medalha

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *me

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?

Proto-Indo-European *dʰe

Proto-Indo-European *medʰi-

Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos

Proto-Italic *meðjos

Latin medius

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin mediālis

Early Medieval Latin medālia

Italian medagliabor.

Portuguese medalha

Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia (“middle; half a denarius”), ultimately from Latin medius. Doublet of mealha 'type of medieval coin', the native Portuguese counterpart.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈda.ʎɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈda.ʎɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈda.ʎa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈda.ʎɐ/ [mɨˈða.ʎɐ]

• Rhymes: -aʎɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧da‧lha

Noun

medalha f (plural medalhas)

1. medal (stamped metal disc used as ornament or charm)

   Synonym: medalhão

2. medal (metal object used as a prize or military decoration)

   Synonym: (military) condecoração

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:medalha.

Derived terms

• medalha de bronze
• medalha de ouro
• medalha de prata

Related terms

• mealhar
• mealharia
• mealheiro
• mealho
• medalhado
• medalhamento
• medalhão
• medalhar
• medalhário
• medalheiro
• medalhista
• medalhística

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Mëdalja