medal

The National Geographic Society's "Hubbard Medal"

Meanings

Noun

  • A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
  • A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

Verb

  • To win a medal.
  • To award a medal to.

Origin

  • From Middle English, from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Vulgar Latin *medālia, dissimilated form of the unattested *mediālia, neuter plural (taken for a feminine singular) of the adjective *mediālis, from Late Latin mediāle ("middle"), from Latin medius.

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