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flagpole

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, US: /ˈflæɡˌpoʊl/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F L AE1 G P OW2 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To exit a country momentarily and reenter, usually in order to satisfy immigration requirements.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, rare

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: flagstaff

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: staff

4

noun

Meaning 4

surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: range pole, ranging pole

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: surveying instrument, surveyor's instrument

History

Etymology

From flag + pole.

Across languages

Translations

96 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: vlagpaal — pole for flags
  • Albanian: shtizë flamuri — pole for flags
  • Amharic: የባንዲራ መስቀያ (yäbandira mäsḳäya) — pole for flags
  • Arabic: سَارِيَةْ العَلَم (sāriyat al-ʕalam) — pole for flags
  • Armenian: դրոշակաձող (drošakajoġ) — pole for flags
  • Azerbaijani: bayraq dirəyi — pole for flags
  • Basque: haga — pole for flags
  • Basque: masta — pole for flags
  • Belarusian: флагшто́к (flahštók) — pole for flags
  • Bengali: পতাকাদণ্ড (potakadonḍo) — pole for flags
  • Breton: gwern — pole for flags
  • Bulgarian: флагщо́к (flagštók) — pole for flags
  • Burmese: အလံတိုင် (a.lamtuing) — pole for flags
  • Catalan: asta — pole for flags
  • Chinese Cantonese: 旗杆 (kei4 gon1) — pole for flags
  • Chinese Mandarin: 旗杆 (qígān) — pole for flags
  • Czech: vlajkový stožár — pole for flags
  • Czech: žerď — pole for flags
  • Danish: flagstang — pole for flags
  • Dutch: vlaggenstok — pole for flags
  • Dutch: vlaggenmast — pole for flags
  • Esperanto: flagstango — pole for flags
  • Estonian: lipuvarras — pole for flags
  • Finnish: lippusalko — pole for flags
  • French: mât de drapeau — pole for flags
  • French: mât — pole for flags
  • North Frisian: Flaggenmast — pole for flags
  • North Frisian: Flāgstok — pole for flags
  • Galician: hasta — pole for flags
  • Galician: mastro — pole for flags
  • Georgian: ფლაგშტოკი (plagšṭoḳi) — pole for flags
  • German: Fahnenmast — pole for flags
  • German: Fahnenstange — pole for flags
  • Greek: κοντάρι σημαίας (kontári simaías) — pole for flags
  • Hawaiian: kia hae — pole for flags
  • Hebrew: מוֹט הַדֶגֶל (mot hadegel) — pole for flags
  • Hindi: ध्वजदंड (dhvajdaṇḍ) — pole for flags
  • Hungarian: zászlórúd — pole for flags
  • Icelandic: stöng — pole for flags
  • Icelandic: flaggstöng — pole for flags
  • Ido: flag-stango — pole for flags
  • Indonesian: tiang bendera — pole for flags
  • Irish: crann brataí — pole for flags
  • Italian: pennone — pole for flags
  • Japanese: 旗竿 (hatazao) — pole for flags
  • Kazakh: жалаусап (jalausap) — pole for flags
  • Kazakh: тутұғыр (tutūğyr) — pole for flags
  • Khmer: ដងទង់ (dɑɑng tŭəng) — pole for flags
  • Korean: 깃대 (gitdae) — pole for flags
  • Kyrgyz: флагшток (flagştok) — pole for flags
  • Lao: ເສົາທຸງ (sao thung) — pole for flags
  • Latvian: karoga kārts — pole for flags
  • Lithuanian: vėliavos stiebas — pole for flags
  • Lithuanian: flagštokas — pole for flags
  • : ᦅᧃᦒᦲᧉ (kanthii2) — pole for flags
  • Macedonian: јарбол (jarbol) — pole for flags
  • Malay: tiang bendera — pole for flags
  • Maltese: arblu għall-bandiera — pole for flags
  • Māori: pou kara — pole for flags
  • Māori: pou haki — pole for flags
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flaggstang — pole for flags
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: flaggstong — pole for flags
  • Persian: میله پرچم (milah-e parčam) — pole for flags
  • Polish: flagsztok — pole for flags
  • Polish: maszt flagowy — pole for flags
  • Portuguese: mastro — pole for flags
  • Romanian: catarg de steag — pole for flags
  • Romanian: catarg — pole for flags
  • Russian: дре́вко (drévko) — pole for flags
  • Russian: флагшто́к (flagštók) — pole for flags
  • Scottish Gaelic: bratchrann — pole for flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: јарбол за заставу — pole for flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: јарбол — pole for flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: jarbol za zastavu — pole for flags
  • Serbo-Croatian: jarbol — pole for flags
  • Slovak: stožiar — pole for flags
  • Slovak: vlajkový stožiar — pole for flags
  • Slovene: jarbol za zastavu — pole for flags
  • Slovene: jarbol — pole for flags
  • Spanish: asta — pole for flags
  • Spanish: astabandera — pole for flags
  • Spanish: mástil — pole for flags
  • Swedish: flaggstång — pole for flags
  • Tagalog: tagdan ng bandila — pole for flags
  • Tajik: сутуни парчам (sutun-i parčam) — pole for flags
  • Tajik: чӯби байракбардорӣ (čüb-i bayrakbardori) — pole for flags
  • Tamil: கொடிக்கம்பம் (koṭikkampam) — pole for flags
  • Thai: เสาธง (sǎo-tong) — pole for flags
  • Turkish: bayrak direği — pole for flags
  • Ukrainian: флагшто́к (flahštók) — pole for flags
  • Uzbek: flagshtok — pole for flags
  • Venetan: anténa — pole for flags
  • Vietnamese: cột cờ — pole for flags
  • Volapük: stänastafäd — pole for flags
  • Welsh: polyn fflag — pole for flags
  • Yiddish: פֿאָנענמאַסט (fonenmast) — pole for flags