"white flag" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white flags [plural]
Etymology: From the colour of the flag. Head templates: {{en-noun}} white flag (plural white flags)
  1. A flag with a white color, used as a symbol of truce or surrender. Categories (topical): Flags Translations (a flag used as a symbol of surrender): ağ bayraq (Azerbaijani), bandera zuri (Basque), সাদা ঝাণ্ডা (śada jhanḍa) (Bengali), bandera blanca [feminine] (Catalan), 白旗 (báiqí) (Chinese Mandarin), bílá vlajka [feminine] (Czech), witte vlag [feminine] (Dutch), blanka flago (Esperanto), valkoinen lippu (Finnish), drapeau blanc [masculine] (French), weiße Flagge [feminine] (German), Parlamentärsflagge [feminine] (German), λευκή σημαία (lefkí simaía) [feminine] (Greek), bandiera bianca [feminine] (Italian), 白旗 (shirahata, shirohata) (Japanese), 백기 (baekgi) (Korean), सफेद झेंडा (saphed jheṇḍā) [masculine] (Marathi), सफेद ध्वज (saphed dhvaj) [masculine] (Marathi), biała flaga [feminine] (Polish), bandeira branca [feminine] (Portuguese), steag alb [neuter] (Romanian), drapel alb [neuter] (Romanian), бе́лый флаг (bélyj flag) [masculine] (Russian), bandera blanca [feminine] (Spanish), vit flagga [common-gender] (Swedish), bandilang puti (Tagalog), తెల్ల జెండా (tella jeṇḍā) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-white_flag-en-noun-Y1zxivbm Disambiguation of Flags: 51 49 Disambiguation of 'a flag used as a symbol of surrender': 85 15
  2. (motor racing) A flag with a white color, signifying the final lap of a race (ie. the bell lap). Categories (topical): Motor racing, Flags
    Sense id: en-white_flag-en-noun-Hw9m~Xbp Disambiguation of Flags: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 12 88 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms (acquiescence): wave the white flag Coordinate_terms: beige flag, black flag, blue flag, chequered flag, green flag, pink flag, red flag, yellow flag
Disambiguation of 'acquiescence': 68 32

Inflected forms

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