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How do you spell 'French flag' in French?

The French flag -- le drapeau françaisIt may also be referred to as the tricolor : le tricolore or le drapeau tricolore


What do French people call French flag?

In France the flag is called 'le drapeau'. You may call it 'le drapeau tricolore' if you want to insist that it has three colours in it.


What is the flag of France called?

Le Tricolore - the tricolour


What is the name given to the French Flag in English?

The Tricolour (le tricolore)


What is the name of the French flag?

The French call their flag "le drapeau" or "le drapeau français". It has three colours so the adjective 'tricolore' (literally meaning three colours) is sometimes used, but certainly more by non-native speakers than by the French themselves.


What French word is the French flag well known by?

bleu blanc rouge OR le drapeau tricolore.


What is the Flag of France?

Le Tricolore - the tricolour


What is the le tricolore?

The French flag - tri-color - three colours. Blue, white and red, in that order.


What is the name given to the french flag?

The national Flag of France (known in French as le drapeau, le drapeau français, le drapeaubleu-blanc-rouge, le drapeau tricolore, rarely, le tricolore and, in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. It is known to English speakers as the French tricolor/tricolour (see spelling differences), or the tricolore.


What is the french flag known as la triolore la marseillaise or l hexagon?

Le Tricolore, more properly Le Drapeau Tricolore. La Marseillaise is the national anthem; l'Hexagone is the shape of the country.


What is the name of the flag of France?

Le (Drapeau)Tricolore.


What the name of the french flag?

There is no particular name given to the French flag in French.It is usually called "le drapeau français" (The French flag) or le "drapeau tricolore" (The three colored flag).On a boat it is usually "le Pavillon français". Pavillon is a generic name given to the flag on boats or when the flag is half-masted.to fly the flag of ... = naviguer sous pavillon ....flag of convenience = Pavillon de complaisanceto half-mast the flags - mettre les drapeaux (or les pavillons) en berne.