fanion
French, noun/fa.njɔ̃/
fanion is spelled F-A-N-I-O-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fanion is a French masculine noun meaning “fanion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit drapeau à hampe très courte”.
What does fanion mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefanion
- 2
masculinepennant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petit drapeau à hampe très courte. 2. Pièce d’étoffe suspendue et déployée au bout d’une lance, d’une pique pour servir de signe de ralliement. 3. Guidon qui indique la présence des officiers généraux ; ou petit drapeau qui sert principalement aux alignements dans l’infanterie. 4. Signe de ralliement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fanion
- fanions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fanion?
- /fa.njɔ̃/
- \fa.njɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fanion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fanion in French?
fanion appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).