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yellow flag

yel·low flag
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [yel-oh flag]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ flæg/
    • /ˈjeləʊ flæɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [yel-oh flag]
    • /ˈyɛl oʊ flæg/

Definitions of yellow flag words

  • noun yellow flag Nautical. quarantine flag. 1
  • noun yellow flag water flag. 1
  • noun yellow flag A Eurasian and northwest-African aquatic iris, Iris pseudacorus. 0

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Origin of yellow flag

First appearance:

before 1775
One of the 45% newest English words
First recorded in 1775-85

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Yellow flag

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

yellow flag popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 5% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

yellow flag usage trend in Literature

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