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numismatics

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The study of coins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The collecting of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The collecting of coins.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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5

noun

Meaning 5

the collection and study of money (and coins in particular)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: numismatology, coin collecting, coin collection

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, collecting, assembling, aggregation

History

Etymology

From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to”), from νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (némō, “to keep, hold, watch”).

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: numismatiek — study of coins
  • Afrikaans: muntkunde — study of coins
  • Azerbaijani: numizmatika — study of coins
  • Bashkir: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins
  • Basque: numismatika — study of coins
  • Bulgarian: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins
  • Catalan: numismàtica — study of coins
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錢幣學 /钱币学 (qiánbìxué) — study of coins
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貨幣學 /货币学 (huòbìxué) — study of coins
  • Czech: numismatika — study of coins
  • Czech: numizmatika — study of coins
  • Dutch: muntkunde — study of coins
  • Dutch: numismatiek — study of coins
  • Esperanto: numismatiko — study of coins
  • Finnish: numismatiikka — study of coins
  • Finnish: rahatiede — study of coins
  • French: numismatique — study of coins
  • Galician: numismática — study of coins
  • German: Numismatik — study of coins
  • German: Münzkunde — study of coins
  • German: Münzwissenschaft — study of coins
  • Greek: νομισματολογία (nomismatología) — study of coins
  • Icelandic: myntfræði — study of coins
  • Indonesian: numismatika — study of coins
  • Italian: numismatica — study of coins
  • Japanese: 貨幣学 (kaheigaku) — study of coins
  • Kazakh: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins
  • Korean: 화폐학 (hwapyehak) — study of coins
  • Kyrgyz: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins
  • Latin: numismatica — study of coins
  • Lithuanian: numizmatika — study of coins
  • Luxembourgish: numismatik — study of coins
  • Macedonian: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins
  • Malayalam: നൂമിസ്മാറ്റിക്സ് (nūmismāṟṟiksŭ) — study of coins
  • Persian: سکهشناسی — study of coins
  • Polish: numizmatyka — study of coins
  • Portuguese: numismática — study of coins
  • Russian: нумизма́тика (numizmátika) — study of coins
  • Serbo-Croatian: нумизма̀тика — study of coins
  • Serbo-Croatian: numizmàtika — study of coins
  • Spanish: numismática — study of coins
  • Tamil: நாணயவியல் (nāṇayaviyal) — study of coins
  • Telugu: నాణేల సేకరణ శాస్త్రం (nāṇēla sēkaraṇa śāstraṁ) — study of coins
  • Turkish: nümismatik — study of coins
  • Turkish: meskûkât — study of coins
  • Uzbek: numizmatika — study of coins
  • Vietnamese: hóa tệ học — study of coins
  • Vietnamese: cổ tệ học — study of coins
  • Volapük: könädav — study of coins
  • Yakut: нумизматика (numizmatika) — study of coins