badge
English
/bædʒ/, /bædʒ/
noun
Definitions
- A distinctive mark, token, sign, emblem or cognizance, worn on one's clothing, as an insignia of some rank, or of the membership of an organization.
- A small nameplate, identifying the wearer, and often giving additional information.
- A card, sometimes with a barcode or magnetic strip, granting access to a certain area.
- Something characteristic; a mark; a token.
- (obsolete) A brand on the hand of a thief, etc.
- (nautical) A carved ornament on the stern of a vessel, containing a window or the representation of one.
- (heraldry) A distinctive mark worn by servants, retainers, and followers of royalty or nobility, who, being beneath the rank of gentlemen, have no right to armorial bearings.
- (GUI) A small overlay on an icon that shows additional information about that item, such as the number of new alerts or messages.
- (internet) An icon or emblem awarded to a user for some achievement.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English badge derived from bage derived from Latin bagea, baga derived from Old Saxon bāg derived from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (ring, bracelet, bend, collar, bow, armband) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewgʰ-
Gloss
bend
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- badge bunny English
- badgeless English
- badgelike English
- badgemaking English
- badgeman English
- badger English
- badgerer English
- badgerhood English
- badgerlike English
- badgerly English
- badgework English
- beag English
- making English
- rebadge English
- rebadger English
- rock badger English
- work English
- paukama Finnish
- baga Latin
- bagea Latin
- badge French
- бедж Russian
- бугор Russian
- bacher Spanish, Castilian
- κορώνη Ancient Greek
- *bʰewgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰūgʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *baug- Proto-Germanic
- *baugaz Proto-Germanic
- *baugijaną Proto-Germanic
- *beuganą Proto-Germanic
- *bugô Proto-Germanic
- *buhtiz Proto-Germanic
- *būganą Proto-Germanic
- *regnabugô Proto-Germanic
- バッジ Japanese
- beag Old English
- beagian Old English
- beah Old English
- byht Old English
- bēag Old English
- randbeag Old English
- wuldorbeag Old English
- badge Middle English
- bageard Middle English
- baugr Old Norse
- bjúgleikr Old Norse
- bogi Old Norse
- keng Old Norse
- แบดเจอร์ Thai
- bage Middle Dutch
- biogan Old High German
- bouc Old High German
- boug Old High German
- conboing Old Irish
- bague Norman
- בייגל Yiddish
- *bungeti Proto-Celtic
- bocht Middle Low German
- *bʰúǰas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- bāg Old Saxon
- 배지 Korean
- bag Old Frisian
- bögen Low German
- bage xno