vexillology
/ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/noun
vexillology is a noun meaning “The study of flags” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-X-I-L-L-O-L-O-G-Y and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vexillology mean?
noun
- 1
The study of flags.
Vexillology can help us to delve into national and global history.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vexillology?
- UK /ˌvɛk.sɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/
- US /ˌvɛk.səˈlɑl.ə.d͡ʒi/
Vexillology has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-vexillology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is vexillology?
Vexillology appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 152,206th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Vexillology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of flags:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | vexillologie |
| German | Vexillologie, Flaggenkunde, Fahnenkunde |
| Portuguese | vexilologia |
| Spanish | vexilología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does vexillology come from?
First attested in 1959. From Latin vexillum (“flag”) + -logy, equivalent to vexillo- + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).