numismatics

English

A depiction of numismatics display.

Etymology

From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “I hold or own as a custom, usage, I use customarily, practise, I am used to”), from νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (némō, “I keep, hold, watch”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌnjuː.mɪzˈma.tɪks/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌnuː.məzˈmæ.tɪks/
• Rhymes: -ætɪks

Noun

numismatics (uncountable)

1. The study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money
2. The study of coins
3. The collecting of coins, tokens, medals and paper money
4. The collecting of coins

Usage notes

• Although its broader senses are still in use, many who use the term are unfamiliar with it being used in reference to materials other than coins.

Derived terms

• numismatic
• numismatical
• numismatician

 

Related terms

• exonumia
• numismatist
• numismatography
• numismatologist
• numismatology
• paranumismatica

 

Translations

study of coins

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: numizmatika
• Bashkir: нумизматика (numizmatika)
• Basque: numismatika (eu)
• Bulgarian: нумизматика (bg) f (numizmatika)
• Catalan: numismàtica (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 錢幣學／钱币学 (zh) (qiánbìxué), 貨幣學／货币学 (zh) (huòbìxué)

• Czech: numismatika (cs) f, numizmatika f
• Dutch: muntkunde (nl), numismatiek (nl)
• Esperanto: numismatiko
• Finnish: numismatiikka (fi), rahatiede (fi)
• French: numismatique (fr) f
• Galician: numismática (gl) f
• German: Numismatik (de) f, Münzkunde (de) f, Münzwissenschaft f
• Greek: νομισματολογία (el) f (nomismatología)
• Icelandic: myntfræði f
• Indonesian: numismatika (id)
• Italian: numismatica (it) f
• Japanese: 貨幣学 (かへいがく, kaheigaku)
• Kazakh: нумизматика (numizmatika)
• Korean: 화폐학(貨幣學) (hwapyehak)
• Kyrgyz: нумизматика (numizmatika)
• Latin: numismatica f
• Lithuanian: numizmatika f
• Luxembourgish: numismatik
• Macedonian: нумизматика f (numizmatika)
• Malayalam: നൂമിസ്മാറ്റിക്സ് (nūmismāṟṟiksŭ)
• Persian: سکه‌شناسی
• Polish: numizmatyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: numismática (pt) f
• Russian: нумизма́тика (ru) f (numizmátika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нумизма̀тика f

  Roman: numizmàtika (sh) f

• Spanish: numismática (es) f
• Tamil: நாணயவியல் (nāṇayaviyal)
• Telugu: నాణేల సేకరణ శాస్త్రం (nāṇēla sēkaraṇa śāstraṁ)
• Turkish: nümismatik (tr), meskûkât (tr)
• Uzbek: numizmatika (uz)
• Vietnamese: hóa tệ học (貨幣學), cổ tệ học (古幣學)
• Volapük: könädav
• Yakut: нумизматика (numizmatika)