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# insignia

«insignia» in Mova's school dictionary: **A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (insignia — plural or singular; also «insignias»; old singular «insigne»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A badge, sign or symbol that shows someone's rank, job, group or authority, like stripes on a uniform. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#m1)

2) An emblem of an organisation, such as a club or army logo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, soldiers, police, scouts and pilots wear insignia showing rank and unit; kings and queens have royal insignia (crown, sceptre). In stories, insignia identify a spaceship's crew. Phrases: rank insignia, royal insignia, military insignia, insignia of office.

### examples

- The pilot's jacket had the airline's insignia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x1)
- Police officers wear insignia showing their rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x2)
- The crown and sceptre are royal insignia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x3)
- Our scout group has its own insignia on our badges. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x4)
- Each Starfleet crew member wore the same insignia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x5)
- The general's insignia had four stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x6)
- It is also one of the treasures that form the insignia of the Emperor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/#x7)

### note

Grammar: «insignia» is used as both singular and plural today («this insignia», «these insignia»); «insignias» is also accepted. Pronounced in-SIG-nee-uh.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «insignia» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/insignia/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.