medal

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English

Etymology

From Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia, from Late Latin medalia (“half a denarius”).

Pronunciation

Noun

medal (plural medals)

  1. 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?
  2. A stamped or cast metal disc, particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

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Verb

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

  1. (sports, proscribed) To win a medal
    "He medalled twice at the Olympics"

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Noun

medal

  1. medal.

Declension

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

medal m.

  1. 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

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