white flag

English

Etymology

From the colour of the flag.

Noun

white flag (plural white flags)

A flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender.
(motor racing) A flag with a white color, signifying the final lap of a race (ie. the bell lap).

Coordinate terms

colours of flags

Derived terms

(acquiescence): wave the white flag

Translations

a flag used as a symbol of surrender

Azerbaijani: ağ bayraq
Basque: bandera zuri
Bengali: সাদা ঝাণ্ডা (śada jhanḍa)
Catalan: bandera blanca f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 白旗 (zh) (báiqí)
Czech: bílá vlajka f
Dutch: witte vlag f
Esperanto: blanka flago
Finnish: valkoinen lippu
French: drapeau blanc (fr) m
German: weiße Flagge f, Parlamentärsflagge (de) f
Greek: λευκή σημαία f (lefkí simaía)
Italian: bandiera bianca f
Japanese: 白旗 (ja) (shirahata, shirohata)
Korean: 백기 (baekgi)
Marathi: सफेद झेंडा m (saphed jheṇḍā), सफेद ध्वज m (saphed dhvaj)
Polish: biała flaga (pl) f
Portuguese: bandeira branca f
Romanian: steag alb n, drapel alb n
Russian: бе́лый флаг m (bélyj flag)
Spanish: bandera blanca (es) f
Swedish: vit flagga c
Tagalog: bandilang puti
Telugu: తెల్ల జెండా (tella jeṇḍā)

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