Meanings
nounvexillology (uncountable)
- uncountableThe study of flags.
Vexillology can help us to delve into national and global history.
1 more example
Sheldon: Over the next few 52 weeks, you and I are going to explore the dynamic world of vexillology.
2012 January 26, “The Beta Test Initiation” (0:18), in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler (Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik)Synonyms: flaglore
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe study of flags.
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Origin
First attested in 1959. From Latin vexillum (“flag”) + -logy, equivalent to vexillo- + -logy.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque bexilologia
- bexilologiastudy of flags
Bengali পতাকাবিদ্যা
- পতাকাবিদ্যা (potakabidda)study of flags
Bulgarian вексилология
- вексилология (veksilologija)study of flags
Catalan vexil·lologia
- vexil·lologiastudy of flags
Chinese Mandarin 旗幟學 /旗帜学
- 旗幟學 /旗帜学 (qízhìxué)study of flags
Czech vexilologie
- vexilologiestudy of flags
Danish vexillologi
- vexillologistudy of flags
Dutch vexillologie
- vexillologiestudy of flags
Esperanto veksilologio
- veksilologiostudy of flags
Estonian liputeadus
- liputeadusstudy of flags
Finnish lipputiede, veksillologia
- lipputiedestudy of flags
- veksillologiastudy of flags
French vexillologie
- vexillologiestudy of flags
German Vexillologie, Flaggenkunde
- Vexillologiestudy of flags
- Flaggenkundestudy of flags
- Fahnenkundestudy of flags
Greek σημαιολογία, λαβαρολογία
- σημαιολογία (simaiología)study of flags
- λαβαρολογία (lavarología)study of flags
Hebrew וקסילולוגיה
- וקסילולוגיהstudy of flags
Hindi ध्वजशास्त्र
- ध्वजशास्त्र (dhvajśāstra)study of flags
Hungarian vexillológia, zászlótan
- vexillológiastudy of flags
- zászlótanstudy of flags
Irish brateolaíocht
- brateolaíochtstudy of flags
Italian vessillologia
- vessillologiastudy of flags
Japanese 旗章学
- 旗章学 (kishōgaku)study of flags
Korean 기학
- 기학 (gihak)study of flags
Latin vexillologia
- vexillologiastudy of flags
Latvian veksiloloģija
- veksiloloģijastudy of flags
Lithuanian veksilologija
- veksilologijastudy of flags
Malay kaji bendera, veksilologi
- kaji benderastudy of flags
- veksilologistudy of flags
Norwegian Bokmål vexillologi
- vexillologistudy of flags
Persian پرچمشناسی
- پرچمشناسیstudy of flags
Polish weksylologia
- weksylologiastudy of flags
Portuguese vexilologia
- vexilologiastudy of flags
Romanian vexilologie
- vexilologiestudy of flags
Russian вексиллоло́гия
- вексиллоло́гия (veksillológija)study of flags
Slovak vexilológia
- vexilológiastudy of flags
Spanish vexilología
- vexilologíastudy of flags
Swedish vexillologi
- vexillologistudy of flags
Turkish bayrak bilimi
- bayrak bilimistudy of flags
Ukrainian вексилоло́гія
- вексилоло́гія (veksylolóhija)study of flags
Vietnamese kỳ học, kì học
- kỳ họcstudy of flags
- kì họcstudy of flags
Welsh banereg
- baneregstudy of flags
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with vexillology
technologypsychologybiologymethodologyecologypathologypharmacologytheologyastrologygeologyanthropologyarchaeologymythologyradiologytopologyanthologynanotechnologyideologyneurologycardiologydermatologymorphologyontologyapology
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
vexillology. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vexillology
MLA
“vexillology.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vexillology. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vexillology,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vexillology.
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