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Word "flag" in French
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Keywords: drapeau | pavillon | bannière | étendard | fanion |
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[Other words also meaning "flag" in French:]
- "couleurs" (same as
"colors"):
«les couleurs de la France
sont bleu-blanc-rouge».
- "pavillon de beaupré" is the word for "jack"
[(litt. "bowsprit flag" or even "bowsprit ensign")].
I think the word "beaupré" comes from german
"Bugspriet".
- "gonfalon" or "gonfanon" is the
word for church flags which hang vertically and have cut
stripes at the bottom, like
Venice).
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
I advise you to have a look in the Yearbook of the French
Encyclopaedia Universalis [eunXX].
At the end of the book, there are flags and a glossary with many useful
[flag-related] words.
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
Word " drapeau "
- Word:
- drapeau
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *drap-
- Noun class:
- ♂ (masculine)
- Meaning:
-
flag
External links:
In the past, "pavillon" was
more used than "drapeau" and was the name for all flags.
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
Word " drapeaux "
- Word:
- drapeaux
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "drapeau"
Word " pavillon "
- Word:
- pavillon
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *pavilion
- Noun class:
- ♂ (masculine)
- Meaning:
-
ensign
The French word "pavillon(s)"
is (theoretically) the same as the English
"ensign".
"Pavillon" is only used now to name a flag displayed
on a boat at sea. However in the past, "pavillon" was
more used than "drapeau" and
was the name for all flags. When it was an ensign, we said
«pavillon en mer» («ensign at sea») or
«pavillon de commerce» («merchant ensign»).
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
Word " pavillons "
- Word:
- pavillons
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "pavillon"
Word " bannière "
- Word:
- bannière
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *band-
- Noun class:
- ♀ (feminine)
- Meaning:
-
flag (other)
Remarks:- Mediaeval use
Not used now to name a flag, we use it more to say that
«we put us under the bannière of a party».
It was the middle-ages word for "flag" in French.
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
Word " bannières "
- Word:
- bannières
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "bannière"
Word " étendard "
- Word:
- étendard
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *stand-
- Noun class:
- ♂ (masculine)
- Meaning:
-
standard
External links:
"Étendard" is rarely said and means in French more a sort
of flag (middle-ages) than the personal flag of a head of state.
Pascal Vagnat, 23 Jan 1996
We have this semantic distinction in French between
"drapeau" (flag) and
"étendard" (used for instance in La Marseillaise:
«L’étendard sanglant est levé», which
translates as «the blood-stained standard had been
raised» rather than «the bloody flag is
up!»). Similarly, «lever l’étendard»
(to raise the standard) is used for pretentious declarations such
as «lever l’étendard de la paix», and a
«porte-étendard» (standard bearer) is
usually the man associated with a noble cause.
Ivan Sache, 12 Aug 2007
Word " étendards "
- Word:
- étendards
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "étendard"
Word " fanion "
- Word:
- fanion
- Script:
- Latin
- Etym. family:
- *fan-
- Noun class:
- ♂ (masculine)
- Meaning:
-
flag (other)
Word " fanions "
- Word:
- fanions
- Script:
- Latin
- Variant:
- plural
of "fanion"
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