Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beflag

/biˈflæɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-flag
IPA: /biˈflæɡ/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Apart from the beflagging of streets and the organisation of processions and festivities, the idea was to make the security arrangements so prodigious and so inconvenient that the extreme importance of the Marshal’s person would be forcibly impressed upon the minds of the people of Budapest."
"What she was experiencing was an absence of sounds in general, not my own peculiar distinction of noises no longer heard: the screeching of pulley-wheels as rainyday washings rose to beflag the ceiling; the thump of doors closing […]"

Etymology

From be- + flag.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /biˈflæɡ/
British English: /bɪˈflæɡ/

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beflags (present, singular) beflagging (participle, present) beflagged (participle, past) beflagged (past)

Rhymes With

bag flag tag drag wave drag ag vague mag lag gag rag brag

Questions

How do you pronounce beflag?: The recorded pronunciation is /biˈflæɡ/.
What does beflag mean?: To decorate with a flag or flags; to hang a flag or flags on.
Where does beflag come from?: From be- + flag.

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