drapeau

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

drapeau

from cloth with the suffix -el. (1119) drapel, 'piece of cloth, rag'; (13th century) drapiaus, 'swaddling clothes'. The word is described as 'old' in 1752 in the Trévoux. But 'the new use of the word drapeau, which begins to replace the word enseigne [...] we have put drapeau in its place, at least as regards foot soldiers. And this term drapeau has come in newly'. This military sense comes from the Italian drappello attested in the sense of 'banner' since the late Middle Ages.

Definitions

Synonyms

Plural

drapeaux

Translations

  • germangerman:Flagge
  • englishenglish:ensign
  • arabicarabic:علم
  • chinesechinese:旗子
  • koreankorean:깃발
  • danishdanish:flag
  • spanishspanish:bandera
  • finnishfinnish:lippu
  • greekgreek:σημαία
  • hebrewhebrew:דגל
  • hindihindi:झंडा
  • italianitalian:bandiera
  • japanesejapanese:
  • dutchdutch:vaandel
  • polishpolish:flaga
  • portugueseportuguese:pavilhão
  • russianrussian:стяг
  • swedishswedish:flagga
  • thaithai:ธง
  • turkishturkish:bayrak
  • ukrainianukrainian:флаг

See also

drapelet (cn.)