different between gonfanon vs gonfalon

English

Etymology

From Old French gonfanon.

Noun

gonfanon (plural gonfanons)

1. Alternative form of gonfalon
   • 1922, William Gordon Perrin, British Flags, their early history, and their development at sea, page 14

     At the same time, a companion figure, which from the mutilated superscription in the tapestry appears to be Eustace of Boulogne, lifts this gonfanon high in the air with his left hand while with the right he points to the Duke's face; a significant action, calling attention in a twofold manner to William's presence.

French

Alternative forms

• gonfalon

Etymology

From Old French gonfanon.

Noun

gonfanon m (plural gonfanons)

1. gonfalon

See also

• bannière, drapeau, enseigne, étendard

References

• “gonfanon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• gonfalon

Etymology

From Frankish *gundfano, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.

Noun

gonfanon m (oblique plural gonfanons, nominative singular gonfanons, nominative plural gonfanon)

1. gonfalon

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: gonfanon
• ? Middle English: gonfanon
  • English: gonfanon
• ? Middle Dutch: gonfanoen
  • Dutch: gonfanon

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gonfanon, supplement)

English

Alternative forms

• gonfalone
• gonfanon

Etymology

From Middle English gonfalon, from Old French gonfalon, from Frankish *gundfano, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????n.f?.?l??n/

Noun

gonfalon (plural gonfalons)

1. A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 5, lines 588–590:

     Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd,
     Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare
     Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve

   • 1910, July 12, Franklin Pierce Adams, poem “That Double Play Again” aka “Baseball's Sad Lexicon”, New York Evening Mail, page 6:

     Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble,
     Making a Giant hit into a double—
     Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
     “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

   • 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Quest:

     With vermilion leaf or bronze—
     Tatters of gorgeous gonfalons—

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• gonfanon

Etymology

From Old French gonfalon.

Noun

gonfalon m (plural gonfalons)

1. gonfalon

See also

• bannière, drapeau, enseigne, étendard

References

• “gonfalon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• gonfanon

Etymology

From Frankish *gundfano, from Proto-Germanic *gunþifanô.

Noun

gonfalon m (oblique plural gonfalons, nominative singular gonfalons, nominative plural gonfalon)

1. gonfalon

Derived terms

Descendants

• French: gonfalon
• ? Middle English: gonfalon
  • English: gonfalon
• ? Italian: gonfalone
• ? Middle Dutch: gonfaloen
  • Dutch: gonfalon, gonfalone

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gonfalon, supplement)

Romanian

Etymology

From French gonfalon.

Noun

gonfalon n (plural gonfaloane)

1. gonfalon

Declension