white flag

English

Etymology

From the colour of the flag.

Noun

white flag (plural white flags)

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

Coordinate terms

(colours of flags):

• beige flag
• black flag
• blue flag
• chequered flag
• green flag
• pink flag
• red flag
• white flag
• yellow flag

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)
• Haitian Creole: drapo blan
• Hebrew: דֶּגֶל לָבָן (he) m (dégel laván)
• Italian: bandiera bianca f
• Japanese: 白旗 (ja) (しろはた, shirohata; はっき, hakki)
• Korean: 백기(白旗) (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)