Word "flag" in Portuguese (original) (raw)

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Keywords: bandeira | bandeiras | flâmula | flâmulas | galhardete | galhardetes | estandarte | estandartes | pavilhão | pavilhões | jaco | jacos | jaque | jaques | guião | guiões | lábaro |
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bandeira


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Word " bandeira "

Word:

bandeira

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*band-

Noun class:

♀ (feminine)

Meaning:

flag

Identicals:

6 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:

2 other wordforms

"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" (a big tent, a gezebo, a pergola, et c.)

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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

Variant:

other variant of "jaco"

Remarks:

alternative assimilation

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Word " jaques "

Word:

jaques

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "jaque"

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Word " guião "

Word:

guião

Script:

Latin

Typ. pron.:

pt-BR: [giˈə̃w̃]; pt-PT: [giˈɐ̃w̃]

Etym. family:

*guid-

Noun class:

♂ (masculine)

Meaning:

guidon

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Word " guiões "

Word:

guiões

Script:

Latin

Typ. pron.:

pt-BR: [giˈõj̃s]; pt-PT: [giˈõj̃ʃ]

Variant:

plural of "guião"

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Word " lábaro "

Word:

lábaro

Script:

Latin

Etym. family:

*labar-

Noun class:

♂ (masculine)

Meaning:

labarum

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Word " lábaros "

Word:

lábaros

Script:

Latin

Variant:

plural of "lábaro"

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