vexillum
noun
vexillum is a noun meaning “A flag, banner, or standard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-X-I-L-L-U-M, and it appears about once in every 79 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vexillum is vexilla.
What does vexillum mean?
noun
- 1
A flag, banner, or standard.
- 2
A company of troops serving under one standard.
- 3
The sign of the cross.
- 4
The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
- 5
The rhachis and web of a feather taken together.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vexillum
- vexilla plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vexillum?
Vexillum appears about once in every 79 million words in written English, the 282,993rd 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).
Vexillum in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a flag, banner or standard:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | vexilo |
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 vexillum come from?
Borrowed from Latin vēxillum (“flag, banner”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).