flag

flag
flag [flæg]
1. noun
   a. drapeau m ; (on ship) pavillon m
• white flag drapeau m blanc
• to keep the flag flying maintenir les traditions
• to fly the flag for one's country défendre les couleurs de son pays
   b. (for charity) insigne m (d'une œuvre charitable)
   c. ( = flagstone) dalle f
2. transitive verb
( = mark) marquer
3. intransitive verb
[athlete] faiblir ; [worker] se relâcher ; [conversation] languir
• he's flagging il ne va pas fort
• his spirits were flagging il n'avait plus le moral
4. compounds
► flag-waving adjective cocardier
► flag down separable transitive verb
[+ taxi] héler
• a policeman flagged us down un agent de police nous a fait signe d'arrêter
► flag up separable transitive verb
• to flag sth up to sb signaler qch à l'attention de qn
* * *
[flæg] 1.
noun
1) (national symbol) drapeau m

to sail under the Panamanian flag — Nautical battre pavillon panaméen

2) (as signal) Nautical pavillon m; Railways drapeau m
3) (on map) drapeau m
4) (stone) dalle f
5) Computing drapeau m
2.
transitive verb (p prés etc -gg-)
1) (mark with tab) baliser [text]
2) (signal) signaler [problem]
3) Computing signaler [quelque chose] au moyen d'un drapeau
3.
intransitive verb (p prés etc -gg-) [interest] faiblir; [morale, strength] baisser; [conversation] languir; [athlete, campaigner] flancher (colloq)
4.
flagging present participle adjective [strength] qui baisse; [energy, economy, industry etc] chancelant
Phrasal Verbs:
••

to fly the flag — représenter son pays (à l'étranger)

to wave the flag — faire des déclarations patriotiques


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