Слово англійською: flag

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Переклад flag українською: пра́пор, прапороно́сець

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flag

noun
/flæɡ/
  1. a piece of cloth with a special coloured design on it that may be the symbol of a particular country or organization, may be used to give a signal or may have a particular meaning. A flag can be attached to a pole (= a long thin straight piece of wood or metal) or held in the hand.
    • the Italian flag
    • the flag of Italy
    • The hotel flies the European Union flag.
    • The American flag was flying.
    • Hundreds of people cheered and waved flags.
    • All the flags were at half mast (= in honour of a famous person who has died).
    • The black and white flag went down, and the race began.
    • The assistant referee had raised his flag for offside.
    • A large Brazilian flag fluttered above the podium.
    • His shot went closer to the corner flag than the goal.
    • France's flag bearer (= person who carried the flag) at the Paris Olympics
    see also black flag, blue flag, chequered flag, false flag, red flag, white flag
  2. used to refer to a particular country or organization and its beliefs and values
    • to swear allegiance to the flag
    • under a flag The team competed under the Olympic flag.
    • under the flag of something He was working under the flag of the United Nations.
    see also false flag
  3. a flower that is a type of iris and that grows near water
    • yellow flags
    see also yellow flag
  4. (also flagstone)
    a large flat square piece of stone that is used for floors, paths, etc.
  5. Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 mid 16th cent.: perhaps from obsolete flag ‘drooping’, of unknown ultimate origin. noun sense 5 late Middle English (also in the sense ‘turf, sod’): probably of Scandinavian origin and related to Icelandic flag ‘spot from which a sod has been cut’ and Old Norse flaga ‘slab of stone’. noun sense 4 late Middle English: related to Middle Dutch flag and Danish flæg; of unknown ultimate origin.
Idioms
fly/show/wave the flag
  1. to show your support for your country, an organization or an idea to encourage or persuade others to do the same
keep the flag flying
  1. to represent your country or organization
    • Our exporters keep the flag flying at international trade exhibitions.
like waving a red flag in front of a bull (US English)
(British English a red rag to a bull)
  1. something that is likely to make somebody very angry
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