gonfalon
French, noun/ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ̃/
gonfalon is spelled G-O-N-F-A-L-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written French, the 226,484th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gonfalon is a French masculine noun meaning “gonfalon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fanion dont les chevaliers ornaient leur lance”.
What does gonfalon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegonfalon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fanion dont les chevaliers ornaient leur lance. 2. Bannière d’église à trois ou quatre fanons, qui sont des pièces pendantes. 3. Bannière des républiques ou communes italiennes. 4. Voir gonfanon.
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 gonfalon
- gonfalons plural
- gonfanon alternative
- confalon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gonfalon?
- /ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ̃/
- \ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gonfalon in French?
gonfalon appears about once in every 51 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).