medallion
nounverbattested in dialogue
- United States//məˈdæljən//
A large medal, usually decorative.
noun
- 1
A large medal, usually decorative.
- 2
A cut of meat resembling a large medal.
pork medallion
- 3
A usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
- 4
A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
- 5
A yellowish brown.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin mediālis Early Medieval Latin medālia Italian medagliabor. French médaille French -on French médaillonbor. English medallion Borrowed from French médaillon.
verb
- 1
To mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky
Forms
- plural
- medallions
- past tense
- medallioned
- past participle
- medallioned
- present participle
- medallioning
- third person singular
- medallions
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