Word "flag" in Portuguese

Last modified: 2007-10-27 by antónio martins
Keywords: bandeira | flâmula | galhardete | estandarte |
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• Word " bandeira "
• Word " flâmula "
• Word " galhardete "
• Word " estandarte "

• Genetic affiliation: > Indo-European > Italic > Romance > Italo-Western Romance > Western Italo-Western Romance > Gallo-Iberian > Ibero-Romance > West Iberian > Portuguese-Galician

• Word "flag" in different languages:
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• About Portuguese (por) in the ISO 639-3 website

Word " bandeira "

Word:

bandeira

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Remarks:

While "bandeira" is written identically by some 200 million users of the Portuguese language, within a 100 km radius of my present location I could hear it pronounced in some five clearly distinct ways (in IPA: [βɑ̃ˈδɑi̯ɾɑ], [bãˈdei̯ɾa], [bɑ̃ˈdeɾɑ], [βɑ̃ˈδei̯ɾɑ], and [βɑ̃ˈδei̯ʀɑ]). And of course this happens with most languages.
António Martins, 20 Aug 2007

Word " flâmula " (="streamer")

Word:

flâmula

Image:

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*flam-

Meaning:

streamer

Word " galhardete " (="souvenir flag")

Word:

galhardete

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

(uniques)

Meaning:

souvenir flag

Word " estandarte " (="standard")

Word:

estandarte

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*stand-

Meaning:

standard

"Estandarte" is an ambiguous word and has misleading usage outside vexillological terminology; all relevant semantics fully covered by "bandeira".
António Martins, 11 Aug 2007

"Estandarte" is widely used as a (pretentious, literary or "poetic") synonym for flag.
Jorge Candeias, 11 Aug 2007

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