medalha

Portuguese

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *me
    Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
    Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe
    Proto-Indo-European *médʰi
    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/
      • (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

    Descendants

    • → Hunsrik: Mëdalja
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