From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne ("emblem, token, symbol").

• (British, America) IPA: /ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/

insignia (plural insignias)

1. A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:badge

2. A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.
   • 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC ↗:

     The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation.

3. (figurative) A mark or token by which anything is known.
   • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC ↗, page 80 ↗:

     But if autumn wear the insignia of nature's royalty, its purple and gold, in only the shaded lane or the green field with its one or two old trees, what is its more than eastern pomp in a wooded empire like the New Forest!

• insigne (dated)

• French: insigne
• Portuguese: insígnia, distintivo
• Russian: знак отли́чия
• Spanish: insignia

• French: insigne
• German: Insigne, Signum, Abzeichen
• Portuguese: insígnia, distintivo
• Russian: эмбле́ма
• Spanish: distintivo

1. plural of insignium
2. plural of insigne