vexillology

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English

WOTD – 14 June 2012    

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌvɛksɪˈlɒlədʒi/
• (US) IPA: /ˌvɛksəˈlɑ:lədʒi/

Etymology

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

Noun

vexillology (uncountable)

1. The study of flags

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

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

     Sheldon: Over the next few 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.
     Amy: Hang on, Dr. C. What's vexillology?
     Sheldon: Vexillology is the study of flags.

Related terms

• vexillographer (rare)
• vexillologic
• vexillological

• vexillologist
• vexillophile

Translations

study of flags

• Armenian: դրոշագիտություն (hy) (drošagitutʿyun)
• Esperanto: veksilologio (eo)
• Finnish: lipputiede (fi), veksillologia (fi)
• French: vexilologie (fr) f
• Galician: vexiloloxía (gl) f
• German: Vexillologie (de) f, Flaggenkunde (de) f, Fahnenkunde (de) f

• Hungarian: vexillológia (hu), zászlótan (hu)
• Irish: brateolaíocht (ga) f
• Malay: kaji bendera (ms), veksilologi (ms)
• Russian: вексиллология (ru) (veksillológija) f
• Spanish: vexilología (es) f
• Turkish: bayrak bilimi (tr)

References

• 2005, Ed. Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson, The Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd edition revised), Oxford University Press, ISBN 0198610572
• “Vexillology, n.” in OED Online, Oxford University Press, 1989.
• “vexillology” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “vexillology” in Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, © 2008 Merriam-Webster, Incorporated.