flag
A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbolA piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
» Every country has its national flag.
Jedes Land hat seine Nationalflagge.
У каждой страны есть государственный флаг.
У всех стран есть государственные флаги.
У кожної країни є державний прапор.
Meaning
23 senses(countable)A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
Flagge, Fahne, Faane
флагflag, зна́мяznámja, стягstjag
пра́порprápor, стягstjah, знаме́ноznaméno
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
(countable, uncountable)The design that could be placed on a flag, typically a rectangular graphic that is used to represent an entity (like a country, organisation or group of people) or an idea.
The flag of France has three vertical stripes.
(countable, uncountable)A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
(attributive, countable, often, uncountable)A signal flag.
(countable, uncountable)The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
флагflag
(countable, uncountable)A variable or memory location that stores a Boolean true-or-false, yes-or-no value, typically either recording the fact that a certain event has occurred or requesting that a certain optional action take place.
Flag, Bitschalter
флагflag, флажо́кflažók
прапоре́цьpraporécʹ
(countable, uncountable)In a command line interface, a command parameter requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.
Flag, Markierung, Kennzeichen
флагflag, флажо́кflažók
(countable, uncountable)A mechanical indicator that pops up to draw the pilot's attention to a problem or malfunction.
(UK, uncountable)The game of capture the flag.
(countable, uncountable)A sequence of faces of a given polytope, one of each dimension up to that of the polytope (formally, though in practice not always explicitly, including the null face and the polytope itself), such that each face in the sequence is part of the next-higher dimension face.
(countable, uncountable)A sequence of subspaces of a vector space, beginning with the null space and ending with the vector space itself, such that each member of the sequence (until the last) is a proper subspace of the next.
(countable, uncountable)A dark piece of material that can be mounted on a stand to block or shape the light.
Examples
532 sentencesEvery country has its national flag.
У кожної країни є державний прапор. — JeNNeR
ruУ каждой страны есть государственный флаг. — ae5s
deJedes Land hat seine Nationalflagge. — Espi
This is the flag of Japan.
Це прапор Японії. — brambury
ruЭто японский флаг. — marafon
Tom raised the flag.
Том підняв прапор. — deniko
ruТом поднял флаг. — odexed
deTom hisste die Fahne. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
We put up the flags on national holidays.
На державні свята ми вивішуємо прапори. — deniko
deWir hissen an Nationalfeiertagen die Fahnen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
It's an ugly flag.
Це негарний прапор. — deniko
deDas ist eine hässliche Flagge. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or reFrom Middle English flag, flagge (“flag”), further etymology uncertain. Perhaps from or related to early Middle English flage (name for a baby's garment) and Old English flagg, flacg (“cataplasm, poultice, plaster”). Or, perhaps ultimately imitative, or otherwise drawn from Proto-Germanic *flaką (“something flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”), referring to the shape.
From Middle English flagge, of uncertain origin, perhaps from North Germanic; compare Danish flæg (“yellow iris”). Or, possibly from sense 1, referring to its motion in the wind. Compare also Dutch vlag.
From Middle English flag, flagge, probably of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin; compare Icelandic flag.
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Forms
plural: flagsSynonyms
11 synonyms- stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones:flagstone
- a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device:signal flag
- flagpole used to mark the position of the hole on a golf green:pin
- a listing printed in all issues of a newspaper or magazine (usually on the editorial page) that gives the name of the publication and the names of the editorial staff, etc.:masthead
- plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals:irisfleur-de-lissword lily
Word family
111 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable