🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

badge

Pronunciation / Transliteration: baj

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Badge/bædʒ/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Il porte un badge d'identification."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth worn on clothing to show a person's name, occupation, membership, or support for a cause.

    "The police officer flashed his badge before entering the building."
  2. 2

    A symbol or token awarded for achieving a goal or completing a level, especially in digital or educational contexts.

    "She earned a digital badge for completing the advanced programming course."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word traces back via Middle English 'bage' to Anglo-Latin 'bagia', possibly related to Old French 'bahu' (a chest) or Latin 'baccus'. Historically used to denote a token or distinguishing mark worn to indicate occupation, authority, or membership, it has evolved to encompass digital achievements and modern identification tokens.

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