English

Pronunciation
IPA|/flæg/
audio|en-us-flag.ogg|Audio (US)
:* rhymes|æɡ

Etymology 1
Origin unknown.

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. Of or pertaining to an admiral, commodore, or general officer.

#* Captains park in the second row, flag officers next to the building.

Image:Flyingrainbowflag.JPG|right|thumb|a flag

Noun
en-noun

1. A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
2. context|nautical A flag flown by a ship to show the presence on board of the admiral; the admiral himself, or his flagship.
3. The use of a flag, especially to indicate the start of a race or other event.
4. context|computer science A variable or memory location that stores a 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.
5. context|computer science In a CLI|command line interface, a notation requesting optional behavior or otherwise modifying the action of the command being invoked.

Synonyms
(Computer Science, true-or-false value) Boolean
(Computer Science, CLI notation) switch

Slovene: t+|sl|zastava|f
Spanish: t+|es|bandera|f
Swedish: t+|sv|flagga, t+|sv|fana
Tok Pisin: plag
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Spanish: t+|es|bandera|f
Swedish: flagga
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trans-top|the use of a flag
Danish: flaggivning
Dutch: (het) t|nl|vlaggen|n
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Malayalam: ���ി (koti)
Russian: t+|ru|�лаг|m|trflag|scCyrl
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trans-top|true-or-false variable
Bulgarian: t+|bg|�лаг|m|sc=Cyrl
Danish: t-|da|flag|n
Dutch: t-|nl|flag, t+|nl|vlag|f, t|nl|booleaanse t+|nl|waarde|f
French: drapeau m, sémaphore m; #French|flag m (anglicism)
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Hungarian: t-|hu|járdalap
Japanese: Jpan|��� (furagu)
Russian: t+|ru|�лаг|m|trflag|scCyrl
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trans-top|notation for optional behaviour
Bulgarian: t|bg|оп�и�|f|sc=Cyrl
Dutch: t-|nl|flag, t+|nl|vlag|f
French: option f, switch m (anglicism)
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Russian: t+|ru|�лаг|m|trflag|scCyrl
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ttbc|Albanian: flamur m
ttbc|Catalan: bandera f
ttbc|Chinese: � (qí)
ttbc|German: Bitschalter m
ttbc|Indonesian: bendera
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ttbc|Lao: �ຸ�
ttbc|Nauruan: aniden
ttbc|Norwegian: flagg
ttbc|Romanian: drapel n, steag n, stindard n
ttbc|Slovak: vlajka m
ttbc|Telugu: పతా�� (pataakam), ���డా (jenDaa)
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External links
commons
pedialite

Verb
en-verb|flag|g|ing

1. To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of
2. (often with down) To signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.

#* Please flag a taxi down for me.

1. intransitive To weaken, become feeble.

#* ''His strength flagged toward the end of the race.

1. context|computing: To signal (an event).

#* The compiler flagged three errors.

1. context|computing: To set a program variable to true.

#* Flag the debug option before running the program.

Translations
trans-top|mark with a flag
Danish: signalere
Dutch: t+|nl|markeren
Hungarian: t-|hu|jelez
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Spanish: t|es|marcar o señalar con una bandera
Swedish: signalera, flagga för
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trans-top|signal to
Danish: standse, vinke ad
Dutch: t|nl|wenken, t|nl|aanhouden
Hungarian: t-|hu|leint
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Spanish: t+|es|parar
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trans-top|weaken
Danish: svækkes
Dutch: t|nl|verzwakken
French: t-|fr|affaiblir
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German: erlahmen, nachlassen, ermüden
Hungarian: t-|hu|lankad
Portuguese: t+|pt|enfraquecer
Spanish: desfallecer flaquear
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trans-top|signal in computing
Danish: flage
Dutch: t|nl|signaleren, t+|nl|melden
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Spanish: t-|es|señalar
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trans-top|set a programming variable to true
Dutch: t|nl|aanzetten, t+|nl|zetten
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See also
top3
banner
colour
ensign
mid3
jack
pennant
mid3
standard
vexillology

Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin; compare Danish flæg.

Noun
en-noun

1. Any of various plants with sword-shaped leaves, especially irises; specifically, Iris pseudacorus.

Translations
trans-top|plant with sword-shaped leaves
Danish: sværdlilje
Dutch: t|nl|gele lis|f
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Spanish: t-|es|lirio|m
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Derived terms
sweet flag

Etymology 3
Probably of Scandinavian origin; compare Icelandic flag#Icelandic|flag.

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete|_|except in dialects A slice of turf; a sod.
2. A slab of stone; a flagstone, a flat piece of stone used for pave|paving.

Translations
trans-top|flagstone
Danish: flise
Dutch: t+|nl|tegel|m
German: t+|de|Fliese|f
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Spanish: losa f piedra f
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Verb
en-verb|flag|g|ed

1. To lay down flagstones.

#* Fred is planning to flag his patio this weekend.

Translations
trans-top|lay down flagstones
Danish: belægge med fliser
Dutch: t|nl|plaveien, t|nl|betegelen
German: fliesen
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Spanish: t-|es|enlosar
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Category:1000 English basic words

Danish

Noun
flag

1. flag#English|flag (cloth).
2. flag#English|flag (true-false variable)

Category:Danish nouns

Dutch

Etymology
Loan word from English.

Noun
nl-noun2|f|s|-

1. context|computing flag#English|Flag (computer science meanings).

ar:flag
el:flag
fa:flag
fr:flag
fy:flag
hy:flag
io:flag
it:flag
kk:flag
hu:flag
ja:flag
pl:flag
ru:flag
simple:flag
fi:flag
ta:flag
tt:flag
te:flag
vi:flag
tr:flag
uk:flag
vo:flag
zh:flag

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