noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɛmbləm/
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CMU ARPABET:EH1 M B L AH0 M
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: symbol, token, ensign
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Something that represents a larger whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Narrower terms: scarlet letter, cupid, donkey, dove, eagle, elephant, fasces, national flag, ensign, hammer and sickle, red flag, Star of David, Shield of David, Magen David, Mogen David, Solomon's seal, badge, Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb, maple-leaf, medallion, spread eagle, swastika, Hakenkreuz
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz:
адырга
(adərga)
— representative symbol
Afrikaans:
embleem
— representative symbol
Albanian:
simbol
— representative symbol
Albanian:
stemë
— representative symbol
Arabic:
شِعَار
(šiʕār)
— representative symbol
Arabic:
رَمْز
(ramz)
— representative symbol
Armenian:
խորհրդանիշ
(xorhrdaniš)
— representative symbol
Azerbaijani:
emblem
— representative symbol
Azerbaijani:
nişan
— representative symbol
Azerbaijani:
rəmz
— representative symbol
Basque:
ikur
— representative symbol
Belarusian:
эмбле́ма
(embljéma)
— representative symbol
Bulgarian:
ембле́ма
(embléma)
— representative symbol
Burmese:
အမှတ်တံဆိပ်
(a.hmattamhcip)
— representative symbol
Catalan:
emblema
— representative symbol
Chinese Mandarin:
象徵 /象征
(xiàngzhēng)
— representative symbol
Chinese Mandarin:
象徵性 /象征性
(xiàngzhēngxìng)
— representative symbol
Czech:
emblém
— representative symbol
Czech:
znak
— representative symbol
Danish:
emblem
— representative symbol
Dutch:
embleem
— representative symbol
Esperanto:
emblemo
— representative symbol
Estonian:
embleem
— representative symbol
Estonian:
võrdkuju
— representative symbol
Finnish:
tunnus
— representative symbol
Finnish:
embleemi
— representative symbol
French:
emblème
— representative symbol
Galician:
emblema
— representative symbol
Georgian:
ემბლემა
(emblema)
— representative symbol
Georgian:
სიმბოლო
(simbolo)
— representative symbol
German:
Emblem
— representative symbol
Greek:
έμβλημα
(émvlima)
— representative symbol
Hebrew:
סִימָן
(simán)
— representative symbol
Hindi:
प्रतीक
(pratīk)
— representative symbol
Hindi:
चिह्न
(cihna)
— representative symbol
Hindi:
चिन्ह
(cinha)
— representative symbol
Hungarian:
embléma
— representative symbol
Hungarian:
jelkép
— representative symbol
Icelandic:
tákn
— representative symbol
Ido:
emblemo
— representative symbol
Indonesian:
lambang
— representative symbol
Italian:
emblema
— representative symbol
Italian:
raffigurazione
— representative symbol
Italian:
simbolo
— representative symbol
Japanese:
表号
(hyōgō)
— representative symbol
Japanese:
エンブレム
(enburemu)
— representative symbol
Japanese:
象徴
(shōchō)
— representative symbol
Kazakh:
эмблема
(émblema)
— representative symbol
Kazakh:
танымбелгі
(tanymbelgı)
— representative symbol
Korean:
상징
(sangjing)
— representative symbol
Korean:
엠블럼
(embeulleom)
— representative symbol
Kyrgyz:
эмблема
(emblema)
— representative symbol
Kyrgyz:
белги
(belgi)
— representative symbol
Lao:
ເຄື່ອງຫມາຍ
(khư̄ang māi)
— representative symbol
Lao:
ສັນຍາລັກ
(san nyā lak)
— representative symbol
Latin:
insigne
— representative symbol
Latvian:
emblēma
— representative symbol
Lithuanian:
emblema
— representative symbol
Macedonian:
амблем
(amblem)
— representative symbol
Malay:
lambang
— representative symbol
Mongolian:
эмблем
(emblem)
— representative symbol
Mongolian:
сүлд тэмдэг
(süld temdeg)
— representative symbol
Norwegian Bokmål:
emblem
— representative symbol
Norwegian Nynorsk:
emblem
— representative symbol
Persian:
نماد
(namâd)
— representative symbol
Persian:
نشان
(nešân)
— representative symbol
Persian:
علامت
('alâmat)
— representative symbol
Polish:
godło
— representative symbol
Polish:
emblemat
— representative symbol
Portuguese:
emblema
— representative symbol
Romanian:
emblemă
— representative symbol
Russian:
эмбле́ма
(embléma)
— representative symbol
Serbo-Croatian:
а̀мбле̄м
— representative symbol
Serbo-Croatian:
àmblēm
— representative symbol
Slovak:
znak
— representative symbol
Slovak:
odznak
— representative symbol
Slovene:
emblem
— representative symbol
Slovene:
znak
— representative symbol
Slovene:
simbol
— representative symbol
Spanish:
emblema
— representative symbol
Swedish:
emblem
— representative symbol
Tagalog:
sagisag
— representative symbol
Tagalog:
simbulo
— representative symbol
Tajik:
нишона
(nišona)
— representative symbol
Tajik:
нишон
(nišon)
— representative symbol
Tajik:
аломат
(alomat)
— representative symbol
Tajik:
тамға
(tamġa)
— representative symbol
Thai:
เครื่องหมาย
(krʉ̂ʉang-mǎai)
— representative symbol
Thai:
สัญลักษณ์
(sǎn-yá-lák)
— representative symbol
Turkish:
belirtke
— representative symbol
Turkish:
amblem
— representative symbol
Turkmen:
emblema
— representative symbol
Turkmen:
nyşan
— representative symbol
Ukrainian:
ембле́ма
(embléma)
— representative symbol
Urdu:
چنه
(cinh)
— representative symbol
Urdu:
علامت
('alāmat)
— representative symbol
Uzbek:
emblema
— representative symbol
Uzbek:
ramz
— representative symbol
Uzbek:
belgi
— representative symbol
Uzbek:
nishon
— representative symbol
Vietnamese:
biểu tượng
— representative symbol
Finnish:
tunnuskuva
— representation of a larger whole
Finnish:
vertauskuva
— representation of a larger whole
Māori:
amorangi
— representation of a larger whole