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vexillology

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌvɛk.sɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
  • rhymes with -ɒlədʒi

1

noun

Meaning 1

The study of flags.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: դրոշագիտություն (drošagitutʻyun) — study of flags
  • Basque: bexilologia — study of flags
  • Bengali: পতাকাবিদ্যা (potakabidda) — study of flags
  • Central Bikol: beksilolohiya — study of flags
  • Breton: lumanouriezh — study of flags
  • Breton: veksillologiezh — study of flags
  • Bulgarian: вексилология (veksilologija) — study of flags
  • Catalan: vexil·lologia — study of flags
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旗幟學 /旗帜学 (qízhìxué) — study of flags
  • Cornish: baneronieth — study of flags
  • Czech: vexilologie — study of flags
  • Danish: vexillologi — study of flags
  • Dutch: vexillologie — study of flags
  • Esperanto: veksilologio — study of flags
  • Estonian: liputeadus — study of flags
  • Finnish: lipputiede — study of flags
  • Finnish: veksillologia — study of flags
  • French: vexillologie — study of flags
  • Galician: vexiloloxía — study of flags
  • Georgian: ვექსილოლოგია (veksilologia) — study of flags
  • German: Vexillologie — study of flags
  • German: Flaggenkunde — study of flags
  • German: Fahnenkunde — study of flags
  • Greek: σημαιολογία (simaiología) — study of flags
  • Greek: λαβαρολογία (lavarología) — study of flags
  • Hebrew: וקסילולוגיה — study of flags
  • Hindi: ध्वजशास्त्र (dhvajśāstra) — study of flags
  • Hungarian: vexillológia — study of flags
  • Hungarian: zászlótan — study of flags
  • Ido: vexilologio — study of flags
  • Interlingua: vexillologia — study of flags
  • Irish: brateolaíocht — study of flags
  • Italian: vessillologia — study of flags
  • Japanese: 旗章学 (kishōgaku) — study of flags
  • Korean: 기학 (gihak) — study of flags
  • Northern Kurdish: alanasî — study of flags
  • Northern Kurdish: veksîlolojî — study of flags
  • Latin: vexillologia — study of flags
  • Latvian: veksiloloģija — study of flags
  • Lithuanian: veksilologija — study of flags
  • Malay: kaji bendera — study of flags
  • Malay: veksilologi — study of flags
  • Malayalam: വെക്സിലോളജി (veksilōḷaji) — study of flags
  • Mingrelian: ვექსილოლოგია (veksilologia) — study of flags
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vexillologi — study of flags
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vexillologi — study of flags
  • Persian: پرچمشناسی — study of flags
  • Polish: weksylologia — study of flags
  • Portuguese: vexilologia — study of flags
  • Romanian: vexilologie — study of flags
  • Russian: вексиллоло́гия (veksillológija) — study of flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: заставословље — study of flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: вексилологија — study of flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: zastavoslovlje — study of flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: veksilologija — study of flags
  • Slovak: vexilológia — study of flags
  • Slovene: zastavoslovje — study of flags
  • Spanish: vexilología — study of flags
  • Swedish: vexillologi — study of flags
  • Turkish: bayrak bilimi — study of flags
  • Ukrainian: вексилоло́гія (veksylolóhija) — study of flags
  • Vietnamese: kỳ học — study of flags
  • Vietnamese: kì học — study of flags
  • Welsh: banereg — study of flags