estandart

== Old French == === Alternative forms === aistandart, astandart, estaindart, estandaert, estandard⁠ ⁠estandarde, ⁠estaundard⁠, estaundart, ⁠⁠standard, standart (Anglo-Norman)⁠⁠ estandairt⁠ (Lorrain) === Etymology === Generally seen as borrowed from Frankish *standahard (“stable, fixed”, adjective, literally “standing firm”), from Frankish *standan (“to stand”) + *hard(ī) (“hard, firm”). The OED dismisses this as folk etymology and instead derives the term from Old French estendre (“to stretch, extend, spread”), but this is questionable as the term is rarely spelt with -en- and -art is usually only suffixed to "personal names or epithets". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /estanˈdaɾt/ === Noun === estandart oblique singular, m (oblique plural estandarz or estandartz, nominative singular estandarz or estandartz, nominative plural estandart) (military) A standard; a flag identifying a military unit. (construction) A vertical pole or support. A large candleholder (as in churches) (figurative) A standard or example: A moral standard; an exemplar. (Anglo-Norman, law) A legal standard or norm. (Anglo-Norman, law) A reference for a standard measure. ==== Descendants ==== === References ===