# symbol
## English
### Etymology

From French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), from συμβάλλω (sumbállō, “I throw together, dash together, compare, correspond, tally, come to a conclusion”), from σύν (sún, “with, together”) + βάλλω (bállō, “I throw, put”).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: sĭmbəl, IPA: /ˈsɪmbəl/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪmbəl
* Hyphenation: sym‧bol
* Homophone: cymbal

### Noun

symbol (plural symbols)
* A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
    "$" is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
    Chinese people use word symbols for writing.
* A thing considered the embodiment or cardinal exemplar of a concept, theme, or other thing.
    The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
* (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
* A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
    The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols.
* (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
* (obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
** 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:They do their work in the days of peace […] and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.
* (obsolete) Share; allotment.
** 1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC:The persons who are to be judged […] shall all appear to receive their symbol.
* (programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
* (telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.

#### Derived terms

* anarchy symbol
* API service symbol
* at symbol
* biohazard symbol
* Blissymbol
* Cambrian symbol
* chemical symbol
* Christoffel symbol
* compound symbol
* copyleft symbol
* copyright symbol
* eigensymbol
* infinity symbol
* intersymbol
* Jacobi symbol
* Kronecker symbol
* Legendre symbol
* Mars symbol
* multisymbol
* non-terminal symbol
* nonterminal symbol
* numero symbol
* peace symbol
* phonetic symbol
* Pochhammer symbol
* recycling symbol
* Schläfli symbol
* sex symbol
* status symbol
* stock symbol
* stock ticker symbol
* subsymbol
* symbolatry
* symbolgram
* symbol group
* symbolify
* symbolisation
* symbolistic
* symbolization
* symbologenic
* symbologist
* symbology
* symboloid
* symbololatry
* symbolophobia
* symbol pusher
* symbol pushing
* symbol-pushing
* symbolry
* symbol table
* terminal symbol
* trademark symbol
* typographical symbol
* Venus symbol

#### Related terms

* diabolical
* symbolic
* symbolize
* symbolism

#### Translations

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### Verb

symbol (third-person singular simple present symbols, present participle symboling or symbolling, simple past and past participle symboled or symbolled)
* To symbolize.
** 1877, Alfred Tennyson, Harold: A Drama, London: Henry S. King & Co., →OCLC, Act V, scene i, page 128:[…] They told me that the Holy Rood had lean'd / And bow'd above me; […] / [I]f it bow'd, whether it symbol'd ruin / Or glory, who shall tell?

#### Translations
### See also

* punctuation

### Further reading

* “symbol”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “symbol”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin symbolum.

### Noun

symbol m inan
* symbol

#### Related terms

* symbolický
* symbolismus

### Further reading

* “symbol”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “symbol”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”), via Latin symbolum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /symboːl/, [symˈb̥oːˀl]
* Rhymes: -oːl

### Noun

symbol n (singular definite symbolet, plural indefinite symboler)
* symbol

#### Derived terms

* statussymbol

#### Related terms

* symbolik
* symbolisere
* symbolisme
* symbolist
* symbolsk

### Further reading

* symbol on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon) via Latin symbolum.

### Noun

symbol n (definite singular symbolet, indefinite plural symbol or symboler, definite plural symbola or symbolene)
* a symbol

#### Derived terms

* statussymbol
* symbolisme

#### Related terms

* symbolisere
* symbolsk

### References

* “symbol” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon) via Latin symbolum.

### Noun

symbol n (definite singular symbolet, indefinite plural symbol, definite plural symbola)
* a symbol

#### Derived terms

* statussymbol
* symbolisme

#### Related terms

* symbolsk

### References

* “symbol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French symbole, from Latin symbolum, from Ancient Greek σῠ́μβολον (sŭ́mbolon).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɘm.bɔl/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɘmbɔl
* Syllabification: sym‧bol

### Noun

symbol m inan
* symbol

#### Derived terms

* symboliczny
* symbolika
* symbolizm
* symbolizować impf

### Further reading

* symbol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* symbol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Latin symbolum, cognate with English symbol. Compare also Danish symbol, Norwegian Nynorsk symbol, and Norwegian Bokmål symbol.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

symbol c
* symbol

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | symbol | symbols |
| singular | definite | symbolen | symbolens |
| plural | indefinite | symboler | symbolers |
| plural | definite | symbolerna | symbolernas |

#### Derived terms

* färgsymbol
* nationalsymbol
* natursymbol
* partisymbol
* planetsymbol
* rättssymbol
* samlingssymbol
* symboldikt
* symbolfigur
* symbolfråga
* symbolfunktion
* symbolgestalt
* symbolhandling
* symbolik
* symboliker
* symbolisera
* symbolisering
* symbolisk
* symbolism
* symbolist
* symbolistisk
* symbolladdad
* symbolmättad
* symbolspråk
* symbolvärde
* symbolvärld
* symbolåtgärd
* varningssymbol

### References

* symbol in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* symbol in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* sumbol

### Etymology

From English symbol, from French symbole, from Latin symbolus, symbolum (“a sign, mark, token, symbol, in Late Latin also a creed”), from Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon, “a sign by which one infers something; a mark, token, badge, ticket, tally, check, a signal, watchword, outward sign”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈsɨ̞mbɔl/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈsɪmbɔl/

#### Usage notes

Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in symbol is pronounced /ɨ̞, ɪ/ rather than expected /ə/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sumbol. Nevertheless, symbol is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, synthesis/sunthesis, system/sustem for similar examples.

### Noun

symbol m (plural symbolau, not mutable)
* symbol

#### Derived terms

* symbolaeth (“symbolism”)
* symbolaidd (“symbolic”)
* symboleiddio (“symbolise”)
* symbolwr (“symbolist”)
* symbolydd (“symbolist”)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “symbol”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies