emblem
em·blem/ˈɛmbləm/noun
emblem is spelled E-M-B-L-E-M: 6 letters and 2 syllables (em·blem). It appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, emblem means “A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of emblem is emblems.
How many letters and syllables are in emblem?
| Letters | 6: E-M-B-L-E-M |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: em·blem |
| In writing | 3.8 times per million words; the 13,321st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is emblem?
Emblem appears 3.8 times per million words in written English, the 13,321st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce emblem?
- US /ˈɛmbləm/
- Australia /ˈembləm/
Emblem has 2 syllables, split em·blem in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-emblem.wav, En-us-emblem.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of emblem
- emblems plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- embleming participle, present
- emblemed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does emblem mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A representative symbol, such as a trademark, a badge or logo.
The medical trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross.
- 2
Something that represents a larger whole.
The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
- 3
Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
- 4
A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
- 5
A picture placed on the field of the escutcheon.
Near-synonym: charge
verb
- 1
obsoleteTo symbolize.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Emblem in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense representative symbol:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does emblem come from?
From Old French embleme, from Latin emblēma (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “an insertion”), from ἐμβάλλειν (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”). Doublet of emblema.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).