Word "flag" in English

Last modified: 2007-10-27 by antónio martins
Keywords: flag | 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑜 | 𐑁𐑊𐐰𐑀 | banner | colour | color | jack | ensign | streamer | pennant | standard |
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• Word " flag "
• Word " 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑜 "
• Word " 𐑁𐑊𐐰𐑀 "
• Word " banner "
• Word " colour "
• Word " color "
• Word " jack "
• Word " ensign "
• Word " streamer "
• Word " pennant "
• Word " standard "

• Genetic affiliation: > Indo-European > Germanic > West Germanic > English

• Word "flag" in different languages:
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  • Alphabetic order index
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• FOTW Vexillological reference
• FOTW Topical Index

• About English (eng) in the ISO 639-3 website

Word " flag "

Word:

flag

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*flag

Remarks:

A definition for the word "flag" (in English) actually caused the editors of the DoV more problems than any other. In the end we decided to go with a completely generic, non-exclusive definition, and that it was far more useful to detail flags by their type and/or usage — hence the single definition under FLAG, and multiple definitions under BANNER, ENSIGN, STANDARD, COLOUR etc., etc. As just one example, we are saying that a banner of arms (or armorial banner if you prefer) may — if you so wish of course — be generically defined as a flag, but is more specifically detailed under "banner 1)".
Christopher Southworth, 12 Aug 2007

But "flag" also means flat pieces of stone paving a garden pathway, a type of iris growing in that garden, and, as a verb, to become weary and tired! Not to mention several meanings that derive directly from our favorite “vex-ation”, like «flagging a message» and «flagging a taxicab» — meaning «to put a vexillological but metaphorical flag up as a signal».
Bill Dunning, 11 Aug 2007

Word " 𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑜 "

Word:

𐑓𐑤𐑨𐑜

Image:

Transliteration:

flæg

Script:

Shavian

Variant:

less common orthography form of "flag"

Word " 𐑁𐑊𐐰𐑀 "

Word:

𐑁𐑊𐐰𐑀

Image:

Transliteration:

flăg

Script:

Deseret

Variant:

historical/residual form of "flag"

Remarks:

Deseret (Utah), mid 1800ies

Word " banner "

Word:

banner

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Word " colour "

Word:

colour

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*kolor

Remarks:

British orthography

Word " color "

Word:

color

Script:

Latin

Variant:

acceptable spelling variant of "colour"

Remarks:

US orthography

Word " jack "

Word:

jack

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*jak

Word " ensign "

Word:

ensign

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*sign

Word " streamer "

Word:

streamer

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Word " pennant "

Word:

pennant

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Remarks:

Word " standard "

Word:

standard

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*stand-

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