numismatics
Syllables: nu·mis·ma·tics/ˌn(j)uːmɪzˈmatɪks/
numismatics noun: the study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
Noun
numismatics (uncountable)
- The study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
- The study of coins.
- The collecting of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
- What! Mr. Joolby, the eminent authority on Greek numismatics? To be sure we've met.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- The collecting of coins.
numismatics meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
numismatics in Tamil
- study of coins
- நாணயவியல் nāṇayaviyal
numismatics in Urdu
- مسکوکیات, سکہ شناسی
numismatics in Bengali
- মুদ্রা ও পদকসংক্রান্ত বিদ্যা
numismatics in Telugu
- study of coins
- నాణేల సేకరణ శాస్త్రం nāṇēla sēkaraṇa śāstraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- numismatics in Malayalam
- നൂമിസ്മാറ്റിക്സ് nūmismāṟṟiksŭ
- numismatics in Kannada
- ಬೆಟ್ಟರಿಮೆ, ಬೆಟ್ಟುಕಲೆತ
- numismatics in Indonesian
- numismatika
- numismatics in Persian
- سکهشناسی
- numismatics in Vietnamese
- hóa tệ học, cổ tệ học
Origin of numismatics
From French numismatique, from Late Latin numisma, numismatis (“coin”), variant of Latin nomisma, from Ancient Greek νόμισμα (nómisma, “current coin, custom”), from νομίζω (nomízō, “to hold or own as a custom, usage, to use customarily, practise, to be used to”), from νόμος (nómos, “usage, custom”), from νέμω (némō, “to keep, hold, watch”).
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Questions about numismatics
- What does numismatics mean?
- Numismatics means the study of coins, tokens, medals and paper money.
- What is numismatics in Tamil?
- Numismatics in Tamil is நாணயவியல் (nāṇayaviyal). See Numismatics meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is numismatics?
- Numismatics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce numismatics?
- Numismatics is pronounced /ˌn(j)uːmɪzˈmatɪks/.
Words near numismatics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: numismatics (page history and authors); numismatics (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numismatics (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); numismatics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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