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Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.
Maurice Sendak

Meaning of "emblem" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EMBLEM

From Latin emblēma raised decoration, mosaic, from Greek, literally: something inserted, from emballein to insert, from ballein to throw.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EMBLEM

emblem  [ˈɛmbləm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EMBLEM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Emblem is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES EMBLEM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

emblem

Emblem

An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint.

Definition of emblem in the English dictionary

The definition of emblem in the dictionary is a visible object or representation that symbolizes a quality, type, group, etc, esp the concrete symbol of an abstract idea. Other definition of emblem is an allegorical picture containing a moral lesson, often with an explanatory motto or verses, esp one printed in an emblem book.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EMBLEM


alum
ˈæləm
asylum
əˈsaɪləm
column
ˈkɒləm
curriculum
kəˈrɪkjʊləm
Fulham
ˈfʊləm
Harlem
ˈhɑːləm
Jerusalem
dʒəˈruːsələm
Malayalam
ˌmælɪˈɑːləm
multiproblem
ˌmʌltɪˈprɒbləm
nonproblem
ˌnɒnˈprɒbləm
Pablum
ˈpɑːbləm
pelham
ˈpɛləm
pendulum
ˈpɛndjʊləm
problem
ˈprɒbləm
Salem
ˈseɪləm
slalom
ˈslɑːləm
speculum
ˈspɛkjʊləm
subproblem
ˈsʌbˌprɒbləm
vestibulum
vɛˈstɪbjʊləm
Winston-Salem
ˈwɪnstənˈseɪləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EMBLEM

emblaze
emblazer
emblazon
emblazoner
emblazonment
emblazonry
emblem book
emblema
emblematic
emblematical
emblematically
emblematise
emblematist
emblematize
emblements
emblemise
emblemize
emblic
embloom
emblossom

WORDS THAT END LIKE EMBLEM

attitude problem
clem
drink problem
drinking problem
epiblem
golem
Guillem
Haarlem
health problem
heart problem
Knights of St John of Jerusalem
Knights of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
mind-body problem
Moslem
New Jerusalem
periblem
protoxylem
the New Jerusalem
xylem
ylem

Synonyms and antonyms of emblem in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EMBLEM»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «emblem» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of emblem

Translation of «emblem» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EMBLEM

Find out the translation of emblem to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of emblem from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «emblem» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

徽章
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

emblema
570 millions of speakers

English

emblem
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रतीक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شعار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

эмблема
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

emblema
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতীক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

emblème
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lambang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Emblem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

紋章
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상징
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Emblem
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biểu hiệu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சின்னம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रतीक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amblem
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

emblema
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

godło
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

емблема
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

emblemă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

έμβλημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

embleem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

emblem
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

emblem
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of emblem

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBLEM»

The term «emblem» is very widely used and occupies the 15.192 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EMBLEM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «emblem» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «emblem» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about emblem

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7 QUOTES WITH «EMBLEM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word emblem.
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Aimee Bender
I like birthday cake. It's so symbolic. It's a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just 'Happy birthday!' because it's this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.
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Vincent Gallo
My parents took an interest in nothing, at home no books, no records. My mother and my father are the emblem of indifference, dryness and bad taste. My father is also terribly stingy, in life as well as in feelings: I have never seen him filling up the bathtub.
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John Van Hamersveld
In 1971, I put together the 'Johnny Face' drawing as a concept, with the words as part of an image in a circle. Combining my abstract drawing with the headline 'Crazy World Ain't It' created an emblem and became a button.
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Amy Lowell
Time! Joyless emblem of the greed of millions, robber of the best which earth can give.
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Maurice Sendak
Oh, I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness. You went to the movies then, you saw two movies and a short. When Mickey Mouse came on the screen and there was his big head, my sister said she had to hold onto me. I went berserk.
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Maurice Sendak
I adored Mickey Mouse when I was a child. He was the emblem of happiness and funniness.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EMBLEM»

