noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈflæɡʃɪp/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admiral, admiral ship
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The ship regarded as most important out of a group, e.g. a nation's navy or company's fleet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The most important one out of a related group.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, broadly, often
Examples
The retail company's store in London is their flagship.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chief, primary, principal, showcase
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To act as a flagship for.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the ship that carries the commander of a fleet and flies his flag
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ship
6
noun
Meaning 6
the chief one of a related group
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
it is their flagship newspaper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thing
History
Etymology
From flag + ship.
Across languages
Translations
83 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
سَفِينَةُ الْقَائِد
(safīnatu l-qāʔid)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Arabic:
سَفِينَةُ الْقِيَادَة
(safīnatu l-qiyāda)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Armenian:
ֆլագմանական նավ
(flagmanakan nav)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Armenian:
ֆլագման
(flagman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Belarusian:
фла́гманскі карабе́ль
(fláhmanski karabjélʹ)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Belarusian:
фла́гман
(fláhman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Bulgarian:
фла́гмански ко́раб
(flágmanski kórab)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Bulgarian:
фла́гман
(flágman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Chinese Mandarin:
旗艦 /旗舰
(qíjiàn)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Czech:
vlajková loď
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Danish:
flagskib
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Dutch:
vlaggenschip
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Esperanto:
ĉefŝipo
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Estonian:
lipulaev
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Finnish:
lippulaiva
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
French:
navire amiral
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
French:
bateau amiral
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
French:
vaisseau amiral
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Georgian:
საფლანგო ხომალდი
(saplango xomaldi)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Georgian:
ფლაგმანი
(plagmani)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
German:
Flaggschiff
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Greek:
ναυαρχίδα
(navarchída)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Ancient Greek:
στρατηγίς ναῦς
(stratēgís naûs)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Hebrew:
אוניית דגל
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Hungarian:
zászlóshajó
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Icelandic:
flaggskip
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Irish:
bratlong
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Italian:
nave ammiraglia
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Italian:
ammiraglia
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Italian:
principale
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Japanese:
旗艦
(kikan)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Kazakh:
флагман
(flagman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Korean:
기함
(giham)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Kyrgyz:
флагман
(flagman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Latvian:
admirāļa kuģis
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Latvian:
flagmanis
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Lithuanian:
flagmanas
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Low German:
Flaggschipp
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Norman:
amitha
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Norwegian Bokmål:
flaggskip
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Norwegian Nynorsk:
flaggskip
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Polish:
okręt flagowy
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Polish:
flagowiec
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Portuguese:
navio-almirante
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Portuguese:
capitânia
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Portuguese:
nau capitânia
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Romanian:
navă-amiral
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Russian:
фла́гманский кора́бль
(flágmanskij koráblʹ)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Russian:
фла́гман
(flágman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Serbo-Croatian:
адмиралски брод
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Serbo-Croatian:
admiralski brod
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Slovak:
vlajková loď
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Slovene:
poveljniška ladja
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Spanish:
buque insignia
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Spanish:
capitana
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Spanish:
nave capitana
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Spanish:
buque almirante
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Swedish:
flaggskepp
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Turkish:
amiral gemisi
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Turkish:
bayrak gemisi
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Ukrainian:
фла́гманський корабе́ль
(fláhmansʹkyj korabélʹ)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Ukrainian:
фла́гман
(fláhman)
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Vietnamese:
soái hạm
— ship occupied by the fleet's commander
Chinese Mandarin:
旗艦 /旗舰
(qíjiàn)
— the most important one out of a related group
Czech:
vlajková loď
— the most important one out of a related group
Danish:
flagskib
— the most important one out of a related group
Finnish:
lippulaiva
— the most important one out of a related group
French:
vaisseau amiral
— the most important one out of a related group
French:
navire amiral
— the most important one out of a related group
French:
fleuron
— the most important one out of a related group
French:
phare
— the most important one out of a related group
Italian:
punta di diamante
— the most important one out of a related group
Italian:
fiore all'occhiello
— the most important one out of a related group
Norwegian Bokmål:
flaggskip
— the most important one out of a related group
Norwegian Nynorsk:
flaggskip
— the most important one out of a related group
Polish:
flagowa rzecz
— the most important one out of a related group
Portuguese:
carro-chefe
— the most important one out of a related group
Spanish:
buque insignia
— the most important one out of a related group
Spanish:
fontal
— the most important one out of a related group
Spanish:
fénix
— the most important one out of a related group
Spanish:
premier
— the most important one out of a related group
Swedish:
flaggskepp
— the most important one out of a related group
Ukrainian:
фла́гман
(fláhman)
— the most important one out of a related group
