What does emblem mean?
Definitions for emblem
ˈɛm bləmem·blem
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word emblem.
Princeton's WordNet
emblem(noun)
special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.
emblem, allegory(noun)
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Wiktionary
emblem(Noun)
A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.
Etymology: From embleme, from emblema, from ἔμβλημα, from ἔμβάλλειν.
emblem(Noun)
Something which represents a larger whole.
The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
Etymology: From embleme, from emblema, from ἔμβλημα, from ἔμβάλλειν.
Wikipedia
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.
Webster Dictionary
Emblem(noun)
inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface
Emblem(noun)
a visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity
Emblem(noun)
a picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation
Emblem(verb)
to represent by an emblem; to symbolize
Freebase
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.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Emblem
em′blem, n. a picture representing to the mind something different from itself: a type or symbol: (Milton) an inlaid ornament.—v.t. to symbolise.—n. Emblē′ma, an inlaid ornament:—pl. Emblē′mata.—adjs. Emblemat′ic, -al, pertaining to or containing emblems: symbolical: representing.—adv. Emblemat′ically.—v.t. Emblem′atise, Em′blemise, to represent by an emblem:—pr.p. emblem′atīsing; pa.p. emblem′atīsed.—n. Emblem′atist, a writer or inventor of emblems. [L. emblēma—Gr. em (=en), in, ballein, to cast.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of emblem in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of emblem in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of emblem in a Sentence
...The Victorian era (was) a time in Britain for great change and progress, an era that has always inspired me and my work, (Burberry) chose to present his company with an emblem of a knight on a horse, but for his family crest, he instead chose a unicorn. Thomas Burberry was a daring innovator but also a romantic and a dreamer.
Popular Christianity has for its emblem a gibbet, for its chief sensation a sanginary execution after torture, for its central mystery is an insane vengeance bought off by a trumpery expiation. But there is a nobler and profounder Christianity which affirms the sacred mystery of equality and forbids the glaring futility and folly of vengeance.
That was Carter's emblem.
The one-time ubiquitous emblem of classic PR, the press release, has technically been dead for a while now. To be a bit more precise, His Majesty the Press Release has been dying - a relatively slow death, but a death, nonetheless. And there is no coming back. Now we are in the afterlife, thanks to the social media revolution.
Anne Louise Germaine de Staël:
Love is the emblem of eternity; it confounds all notion of time; effaces all memory of a beginning, all fear of an end.
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Translations for emblem
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- شعارArabic
- емблемаBulgarian
- emblemaCatalan, Valencian
- znak, emblémCzech
- emblemDanish
- EmblemGerman
- έμβλημαGreek
- emblemoEsperanto
- emblemaSpanish
- نشانPersian
- emblèmeFrench
- प्रतीकHindi
- embléma, jelképHungarian
- emblema, raffigurazione, simboloItalian
- 表号Japanese
- embleemDutch
- emblemNorwegian
- godłoPolish
- emblemaPortuguese
- emblemăRomanian
- эмблемаRussian
- amblemSerbo-Croatian
- emblemSwedish
- చిహ్నంTelugu
- สัญลักษณ์Thai
- sancakTurkish
- biểu tượngVietnamese
- 徽Chinese
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