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medallion

/məˈdæljən/muh-DAL-yuhn
/məˈdæljən/muh-DAL-yuhn

Meaninga large medal

Common meaning: a large round ornament like a medal

Journey through time

  1. Latinmetallum‘metal’source
  2. Late Latinmedalia‘a small coin’source
  3. Italianmedagliasource
  4. Old Frenchmedaillesource
  5. Englishmedal‘a metal disc given as an award’
  6. Englishformed in English from medalmedallion‘a large round ornament like a medal’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from medal + -ion.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), MEDAL, p.361 · scan

Source words

  • metallum Latin · source word “metal”

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