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Word "flag" in Portuguese

Word " bandeira "
Word " flâmula "
Word " galhardete "
Word " estandarte "

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Genetic affiliation: > Indo-European > Italic > Romance > Italo-Western Romance > Western Italo-Western Romance > Gallo-Iberian > Ibero-Romance > West Iberian > Portuguese-Galician

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Word " bandeira "

Word:: bandeira
Script:: Latin
Etym. family:: *band-
Remarks:

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 happens with most languages.
António Martins, 20 Aug 2007

Word " flâmula " (="streamer")

Word:: flâmula
Image:
Script:: Latin
Etym. family:: *flam-
Meaning:: streamer

Word " galhardete " (="souvenir flag")

Word:: galhardete
Script:: Latin
Etym. family:: (uniques)
Meaning:: souvenir flag

Word " estandarte " (="standard")

Word:: estandarte
Script:: Latin
Etym. family:: *stand-
Meaning:: standard

"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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