# medal
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French medaille, medale, from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, feminine derived via dissimilation (/dj–lj/ > /d–lj/) from mediālia, neuter plural of Late Latin mediālis (“middle”, adj), from Classical Latin medius.

### Pronunciation

* enPR: mĕdʹ-əl, IPA: /ˈmɛdəl/
** (UK) IPA: [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩]
*** Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
*** Audio (UK):(file)
*** Homophone: meddle
** (US) IPA: [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩]
*** Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
** (General Australian) IPA: [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩]
*** Homophones: meddle, metal, mettle
* Rhymes: -ɛdəl

### Noun

medal (plural medals)
* A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
** 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:, II.i.3:
    Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?
* A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

#### Derived terms

* bronze medal
* gold medal
* medal game
* medalist
* medal play
* medal table
* putty medal
* silver medal
* tea and medals
* what do you want, a medal

#### Related terms

* medalet
* medallic
* medallion
* medallist
* medallurgy

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: メダル (medaru)
* → Korean: 메달 (medal)
* → Persian: مدال (medâl)

#### Translations
### Verb

medal (third-person singular simple present medals, present participle medaling or medalling, simple past and past participle medaled or medalled)
* (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.
    He medalled twice at the Olympics.
** 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
** 2011 September 1, Harry Pearson, “London 2012 can legacy by verbing the noun”, in The Guardian‎:Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing.
** 2013 January 13, “Je Ne Sais What?”, in The Good Wife, season 4, episode 12, spoken by Anna (Elizabeth Alderfer):I wanted to medal. I was pregnant and I wanted to medal.
** 2022 March 9, Andrew Lawrence, “Brittney Griner’s Russian ordeal is a byproduct of WNBA’s shoestring funding”, in The Guardian‎:In 2008, after being passed over yet again for USA Basketball’s Beijing Olympics team, San Antonio Stars all-star Becky Hammon signed a four-year, $2m contract with CSKA Moscow that included a six-figure bonus for becoming a naturalised citizen and medaling at the Games.
** 2024 July 30, Beau Dure, “What’s tougher than competing in an Olympic sport? Competing in two”, in The Guardian‎:Rebecca Romero medaled in rowing and track cycling in 2004 and 2008, joining East German swimmer-turned-handball player Roswitha Krause and several swimmers/divers as two-sport medalists.
** 2024 August 20, Edward Helmore, “Five-time Olympian cyclist found dead in Las Vegas after choking on food”, in The Guardian‎:Though she never medalled at the Olympics, she did win a pair of golds at the Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador in 2002.
* (transitive) To award a medal to.

#### See also

* final
* podium

### Anagrams

* Delma, damel, delam, lamed

## Azerbaijani
### Etymology

From French médaille, from Italian medaglia.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

medal (definite accusative medalı, plural medallar)
* medal

#### Derived terms

* medalçı

### Further reading

* “medal” in Obastan.com.

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian медаль (medalʹ)

### Noun

medal
* medal.

#### Declension
### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “medal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## Estonian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

medal (genitive medali, partitive medalit)
* medal

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* hõbemedal
* kuldmedal
* pronksmedal

### Further reading

* “medal”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* mental (Far Masovian)

### Etymology

Borrowed from French médaille.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɛ.dal/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdal
* Syllabification: me‧dal

### Noun

medal m inan (diminutive medalik, related adjective medalowy)
* medal (stamped metal disc)

#### Derived terms

* medalier
* medalista
* medalistka

#### Related terms

* medalierski
* medalionowy
* medalowo
* medaliera
* medaliernia
* medalierstwo
* medalikarz
* medalion
* medalionik

### Further reading

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