gonfanon
French, noun\ɡɔ̃.fa.nɔ̃\
gonfanon is spelled G-O-N-F-A-N-O-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gonfanon is a French masculine noun meaning “gonfalon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bannière à plusieurs fanons”.
What does gonfanon 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. Bannière à plusieurs fanons. 2. Meuble représentant la bannière du même nom dans les armoiries. Elle est généralement représentée à trois fanons et surmontée de trois cercles représentant les ancrages. Quand sa bordure est d'un autre émail, on le dit frangé. À rapprocher de bannière, étendard, guidon, oriflamme, pavillon et pennon.
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 gonfanon
- gonfanons plural
- gonfalon alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gonfanon?
- \ɡɔ̃.fa.nɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is gonfanon in French?
gonfanon appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).