Standard Lemma guide

lozenge

noun · verb · 6 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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  • UK: /ˈlɒzɪnd͡ʒ/
  • US: /ˈlɑzɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Australian: /ˈlɔzɪnd͡ʒ/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒzɪndʒ
  • CMU ARPABET: L AO1 Z AH0 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: shapes

Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: diamond

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rhombus

2

noun

Meaning 2

A small tablet (originally diamond-shaped) or medicated sweet used to ease a sore throat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pastille, throat pastille, troche, lozzy

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To form into the shape of a lozenge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To mark or emblazon with a lozenge.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pill, tablet, tab

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: dose, dosage

Narrower terms: bolus, capsule, dragee, sleeping pill, sleeping tablet, sleeping capsule, sleeping draught

6

noun

Meaning 6

a small aromatic or medicated candy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: candy, confect

Narrower terms: cachou, cough drop, troche, pastille, pastil

History

Etymology

From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.

Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُعَيَّن (muʕayyan) — rhombus
  • Bulgarian: ромб (romb) — rhombus
  • Catalan: losange — rhombus
  • Catalan: rombe — rhombus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 菱形 (língxíng) — rhombus
  • Czech: routa — rhombus
  • Czech: kosočtverec — rhombus
  • Dutch: ruit — rhombus
  • Finnish: neljäkäs — rhombus
  • Finnish: vinoneliö — rhombus
  • Finnish: salmiakki — rhombus
  • Finnish: salmiakkiruutu — rhombus
  • French: losange — rhombus
  • French: rhombus — rhombus
  • German: Raute — rhombus
  • Greek: ρόμβος (rómvos) — rhombus
  • Hungarian: rombusz — rhombus
  • Indonesian: belah ketupat — rhombus
  • Irish: muileata — rhombus
  • Italian: losanga — rhombus
  • Italian: rombo — rhombus
  • Japanese: 菱 (hishi) — rhombus
  • Korean: 마름모 (mareummo) — rhombus
  • Middle English: losenge — rhombus
  • Persian: لوزی (lovzi) — rhombus
  • Polish: romb — rhombus
  • Portuguese: losango — rhombus
  • Portuguese: rombo — rhombus
  • Russian: ромб (romb) — rhombus
  • Spanish: losange — rhombus
  • Spanish: rombo — rhombus
  • Spanish: lisonja — rhombus
  • Swedish: ruta — rhombus
  • Swedish: snedruta — rhombus
  • Turkish: eşkenar dörtgen — rhombus
  • Catalan: pastilla — medicated sweet
  • Chinese Cantonese: 喉糖 — medicated sweet
  • Chinese Mandarin: 含片 (hánpiàn) — medicated sweet
  • Dutch: keelpastille — medicated sweet
  • Dutch: pastille — medicated sweet
  • Finnish: kurkkupastilli — medicated sweet
  • French: pastille — medicated sweet
  • German: Pastille — medicated sweet
  • German: Hustenbonbon — medicated sweet
  • German: Lutschbonbon — medicated sweet
  • Ancient Greek: ἔκλειγμα (ékleigma) — medicated sweet
  • Hungarian: pasztilla — medicated sweet
  • Irish: losainn — medicated sweet
  • Italian: pastiglia — medicated sweet
  • Japanese: 錠剤 (jōzai) — medicated sweet
  • Japanese: ロズンジ (rozunji) — medicated sweet
  • Japanese: トローチ (torōchi) — medicated sweet
  • Japanese: のどあめ (nodoame) — medicated sweet
  • Latin: pastillus — medicated sweet
  • Macedonian: пастила (pastila) — medicated sweet
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pastill — medicated sweet
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pastill — medicated sweet
  • Persian: مکیدنی (makidani) — medicated sweet
  • Plautdietsch: Pell — medicated sweet
  • Portuguese: pastilha — medicated sweet
  • Romanian: pastilă — medicated sweet
  • Russian: пасти́лка (pastílka) — medicated sweet
  • Russian: [лека́рственный] ледене́ц — medicated sweet
  • Russian: [соса́тельная] табле́тка — medicated sweet
  • Spanish: pastilla — medicated sweet
  • Turkish: pastil — medicated sweet