Discover the use of emblem in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to emblem and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Literature in the Light of the Emblem: Structural Parallels ...
The literature of the 16th and 17th centuries was informed by the symbolic thought embodied in the mixed art form of emblems.
Peter Maurice Daly, 1998
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The Emblem
John Manning's The Emblem charts the rise and evolution of the emblem from its earliest manifestations to its emergence as a genre in its own right in the sixteenth century, and through its various reinventions to the present day.
John Manning, 2004
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The English Emblem Tradition
This volume of the Index Emblematicus deals with three early seventeenth-century works: Remaines of a Greater Worke Concerning Britaine, by William Camden; The Mirrour of Maiestie, by H.G.; and Otto van Veen's Amorum Emblemata.
Peter Maurice Daly, Leslie T. Duer, Anthony Raspa, 1998
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Myth, Emblem, and Music in Shakespeare's Cymbeline: An ...
Although mainly concerned with the rich classical and Christian iconography of Cymbeline, the book also rages widely over Shakespeare's dramatic and nondramatic works and beyond to the work of his contemporaries in Renaissance poetry, drama ...
Peggy Muñoz Simonds, 1992
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The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays
The Italian Emblem: A Collection of Essays is the twelfth in the series 'Glasgow Emblem Studies'.
Donato Mansueto, Elena Laura Calogero, 2007
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The Persistence of Presence: Emblem and Ritual in Baroque Spain
The Persistence of Presence analyzes the relationship between emblem books, containing combinations of pictures and texts, and Spanish literature in the early modern period.
Bradley J. Nelson, 2010
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Speaking pictures: English emblem books and Renaissance culture
This book seeks to define the emblem's importance in the literary systems of English Renaissance culture.
Michael Bath, 1994
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The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem
Beautiful Minds explains how and why apes and dolphins are so distantly related yet so cognitively alike and what this teaches us about another large-brained mammal: Homo sapiens.
John M. Coski, 2009
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Webs of Allusion: French Protestant Emblem Books of the ...
Om protestantiska emblemböcker i 1500-talets Frankrike.
Alison Adams, 2003
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The Conscientious Emblem
The book is a vision for mission impossible and a handy compass for the want, to become.
Debes Chino, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EMBLEM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term emblem is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fire Emblem Fates DLC Scenario Invisible Kingdom Now Available …
The latest entry of the Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Fates, comes with a lot of new features not found in previous entries of the series. «Geek Snack, Jul 15»
2
Halo 5 App Launched, Special Emblem Awarded for Downloading
The Halo 5 emblem will be delivered to players when the game launches on October 27 for Xbox One. Microsoft did not share any images of ... «GameSpot, Jul 15»
3
How Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem Came To Be
The Shin Megami Tensei/Fire Emblem crossover game sounds like something out of a dream, but is very much a reality. But it almost ended as ... «Kotaku, Jul 15»
4
Fire Emblem Artist Spotlight: Katsuyoshi Koya
The Fire Emblem series has undergone some dramatic visual changes since its 1990 debut on the Nintendo Entertainment system with Fire ... «Siliconera, Jul 15»
5
Town Emblem Depicting 'Friendly Wrestling Match' Involving …
As the national debate over flying the Confederate flag intensifies since last month's massacre at a South Carolina black church, other symbols ... «TheBlaze.com, Jul 15»
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Mississippi sees surge in state flag sales
JACKSON -- Although many believe the Confederate emblem on the Mississippi flag will hurt the state's economy, the state flag itself is actually ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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Third Fire Emblem Fates Campaign Now Available to Download in …
In another case of “Stuff Japan Has That We Really Really Want”, the third scenario for Fire Emblem Fates is now available for download in ... «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
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Nintendo Voice Chat: Fire Emblem, Zelda, and the Problem with …
Host Jose Otero, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider kick off the show with import impressions of Fire Emblem If, and a brief conversation about ... «IGN, Jul 15»
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Destiny Year One Laurea Prima emblem: where to find it and how to …
That special Laurea Prima emblem Bungie announced today for Destiny? How do you get it? What exactly are Moments of Triumph? We have ... «VG247, Jul 15»
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Mobile abandons six flags on city seal; leaves American flag, emblem
Local lawmakers agreed Tuesday to take all flags off the city seal, leaving on the flag of the United States and the emblem. Six Mobile City ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

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