"escutcheon" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˈskʌt͡ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-escutcheon.wav [Southern-England] Forms: escutcheons [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃən Etymology: From Middle English scochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, Old French escusson (French écusson), ultimately from Latin scutum (“shield”). Related to scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|scochon}} Middle English scochon, {{der|en|xno|escuchon}} Anglo-Norman escuchon, {{der|en|fro|escusson}} Old French escusson, {{m|fr|écusson}} écusson, {{der|en|la|scutum||shield}} Latin scutum (“shield”), {{doublet|en|scutum|scute|scudo|escudo|écu|nocat=1|notext=1}} scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu Head templates: {{en-noun}} escutcheon (plural escutcheons)
  1. (heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms. Categories (topical): Heraldry Translations (coat of arms): våbenskjold [neuter] (Danish), wapenschild [neuter] (Dutch), vaakuna (Finnish), écusson [masculine] (French), escudo [masculine] (Galician), Wappenschild [masculine, neuter] (German), pajzs (Hungarian), scudo [masculine] (Italian), blasone [masculine] (Italian), stemma [masculine] (Italian), штит (štit) [masculine] (Macedonian), tarcza herbowa [feminine] (Polish), escudo [masculine] (Portuguese), blasón [masculine] (Spanish), escudo [masculine] (Spanish), vapensköld [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-roahy82a Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics Disambiguation of 'coat of arms': 81 9 2 1 3 1 2 1
  2. (heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one. Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-1nEsXd3n Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  3. (medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound. Categories (topical): Medicine, Hair
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-eHKlifOV Disambiguation of Hair: 9 8 23 18 9 7 6 19 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 10 27 17 11 9 4 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12 Topics: medicine, sciences
  4. A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities. Synonyms: milk mirror
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-bi1yi~0A Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12
  5. (nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-plL9Dk7I Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12 Topics: nautical, transport
  6. A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes. Translations (plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance): sleutelschild [neuter] (Dutch), peitelevy (Finnish), écusson [masculine] (French), escudete [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-CBDarZi6 Disambiguation of 'plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance': 4 4 7 5 5 59 12 5
  7. The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate.
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-GzN0zSO~
  8. The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area.
    Sense id: en-escutcheon-en-noun-VxTKo7tt Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 11 21 17 11 10 7 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: escocheon [obsolete], scutcheon, 'scutcheon Derived forms: blot on the escutcheon, blotch on the escutcheon, escutcheon of pretence, escutcheoned, escutcheon pin, inescutcheon

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "scutum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "shield"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin scutum (“shield”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "scutum",
        "3": "scute",
        "4": "scudo",
        "5": "escudo",
        "6": "écu",
        "nocat": "1",
        "notext": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scochon, from Anglo-Norman escuchon, Old French escusson (French écusson), ultimately from Latin scutum (“shield”). Related to scutum, scute, scudo, escudo, and écu.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "escutcheons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "es‧cut‧cheon"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Heraldry"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1922, Michael Arlen, “1/5/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days",
          "text": "And in the meanwhile, Society shivered a little feverishly, filled now with the scions of those who had come over with the Jewish and American Conquests. Escutcheons were becoming valueless, how sinister soever the blots and clots upon them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An individual or corporate coat of arms."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "coat of arms",
          "coat of arms"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) An individual or corporate coat of arms."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Heraldic charges"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small shield used to charge a larger one."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "charge",
          "charge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) A small shield used to charge a larger one."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Medicine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "pubic",
          "pubic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) The pattern of distribution of hair upon the pubic mound."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1867, Charles Louis Flint, Milch cows and dairy farming",
          "text": "The milk-mirror, or escutcheon, is formed by the hair above the udder, extending upwards between the thighs, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A marking upon the back of a cow's udder and the space above it (the perineum), formed by the hair growing upward or outward instead of downward. It was once taken as an index of milking qualities."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cow",
          "cow"
        ],
        [
          "udder",
          "udder"
        ],
        [
          "perineum",
          "perineum"
        ],
        [
          "milk",
          "milk"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "milk mirror"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Nautical"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "nautical",
          "nautical"
        ],
        [
          "stern",
          "stern"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(nautical) The part of a ship's stern where its name is displayed."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical",
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A decorative and/or protective plate or bezel to fill the gap between a switch, pipe, valve, control knob, etc., and the surface from which it protrudes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bezel",
          "bezel"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The insignia around a doorknob's exterior hardware or a door lock's cosmetic plate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "insignia",
          "insignia"
        ],
        [
          "doorknob",
          "doorknob"
        ],
        [
          "exterior",
          "exterior"
        ],
        [
          "hardware",
          "hardware"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The depression behind the beak of certain bivalves; the ligamental area."
      ],
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        [
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          "depression"
        ],
        [
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        ],
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          "bivalve"
        ],
        [
          "ligamental",
          "ligamental"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈskʌt͡ʃən/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌtʃən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "escocheon"
    },
    {
      "word": "scutcheon"
    },
    {
      "word": "'scutcheon"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "våbenskjold"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wapenschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "word": "vaakuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "écusson"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wappenschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "word": "pajzs"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "scudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blasone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "stemma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "štit",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "штит"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tarcza herbowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blasón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "coat of arms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vapensköld"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sleutelschild"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "word": "peitelevy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "écusson"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "plate or bezel to fill the gap around a protuberance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "escudete"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "escutcheon"
  ],
  "word": "escutcheon"
}

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