• enPR: mĕdʹ-əl, IPA: /ˈmɛdəl/
  • (Australia) IPA: [ˈmeɾ.ɫ̩]
  • (British) IPA: [ˈmɛd.ɫ̩]
  • (America) IPA: [ˈmɛɾ.ɫ̩]

medal (plural medals)

1. A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 54573970 ↗:

     , II.i.3:

     Whether their images, shrines, relics, consecrated things, holy water, medals, benedictions, those divine amulets, holy exorcisms, and the sign of the cross, be available in this disease?

2. A stamped or cast metal object (usually a disc), particularly one awarded as a prize or reward.

• French: médaille
• German: Medaille
• Italian: medaglia
• Portuguese: medalha
• Russian: меда́ль
• Spanish: medalla

medal (medals, present participle medaling; past and past participle medaled)

1. (intransitive, sports, colloquial) To win a medal.

   He medalled twice at the Olympics.

2. (transitive) To award a medal to.