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Webster 1913 Edition

Medal

Med′al

Noun.

[F.

médaille

, It.

medaglia

, fr. L.

metallum

metal, through (assumed) LL.

metalleus

made of metal. See

Metal

, and cf.

Mail

a piece of money.]

A piece of metal in the form of a coin, struck with a device, and intended to preserve the remembrance of a notable event or an illustrious person, or to serve as a reward.

Med′al

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Medaled

, or

Medalled

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Medaling

Medalling

To honor or reward with a medal.

“Medaled by the king.”

Thackeray.

Webster 1828 Edition

Medal

MED'AL

Noun.

[L. metallum, metal.] An ancient coin, or a piece of metal in the form of a coin, stamped with some figure or device to preserve the portrait of some distinguished person, or the memory of an illustrious action or event.

Definition 2024

medal

See also: meðal

English

The National Geographic Society's "Hubbard Medal"

Noun

medal ‎(plural medals)

A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, 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.

Derived terms

bronze medal: a medal designed for third-place winners
gold medal: a medal designed for first-place winners

silver medal: a medal designed for second-place winners
tea and medals

Translations

stamped metal disc

Afrikaans: medalje
Albanian: medalja f
Amharic: ሽልማት ‎(šəlmat)
Arabic: مِِيدَالِيَة f ‎(miīdāliya), مِِيدَالْيَة f ‎(midālya)
Armenian: մեդալ (hy) ‎(medal)
Azeri: medal (az)
Bashkir: миҙал ‎(miðal)
Basque: domina (eu)
Belarusian: медаль f ‎(medál’)
Bengali: তকমা ‎(takamā), পদক ‎(padaka), মেডেল ‎(mēḍēla)
Breton: medalenn (br) f
Bulgarian: медал (bg) m ‎(medál)
Burmese: ဆုတံဆိပ်ရှင် ‎(hcu.tamhciphrang), ဆုရှင် ‎(hcu.hrang)
Catalan: medalla (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獎章 (zh), 奖章 (zh) ‎(jiǎngzhāng), 勳章 (zh), 勛章 (zh), 勋章 (zh) ‎(xūnzhāng)
Czech: medaile (cs) f
Danish: medalje c
Dutch: medaille (nl) m, f, erepenning f
Erzya: ловмоярмак ‎(lovmojarmak)
Esperanto: medalo
Estonian: medal (et)
Finnish: mitali (fi)
French: médaille (fr) f
Galician: medalla (gl) f
Georgian: მედალი ‎(medali)
German: Medaille (de) f
Greek: μετάλλιο (el) n ‎(metállio)
Gujarati: પદક m ‎(padak), ચંદ્રક m ‎(candrak)
Hebrew: מדליה f ‎(medaliyah)
Hindi: पदक (hi) m ‎(padak), मेडल (hi) m ‎(meḍal)
Hungarian: medália
Icelandic: minnispeningur m
Ido: medalio (io)
Indonesian: medali (id)
Irish: bonn m
Italian: medaglia (it) f
Japanese: 賞牌 ‎(しょうはい, shōhai), メダル (ja) ‎(medaru), 勲章 ‎(くんしょう, kunshō)
Kazakh: медаль ‎(medalʹ)
Khmer: មេដាយ (km) ‎(meedaay), ឥស្សរិយាភរណៈ ‎(əhsa’ri’yiepʰea’rea’na’)
Korean: 메달 (ko) ‎(medal)
Kurdish: medalya (ku)
Kyrgyz: медаль ‎(medalʹ)
Latin: medalis

Latvian: medaļa f
Lithuanian: medalis m
Macedonian: медал m ‎(medal)
Malay: pingat
Malayalam: സ്മാരകമുദ്ര ‎(smārakamudra), ബിരുദമുദ്ര ‎(birudamudra), പതക്കം (ml) ‎(patakkaṃ)
Maltese: midalja f
Marathi: पदक n ‎(padak), बिल्ला m ‎(billā)
Mongolian:
Nepali: पदक ‎(padaka), तक्मा ‎(takmā)
Occitan: medalha (oc) f
Ossetian: медаль ‎(medalʹ)
Persian: مدال (fa) ‎(medâl)
Polish: medal (pl) m
Portuguese: medalha (pt) f
Punjabi: ਤਮਗ਼ਾ ‎(tamġā), ਮੈਡਲ ‎(mēḍal)
Romanian: medalie (ro) f
Russian: меда́ль (ru) f ‎(medálʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: bonn-cuimhne m
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: медаља f

Roman: medalja (sh) f
Sicilian: middaghia f
Slovak: medaila f
Slovene: medalja (sl) f
Somali: billad, bilada
Sotho: metlele
Spanish: medalla (es) f
Swahili: nishani (sw)
Swedish: medalj (sv) c
Tagalog: medalya
Tajik: медал ‎(medal)
Tamil: பதக்கம் (ta) ‎(patakkam)
Telugu: బిరుదు బిళ్ళ (te) ‎(birudu biḷḷa), పతకం ‎(patakaṃ)
Thai: เหรียญ (th) ‎(riian)
Turkish: madalya (tr)
Turkmen: nyşan, medal
Ukrainian: медаль f ‎(medál’)
Urdu: تمغا f ‎(tamgha), میڈل m ‎(medal)
Uzbek: medal (uz)
Vietnamese: huy chương (vi), mề đay (vi)
Walloon: medaye (wa)
Welsh: bathodyn m, medal m
West Frisian: medalje
Yiddish: מעדאַל f ‎(medal)

Related terms

Verb

medal ‎(third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)

(sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
He medalled twice at the Olympics.‎
- 2013 January 13, Elizabeth Alderfer as Anna, “Je Ne Sais What?”, in The Good Wife, season 4, episode 12:
  I wanted to medal. I was pregnant and I wanted to medal.

Anagrams

lamed

Crimean Tatar

Noun

medal

medal.

Declension

Declension of medal

nominative	medal
genitive	medalniñ
dative	medalge
accusative	medalni
locative	medalde
ablative	medalden

References

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Estonian

Noun

medal ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

medal

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Polish

Medals engraved by Polish artist Zbigniew Kotyłło

Etymology

From French médaille

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmɛdal/

Noun

medal m inan

medal

Declension

declension of medal

	singular	plural
nominative	medal	medale
genitive	medalu	medali
dative	medalowi	medalom
accusative	medal	medale
instrumental	medalem	medalami
locative	medalu	medalach
vocative	medalu	medale

Derived terms

medalowy

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