vexillology

English

WOTD – 14 June 2012

Etymology

First attested in 1959. From Latin vexillum (“flag”) +‎ -logy, equivalent to vexillo- +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛk.sɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
• Rhymes: -ɒlədʒi

Noun

vexillology (uncountable)

1. The study of flags.

   Vexillology can help us to delve into national and global history.

   • 2012 January 26, “The Beta Test Initiation” (0:18), in The Big Bang Theory‎^[1], season 5, episode 14, spoken by Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler (Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik):

     Sheldon: Over the next few 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.

Synonyms

• flaglore

Related terms

• vexillize, vexillise (to depict a specific symbol on a flag)
• vexillographer
• vexillography
• vexillologic
• vexillological
• vexillologist
• vexillophile

Translations

study of flags

• Armenian: դրոշագիտություն (drošagitutʻyun)
• Basque: bexilologia
• Bikol Central: beksilolohiya
• Breton: lumanouriezh f, veksillologiezh f
• Bulgarian: вексилология f (veksilologija)
• Catalan: vexil·lologia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 旗幟學／旗帜学 (qízhìxué)

• Czech: vexilologie f
• Danish: vexillologi c
• Dutch: vexillologie (nl) f
• Esperanto: veksilologio
• Estonian: liputeadus
• Finnish: lipputiede, veksillologia (fi)
• French: vexillologie (fr) f
• Galician: vexiloloxía f
• Georgian: ვექსილოლოგია (veksilologia)
• German: Vexillologie (de) f, Flaggenkunde (de) f, Fahnenkunde (de) f
• Greek: σημαιολογία (el) f (simaiología), λαβαρολογία f (lavarología)
• Hebrew: וקסילולוגיה f
• Hungarian: vexillológia (hu), zászlótan (hu)
• Ido: vexilologio (io)
• Interlingua: vexillologia
• Irish: brateolaíocht f
• Italian: vessillologia (it) f
• Japanese: 旗章学 (ja) (きしょうがく, kishōgaku)
• Korean: 기학(旗學) (gihak)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: alanasî f, veksîlolojî f

• Latin: vexillologia f
• Latvian: veksiloloģija f
• Lithuanian: veksilologija f
• Malay: kaji bendera, veksilologi
• Malayalam: വെക്സിലോളജി (veksilōḷaji)
• Mingrelian: ვექსილოლოგია (veksilologia)
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵙⵏⵛⵏⵢⴰⵍⵜ (tasncnyalt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vexillologi (no) m

  Nynorsk: vexillologi m

• Persian: پرچم‌شناسی
• Polish: weksylologia (pl) f
• Portuguese: vexilologia (pt) f
• Romanian: vexilologie f
• Russian: вексиллоло́гия (ru) f (veksillológija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: заставословље n, вексилологија f

  Roman: zastavoslovlje n, veksilologija f

• Slovak: vexilológia f
• Slovene: zastavoslovje n
• Spanish: vexilología f
• Swedish: vexillologi c
• Turkish: bayrak bilimi (tr)
• Ukrainian: вексилоло́гія f (veksylolóhija)
• Vietnamese: kỳ học, kì học (旗學)
• Welsh: banereg f

References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• “Vexillology, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989.
• “vexillology”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “vexillology” in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2008 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.