Medallion

Definitions: Medallion

Medallion

Noun

1. Any of various large ancient Greek coins.

2. A circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat); "medallions of veal".

3. An emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered.

4. An award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event.

Date "medallion" was first used: 1658. (references)

Synonyms: Medallion

Synonyms: decoration (n), laurel wreath (n), medal (n), palm (n), ribbon (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Medallion

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Sculpture	High relief, low relief, bas relief; relief; relieve; bassorilievo, altorilievo, mezzorilievo; intaglio, anaglyph; medal, medallion; cameo.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Medallion

English words defined with "medallion": Contorniate ♦ pectoral medallion. (references)

Specialty definitions using "medallion": BOW MAKER ♦ Durham Mustard. (references)

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Modern Usage: Medallion

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	My medallion sit in the middle of my tits (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat)
Movie/TV Titles	The Plot of the Gold Medallion (1962) Medallion Theatre (1953) The Rose Medallion (1982)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Medallion

Domain	Title
Books	Floral Applique: Original Designs and Techniques for Medallion Quilts (reference) Love and Mafia: The Medallion (reference) Love's Medallion (reference) Medallion Mystery (reference) Savannah Medallion Quilt (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program - Stamp Subscription (reference) (more periodical examples)

High Tech	Nikon Medallion 10x21 Binocular (reference) Nikon Medallion 8x21 S Binoculars (Clampack) (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Medallion V Car Seat - Black Leather (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Medallion

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Photo Album: Medallion

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Medallion in Memory of Samuel Glasgow Armor, A.M., M.D., LLD.Credit: National Library of Medicine.		Union medallion note paper.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Medallion portraits of Christoph Jacob Trew, the Margrave of Bradenburg (the editor's patron), and Konrad Gesner above cherubs and plants; with text below] / F.F. Preifler, inv. et del. ; J.M. Seligmann, sculps. Norimb.Credit: Library of Congress.		Rinceau and festoon frieze featuring winged herm-like figure and medallion.Credit: Library of Congress.
	National Cathedral. Nativity scene medallion at National Cathedral.Credit: Library of Congress.		Mrs. Moran home at 2320 Bancroft. View to plaster medallion and chandelier in Mrs. Moran's home.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Questers antique shop. Medallion of Ben Franklin.Credit: Library of Congress.		Statues and sculpture over the door of the gallery of House chamber, U.S. Capitol. Alfonso the Wise medallion I.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: Medallion

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Neither the paper nor the medallion could be found.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Medallion

"Medallion" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.98% of the time. "Medallion" is used about 98 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	98.98%	97	33,269
Noun (proper)	1.02%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	98	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Medallion

Expression using "medallion": pectoral medallion. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "medallion": medallion-and-corner, medallion-like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Medallion

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
medallion	333	medallion racing tanabe	12
ceiling medallion	186	award medallion	12
medallion home	68	aa medallion	12
family medallion	60	guarantee medallion	12
cabinet medallion	50	custom medallion	12
floor medallion	39	medallion signature	11
cabinetry medallion	31	mosaic medallion	11
swinging medallion	27	medallion religious	10
silver medallion	26	bronze medallion	10
medallion tile	24	casting medallion vermont	10
medallion pool	23	flooring medallion	9
gold medallion	21	medallion hardwood	9
guarantee medallion signature	20	medallion wood	9
rose medallion	20	chan jackie medallion	9
wood floor medallion	19	instrument medallion	9
marble medallion	16	development medallion	9
hardwood floor medallion	16	medallion kitchen cabinet	9
award bios medallion	16	medallion pattern	8
swingin medallion	14	gun medallion	8
stone medallion	13	club country medallion	8
		complain home medallion	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Medallion

Language		Translations for "medallion"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		medalion (dog tag, fob, locket, roundel). (various references)

Arabic		‏مدالية كبيرة, ‏تكريم بوسام, ‏رصيعة. (various references)

Bulgarian		медальон (locket, pendant, roundel). (various references)

Chinese		大奖章. (various references)

Czech		medailon (sketch). (various references)

French		médaillon. (various references)

German		Schaumünze. (various references)

Greek		μενταγιό (locket), μενταλιό (locket). (various references)

Hebrew		מדליון, תליון (pendant). (various references)

Hungarian		emlékérem, nagyobb érem, kerek dombormű. (various references)

Italian		medaglione (locket, rondel, roundel). (various references)

Pig Latin		edallionmay

Portuguese		medalhão (locket, rondel, roundel), distintivo (badge, Brassard, discriminatory, distinctive, distort, Favor, favour), condecorado com medalha. (various references)

Romanian		medalion (cameo, inset, locket, roundel). (various references)

Russian		медальон (locket). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		medaljon (locket). (various references)

Spanish		medallón (locket, rondel, roundel). (various references)

Swedish		medaljong (locket, roundel). (various references)

Thai		การประดับเหรียญให้. (various references)

Turkish		madalyon (locket, roundel), taksi ehliyeti, ehliyetli taksici. (various references)

Ukranian		медальйон (locket, roundel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Medallion

Language	Period	Translations
Italian	900-Modern	medaglione. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Medallion

Derivations
	Words beginning with "medallion": medallions. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Medallion" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: madallion, matalino, Medaglie, medallioned, Meddyliol, mendelien, Meraklon, metallin, Moyallon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Medallion"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "medallion" (pronounced muda"lyun)
5	-a" l y u n	battalion, scallion, stallion.
4	-l y u n	billion, bullion, civilian, jillion, million, multibillion, multimillion, octillion, pavilion, pillion, rebellion, scullion, trillion, vaudevillian, vermilion, Vermillion, zillion.
3	-y u n	banyan, Canyon, communion, companion, disunion, dominion, grunion, minion, nonunion, onion, opinion, pinion, reunion, union.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Medallion

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: medaillon.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-l-m-n-o"
	-1 letter: melanoid.
	-2 letters: amidone, manille, melodia.
	-3 letters: aidmen, alined, allied, almond, amidol, anomie, daemon, daimen, daimon, denial, dolman, dolmen, domain, domine, eidola, emodin, eolian, indole, ladino, lienal, limned, lineal, loamed, loaned, lomein, maiden, mailed, maline, malled, mallei, medial, median, medina, meloid, menial, milden, milled, moaned, moiled, moline, mollie, monied, nailed, niello, nilled, oilman, oilmen.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-l-m-n-o"
	+1 letter: medaillons, medallions.
	+2 letters: demonically.
	+3 letters: demoniacally, meridionally.
	+4 letters: demonological, dimensionally.
	+5 letters: demoralizingly.
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