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insignia

UK/ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/US/ɪnˈsɪɡ.ni.ə/
nounC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #9,082 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: insignias

Insignia are the badges that show rank or unit. Regimental insignia, wear the insignia, stripped of his insignia.

The word is a Latin plural and is nearly always used as one, so insignia are rather than insignia is. Wearing military insignia you have not earned is an offence in several countries. Ensign is the same word arrived by a different road.

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Definitions of insignia

  1. 1nouninsigniaThe badges that show rank or unit.C1

    “The pilot's uniform bore the insignia of the air force.”

insignia is a badge.

Where it comes from

Latin insignia is the plural of insigne, an emblem, from in- plus signum, a mark or sign.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *sekʷ-

  2. Latin

    īnsīgnia

  3. English, today

    insignia

Built from

  • īnsīgne · Latin — emblem, token, symbol

From Latin īnsīgnia, nominative plural of īnsīgne (“emblem, token, symbol”). a doublet of ensign.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Military & Defence

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insignia in the wild

  • Personnel in pay grade E-1, since 1996, do not have an insignia to wear.

    List of United States Navy enlisted rates

  • The chart below represents the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Air Force.

    United States Air Force enlisted rank insignia

  • The United States Air Force officer rank insignia in use today.

    United States Air Force officer rank insignia

  • The chart below shows the current enlisted rank insignia of the United States Army, with seniority, and pay grade, increasing from right to left.

    United States Army enlisted rank insignia

  • Listed in the table below are the rank insignia of the British Army.

    Ranks and insignia of the officers of the British Army

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.