gonfalonier
French, noun/ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ.nje/
gonfalonier is spelled G-O-N-F-A-L-O-N-I-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 144,513th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gonfalonier is a French masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of gonfalonnier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui qui porte le gonfalon. Titre donné, au Moyen Âge, aux chefs de quelques-unes des républiques d’Italie”.
What does gonfalonier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of gonfalonnier
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Celui qui porte le gonfalon. Titre donné, au Moyen Âge, aux chefs de quelques-unes des républiques d’Italie. 2. Figure emblématique, porte-drapeau.
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 gonfalonier
- gonfaloniers plural
- gonfalonière feminine
- gonfanonier
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gonfalonier?
- /ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ.nje/
- \ɡɔ̃.fa.lɔ.nje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gonfalonier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gonfalonier in French?
gonfalonier appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).