gonfalon

== English == === Alternative forms === gonfalone gonfanon === Etymology === From Middle English gonfalon, from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒnf(ə)lən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːn.fəˌlɑːn/, /-lən/ === Noun === gonfalon (plural gonfalons) A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display. 1910, July 12, Franklin Pierce Adams, poem “That Double Play Again” aka “Baseball's Sad Lexicon”, New York Evening Mail, page 6: Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,Making a Giant hit into a double—Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:“Tinker to Evers to Chance.” (heraldry) Alternative form of gonfanon. ==== Related terms ==== gonfalonier ==== Translations ==== == French == === Alternative forms === gonfanon === Etymology === Inherited from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gonfalon m (plural gonfalons) gonfalon === See also === bannière, drapeau, enseigne, étendard === Further reading === “gonfalon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === confanon, gonfanon === Etymology === From Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô. === Noun === gonfalon oblique singular, m (oblique plural gonfalons, nominative singular gonfalons, nominative plural gonfalon) gonfalon ==== Derived terms ==== gonfalonier ==== Descendants ==== French: gonfalon → Middle English: gonfalon English: gonfalon → Italian: gonfalone → Middle Dutch: gonfaloen Dutch: gonfalon, gonfalone === Further reading === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “gonfalon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French gonfalon. === Noun === gonfalon n (plural gonfaloane) gonfalon ==== Declension ====