Meanings
plural medallions
- A large medal, usually decorative.
- artA usually round or oval frame (often made of stucco) containing a decoration.
- A circular certificate used in some places to register a vehicle, especially a taxicab.
- A yellowish brown.
present singular third person medallions · participle present medallioning · participle past medallioned · past medallioned
- poetictransitiveTo mark with, or as with, a medallion or medallions.
a sunset that medallioned the eastern sky
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA cut of meat resembling a large medal.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinmediālis
- Early Medieval Latinmedālia
- Italianmedaglia
- Frenchmédaille
- Frenchmédaillon
- Englishmedallion
Borrowed from French médaillon.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian медалион
- медалион (medalion)large decorative medal
Catalan medalló
- medallólarge decorative medal
Finnish medaljonki, medaljonki
- medaljonkilarge decorative medal
- medaljonkicut of meat
- perhonencut of meat
French médaillon
- médaillonlarge decorative medal
German Medaillon
- Medaillonlarge decorative medal
Irish mórbhonn, meadáille
- mórbhonnlarge decorative medal
- meadáillelarge decorative medal
- meadáillecut of meat
Japanese 円形浮彫
- 円形浮彫 (enkei ukibori)large decorative medal
Portuguese medalhão
- medalhãolarge decorative medal
Romanian medalion
- medalionlarge decorative medal
Russian медальо́н
- медальо́н (medalʹón)large decorative medal
Spanish medallón
- medallónlarge decorative medal
Swedish medaljong
- medaljongcut of meat
Yiddish אויבל
- אויבל (oybl)large decorative medal
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Cite this entry
medallion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medallion
“medallion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/medallion. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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