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Word "flag" in Portuguese

Last modified: 2017-12-21 by antónio martins
Keywords: bandeira | flâmula | galhardete | estandarte | pavilhão | jaco |
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bandeira


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Word " bandeira "

Word:
bandeira
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*band-
Noun class:
♀ (feminine)
Meaning:
flag
Identicals:
4 other wordforms

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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 kind of variarion of speech with unvariant spelling happens in most languages.
António Martins, 20 Aug 2007

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Word " bandeiras "

Word:
bandeiras
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "bandeira"
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Word " flâmula "

Word:
flâmula
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*flam-
Noun class:
♀ (feminine)
Meaning:
streamer
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Word " flâmulas "

Word:
flâmulas
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "flâmula"
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Word " galhardete "

Word:
galhardete
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*gallard-
Noun class:
♂ (masculine)
Meaning:
souvenir flag

Typically a trapezoidal or triangular flaglet for souvenir purposes: tabletop, rear-view mirror, or wall hanging/mounting.
António Martins, 16 Mar 2016

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Word " galhardetes "

Word:
galhardetes
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "galhardete"
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Word " estandarte "

Word:
estandarte
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*stand-
Noun class:
♂ (masculine)
Meaning:
standard
Identicals:
1 other wordform

"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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Word " estandartes "

Word:
estandartes
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "estandarte"
Identicals:
1 other wordform
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Word " pavilhão "

Word:
pavilhão
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*pavilion
Noun class:
♂ (masculine)
Meaning:
ensign

Remarks:
means also "pavilion"
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Word " pavilhões "

Word:
pavilhões
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "pavilhão"
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Word " jaco "

Word:
jaco
Script:
Latin
Etym. family:
*jak
Noun class:
♂ (masculine)
Meaning:
jack
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Word " jacos "

Word:
jacos
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "jaco"
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Word " jaque "

Word:
jaque
Script:
Latin
Noun class:
♂ (masculine)
Variant:
other (unspecified) variant of "jaco"
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Word " jaques "

Word:
jaques
Script:
Latin
Variant:
plural of "jaque"
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