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white flag

white flag noun: a flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender.

Noun

white flag (plural white flags)

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

white flag meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

white flag in Tamil

வெள்ளைக்கொடி

white flag in Marathi

a flag used as a symbol of surrender
सफेद झेंडा saphed jheṇḍā, सफेद ध्वज saphed dhvaj

white flag in Bengali

a flag used as a symbol of surrender
সাদা ঝাণ্ডা śada jhanḍa

white flag in Telugu

a flag used as a symbol of surrender
తెల్ల జెండా tella jeṇḍā
More languagesFewer languages
white flag in Tagalog
bandilang puti
white flag in Malay
bendera putih
white flag in Indonesian
bendera putih

Forms of white flag

pluralwhite flags

Origin of white flag

From the colour of the flag.

Words formed from white flag

Questions about white flag

What does white flag mean?
White flag means a flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender.
What is white flag in Tamil?
White flag in Tamil is வெள்ளைக்கொடி. See White flag meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is white flag?
White flag is a noun.
What is the plural of white flag?
The plural of white flag is white flags.

Words near white flag in the dictionary

  1. white feathers
  2. White Ferns
  3. white fever
  4. white fir
  5. white firs
  6. white flag
  7. white flags
  8. white flight
  9. white flour
  10. white flours
  11. white flux

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: white flag (page history and authors); white flag (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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