pennon

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English pennon, penoun (“long narrow flag attached to a lance or used in other contexts; one who bears a pennon, knight bachelor; plume of feathers; strip around the edge of a shield”), from Anglo-Norman penun (“feather of an arrow”), penoun (“flag attached to a lance”), Middle French pennon, penoun, and Old French penon (“flag attached to a lance”) (modern French pennon), from penne (“feather; wing”) + -on (diminutive suffix). Penne is inherited from Latin penna (“feather (especially a flight feather), pinion; wing”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread out; to fly (in the sense of spreading out wings)”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɛnən/ Rhymes: -ɛnən Hyphenation: pen‧non === Noun === pennon (plural pennons) (chiefly historical) A long, narrow flag or streamer, often swallowtailed or triangular, usually hung at the top of a helmet or lance, originally the ensign of a knight under the rank of knight banneret, and later of a lancer regiment. Hyponyms: bannaret, pencel, pennoncel (by extension) Any banner or flag. (poetic, archaic) Synonym of pinion (“a wing”). (heraldry) A heraldic charge in the form of a pennon (sense 1). (nautical) Synonym of pennant (“a flag or streamer used on a ship”). (obsolete) A Knight Bachelor; also, a soldier who carries an ensign. (obsolete, rare) An ornament that dangles or hangs down. (figurative) Something resembling a pennon (sense 1). ==== Derived terms ==== pennoned ==== Related terms ==== pennoncel ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Iohn [i.e., John] Cowell (1607), “Penon”, in The Interpreter: Or Booke Containing the Signification of Words: Wherein is Set Foorth the True Meaning of All, or the Most Part of Such Words and Terms, as are Mentioned in the Lawe Writers, or Statutes of This Victorious and Renowned Kingdome, Requiring any Exposition or Interpretation. […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Iohn Legate, →OCLC, signature Bbb 2, verso, column 2: “Penon, […] is a Standard, Banner, or Enſigne caried in vvarre.” == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French penun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pɛ.nɔ̃/ ~ /pe.nɔ̃/ === Noun === pennon m (plural pennons) pennon (triangular flag) (nautical) pennant (historical) a local urban militia in medieval Lyon ==== Derived terms ==== pennonage === Further reading === “pennon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012