCategory:Crimean Tatar entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | medal | medaller |
| genitive | medalniñ | medallerniñ |
| dative | medalge | medallerge |
| accusative | medalni | medallerni |
| locative | medalde | medallerde |
| ablative | medalden | medallerden |
References
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Estonian entries#MEDAL
Noun
medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)Category:Estonian lemmas#MEDALCategory:Estonian nouns#MEDALCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Category:Requests for inflections in Estonian noun entries#MEDALCategory:Requests for inflections in Estonian entries#MEDALDerived terms
Further reading
- “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
Alternative forms
- mental (Far Masovian)
- mentál (Kuyavia, Western Lublin, Eastern Lublin, Lublin Voivodeship)
- mantál (Near Masovian, Łuków County)
Etymology
Category:Polish terms derived from Italian#MEDALCategory:Polish terms derived from Early Medieval Latin#MEDALCategory:Polish terms derived from Late Latin#MEDALCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#MEDALBorrowed from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#MEDALCategory:Polish terms derived from French#MEDAL médaille.
Pronunciation
Noun
medal m inan (diminutive medalik, related adjective medalowy)Category:Polish lemmas#MEDALCategory:Polish nouns#MEDALCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#MEDALCategory:Polish masculine nouns#MEDALCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#MEDALCategory:Pages with entries#MEDALCategory:Pages with 5 entries#MEDAL
- medal (stamped metal disc)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- medal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- medal in Polish dictionaries at PWN