medalla

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia. Doublet of malla, the native Catalan counterpart.

Pronunciation

Noun

medalla f (plural medalles)

  1. medal

Derived terms

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish medalla.

Noun

medalla

  1. medal
  • medallón

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian medaglia.

Noun

medalla f (plural medallas)

  1. medal

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian medaglia (originally "half a denarius"), from Early Medieval Latin medālia, ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of meaja, the native Spanish counterpart. Related to English medal, ultimately from the same Italian source.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /meˈdaʝa/ [meˈð̞a.ʝa]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /meˈdaʎa/ [meˈð̞a.ʎa]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /meˈdaʃa/ [meˈð̞a.ʃa]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /meˈdaʒa/ [meˈð̞a.ʒa]

 
  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝa
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎa
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃa
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒa

  • Syllabification: me‧da‧lla

Noun

medalla f (plural medallas)

  1. medal

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Chavacano: medalla
  • Maranao: midaliya
  • Tagalog: medalya

Further reading

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