English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
herald + -ry. First attested in 1572. Displaced earlier heraldy, from herald + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
heraldry (countable and uncountable, plural heraldries)
- (uncountable) The profession or art of devising, granting and blazoning coats of arms, tracing genealogies and ruling on questions of protocol or rank.
- Rouge Dragon Pursuivant is a specialist in heraldry at the College of Arms.
- (countable) An armorial ensign along with its history and description.
- (uncountable) Pageantry.
- Onlookers were impressed by the rich and colorful heraldry.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the profession of devising and blazoning arms
- Albanian: heraldika f
- Arabic: عِلْم شِعَارات النَبَالَة m (ʕilm šiʕārāt an-nabāla)
- Armenian: գերբագիտություն (gerbagitutʿyun)
- Azerbaijani: heraldika
- Basque: heraldika (eu)
- Belarusian: гера́льдыка f (hjerálʹdyka)
- Breton: ardamezouriezh f
- Bulgarian: хера́лдика f (heráldika)
- Catalan: heràldica f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 紋章學／纹章学 (zh) (wénzhāngxué)
- Corsican: araldicu, eraldicu
- Czech: heraldika f
- Danish: heraldik c
- Dutch: wapenkunde f, heraldiek (nl) f
- Emilian: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: heraldiko
- Estonian: heraldika
- Finnish: heraldiikka (fi), vaakunaoppi (fi)
- French: héraldique (fr) f
- Friulian: eraldiche f
- Galician: armaría (gl) f, heráldica (gl) f
- Georgian: ჰერალდიკა (heraldiḳa)
- German: Heraldik (de) f, Heroldskunst f, Wappenwesen n
- Greek: εραλδική (el) f (eraldikí)
- Hebrew: הרלדיקה f (heraldika)
- Hungarian: heraldika (hu)
- Icelandic: skjaldarmerkjafræði f
- Indonesian: perbentaraan
- Irish: araltas m
- Italian: araldica (it) f
- Japanese: 紋章学 (ja) (もんしょうがく, monshōgaku)
- Korean: 문장학(紋章學) (munjanghak)
- Ladin: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: heraldika f
- Ligurian: aràldica f
- Lithuanian: heraldika f
- Lombard: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: хералдика f (heraldika)
- Neapolitan: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: heraldikk m
- Nynorsk: heraldikk m
- Occitan: heraudica f
- Persian: نشانشناسی (nešân-šenâsi)
- Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
- Polish: heraldyka (pl) f
- Portuguese: heráldica (pt) f
- Romagnol: aràldica f
- Romanian: heraldică (ro) f
- Russian: гера́льдика (ru) f (gerálʹdika)
- Scottish Gaelic: earraideas m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: хера̀лдика f
- Roman: heràldika (sh) f
- Sicilian: aràldica f
- Slovak: heraldika (sk) f
- Slovene: heráldika f
- Spanish: blasón (es) m, heráldica (es) f
- Swedish: heraldik (sv) c
- Thai: มุทราศาสตร์ (mudra-sàat)
- Turkish: arma bilimi (tr), heraldik (tr)
- Ukrainian: гера́льдика f (herálʹdyka)
- Venetian: please add this translation if you can
- Vietnamese: huy hiệu học
- Welsh: herodraeth f
- Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
- Zazaki: heraldik, desmaloci, desmaloci
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