militaria

Etymology

By surface analysis, military +‎ -ia (“collection of things”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪlɪˈtɛrɪə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

militaria pl (plural only)

1. Military or police artifacts.
   • 2014, Ross Skoggard, The Compleat Collector:

     According to Denby, who has a store at 20 Birch Ave., the militaria market has grown up in recent years. "It used to be that only school boys were interested in collecting these things." Now with cap badges going for up to $4,000, the market has matured to the point where the collector has to know what he's doing or he can get "stung."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [mi.li.təˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [mi.li.taˈɾi.a]

Verb

militaria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of militar

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmi.liˈtaː.ri.aː/
• Hyphenation: mi‧li‧ta‧ri‧a

Noun

militaria f (uncountable)

1. militaria, military memorabilia or paraphernalia

Verb

militaria

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular conditional of militar

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Either from mīlitāris (“soldierly, martial”) +‎ -ia; more likely an extraordinary substantivization of the nominative neuter plural form of mīlitāris.

Etymology 2

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitāria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.liˈta.rja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -arja
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧ta‧ria

Noun

militaria nvir pl

1. (military) militaria (military or police artifacts)

Further reading

• militaria in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• militaria in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Verb

militaria

1. first/third-person singular conditional of militar