Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

World Flag

Hungarian translation:

Világzászló

Added to glossary by Medicus
Oct 22, 2002 19:34
21 yrs ago
English term

World Flag

Non-PRO English to Hungarian Art/Literary
A "World Flag". A flag for the world, not for a country or nation. A flag for all the nations combined, the whole world.

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"Világzászló" or "a Világ zászlaja"

Confer: országzászló, csapatzászló, etc. but also országnak zászlaja, csapatnak zászlaja (more sophisticated style)
Peer comment(s):

agree Eva Blanar : Probably Világzászló is better.
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agree Ildiko Santana : I agree with both "Textramed"s 2 suggestions and his/her response. The asker, knowing the context, can now decide which one fits better.
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agree Elvira Stoianov
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agree Éva Kimball
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agree Gabor Kiss
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A világ zászlója

One of the versions.
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világzászló

This version seems more straightforward and grammatically correct.

It is formed as Európa-zászló, which is used in Hungarian, eg

Minden téren, nem csupán a sportban, mert a közös cél közösen ott lenni az Európa-zászló alatt.

Európa-zászló is a somewhat stronger construction than Európa zászlója (zászlaja).

világzászló a bit like világbajnok, (világbéke, világhír, etc)
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agree Péter Tófalvi : yes, and with small letters all
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ENSZ zászló

Just a little exercise on ten digits, to have a more comprehensive look.

ENSZ zászló = UN flag
Peer comment(s):

neutral Csaba Ban : East Timor is part of the world, but not a UN member (yet)
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a gri
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a Föld zászlaja/zászlója

Pl. M.O. zászlaja/zászlója...
ergo...

and in this case World is rather Föld, nem? :))
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