"insignia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-insignia.ogg [US], en-au-insignia.ogg [Australia] Forms: insignias [plural], insignia [plural]
Etymology: From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|la|īnsīgnia}} Latin īnsīgnia, {{m|la|īnsīgne||emblem, token, symbol}} īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”), {{doublet|en|ensign}} Doublet of ensign Head templates: {{en-noun|s|insignia}} insignia (plural insignias or insignia)
  1. A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization. Categories (topical): Awards, Heraldry, Military Synonyms: badge Translations (a patch or other object that indicates rank or membership): շքանշան (škʿanšan) (Armenian), отличителен знак (otličitelen znak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), insígnia (Catalan), 徽章 (huīzhāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 識別標誌 (Chinese Mandarin), 识别标志 (shìbié biāozhì) (Chinese Mandarin), insigno (Esperanto), atributo (Esperanto), arvomerkki (Finnish), insigne [masculine] (French), סמל זיהוי (sémel zihúy) [masculine] (Hebrew), 階級章 (kaikyūshō) (alt: かいきゅうしょう) (Japanese), insígnia [feminine] (Occitan), insígnia [feminine] (Portuguese), distintivo [masculine] (Portuguese), знак отли́чия (znak otlíčija) [masculine] (Russian), знак разли́чия (znak razlíčija) [masculine] (Russian), insignia [feminine] (Spanish), insignier [plural] (Swedish), emblem [neuter] (Swedish), gradbeteckning (english: rank insignia) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-insignia-en-noun-OUj3ibOU Disambiguation of Awards: 44 11 24 11 11 Disambiguation of Heraldry: 72 7 7 7 7 Disambiguation of Military: 100 0 0 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 2 2 24 24 Disambiguation of 'a patch or other object that indicates rank or membership': 97 1 2
  2. A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction. Translations (symbol or token of power, status, or office): 勛章 (Chinese Mandarin), 勋章 (xūnzhāng) (english: medal, decoration) (Chinese Mandarin), 符號 (Chinese Mandarin), 符号 (fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), insigne [neuter] (Dutch), insigno (Esperanto), tunnus (Finnish), insigne [masculine] (French), Insigne [neuter] (German), Signum [neuter] (German), Abzeichen [neuter] (German), סמל (sémel) [masculine] (Hebrew), jelvény (Hungarian), rangjelzés (Hungarian), しるし (shirushi) (Japanese), 記章 (kishō) (alt: きしょう) (Japanese), insygnium [neuter] (Polish), insígnia [feminine] (Portuguese), distintivo [masculine] (Portuguese), эмбле́ма (embléma) [feminine] (Russian), значо́к (značók) [masculine] (Russian), о́рден (órden) (english: order) [masculine] (Russian), меда́ль (medálʹ) (english: medal) [feminine] (Russian), insignija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), distintivo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-insignia-en-noun-zfP2Q98k Disambiguation of 'symbol or token of power, status, or office': 10 79 11
  3. (figurative) A mark or token by which anything is known. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-insignia-en-noun-Ban4fSoP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: insigne [dated]

Noun

IPA: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/ [UK, US] Audio: En-us-insignia.ogg [US], en-au-insignia.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*sek-}}, {{root|en|ine-pro|*sekʷ-|id=follow}}, {{der|en|la|īnsīgnia}} Latin īnsīgnia, {{m|la|īnsīgne||emblem, token, symbol}} īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”), {{doublet|en|ensign}} Doublet of ensign Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} insignia
  1. plural of insignium Tags: form-of, plural Form of: insignium
    Sense id: en-insignia-en-noun-fBVnwOsh Categories (other): English plurals in -a with singular in -um or -on
  2. plural of insigne Tags: form-of, plural Form of: insigne
    Sense id: en-insignia-en-noun-C5WDZO4j Categories (other): English plurals in -ia with singular in -e

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for insignia meaning in English (13.6kB)

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