emblem
Syllables: em·blemUK/ˈɛmbləm/
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Australia/ˈembləm/
emblem noun: a representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
Noun
emblem (plural emblems)
- A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
- The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
- His ſicatrice, with an Embleme of warre, heere on his ſiniſter cheeke;c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
- Something that represents a larger whole.
- The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
- Yes, there were instances of grandstanding and obsessive behaviour, but many were concealed at the time to help protect an aggressively peddled narrative of Pistorius the paragon, the emblem, the trailblazer.2014 October 21, Oliver Brown, “Oscar Pistorius jailed for five years – sport afforded no protection against his tragic fallibilities […] ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Sport)
- Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
- Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone
Of costliest emblem1667, John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker...
- Broider'd the ground, more color'd than with stone
- A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
- An Emblem is but a ſilent Parable:1718, Francis Quarles, Emblems, divine and moral ; together with Hieroglyphicks of the life of man
- A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
- Near-synonym: charge
- Synonyms:
- charge
Verb
emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)
- To symbolize.
emblem meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
emblem in Hindi
- representative symbol
- प्रतीक pratīk, चिह्न cihna, चिन्ह cinha
emblem in Tamil
- சின்னம், கோட்குறி
emblem in Urdu
- representative symbol
- چنه cinh, علامت 'alāmat
emblem in Bengali
- প্রতীক, চিহ্ন
More languagesFewer languages
- emblem in Malayalam
- മുദ്ര mudra
- emblem in Kannada
- ನಿಶಾನೆ, ಲಾಂಛನ, ಗುರುತು, ಸಂಕೇತ
- emblem in Pashto
- نښه náx̌a
- emblem in Tagalog
- sagisag, simbulo
- emblem in Arabic
- شِعَار šiʕār, رَمْز ramz
- emblem in Malay
- lambang
- emblem in Indonesian
- lambang
- emblem in Persian
- نماد namâd, نشان nešân, علامت 'alâmat
- emblem in Thai
- เครื่องหมาย krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai, สัญลักษณ์ sǎn-yá-lák
- emblem in Vietnamese
- biểu tượng
- emblem in Myanmar
- အမှတ်တံဆိပ် a.hmattamhcip
Examples of emblem in a sentence
- Sicily and the Isle of Man use triskelia as their emblems.
- Clearly, the relationship between pictura and motto became more literal in this emblem.
- Above us my flag, the Waterwheel emblem black on white, fissled and rustled.
Synonyms of emblem
Forms of emblem
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | emblems |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | emblems |
| present participle | embleming |
| past participle | emblemed |
| past | emblemed |
Origin of emblem
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.
Words formed from emblem
Phrases with emblem
Questions about emblem
- What does emblem mean?
- Emblem means a representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
- What is emblem in Hindi?
- Emblem in Hindi is प्रतीक (pratīk), चिह्न (cihna), चिन्ह (cinha). See Emblem meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is emblem?
- Emblem can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce emblem?
- Emblem is pronounced /ˈɛmbləm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of emblem?
- The plural of emblem is emblems.
Words near emblem in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: emblem (page history and authors); emblem (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Emblem (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); മുദ്ര (Malayalam) (page history and authors); emblem (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); نښه (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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