medal

silver medal

gold medal

bronze medal

(humorous) a nonexistent prize for finishing in fourth place (as opposed to the actual gold, silver and bronze medals for finishing first, second, and third) / (literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see médaille, chocolat.

(figuratively) the flipside (a necessary consequence), the downside

plural of médaille

medallist

(transitive) to medal, to award a medal (to)

third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of médailler