gonfanon

== English == === Etymology === From Old French gonfanon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːn.fəˌnɑːn/, /-nən/ === Noun === gonfanon (plural gonfanons) Alternative form of gonfalon. (heraldry) A banner with three "tails", typically with the middle one longer than the others, and three loops at the top representing where it would have been attached to a pole. == French == === Alternative forms === gonfalon === Etymology === From Old French gonfanon. === Noun === gonfanon m (plural gonfanons) gonfalon === See also === bannière, drapeau, enseigne, étendard === Further reading === “gonfanon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === gonfalon === Etymology === Borrowed from Frankish *gunþifanō, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô. === Noun === gonfanon oblique singular, m (oblique plural gonfanons, nominative singular gonfanons, nominative plural gonfanon) gonfalon ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== French: gonfanon → Middle Dutch: gonfanoen Dutch: gonfanon → Middle English: gonfanon English: gonfanon === Further reading === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “gonfanon”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.