gonfalonier

English

Etymology

From Middle English gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

gonfalonier (plural gonfaloniers)

1. One who bears the gonfalon.
2. An official, particularly a chief magistrate of a mediaeval Italian republic; the bearer of the republic's gonfalon.

Synonyms

• (1): standard-bearer

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: gonfanoner m
• French: gonfalonier m, gonfalonnier m
• Old French: gonfalonier m, gonfanonier m

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gonfalonier, from Old French gonfalonier.

Noun

gonfalonier m (plural gonfaloniers)

1. Alternative spelling of gonfalonnier

Further reading

• “gonfalonier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

• gonfanonier

Etymology

From gonfanon.

Noun

gonfalonier oblique singular, m (oblique plural gonfaloniers, nominative singular gonfaloniers, nominative plural gonfalonier)

1. gonfalonier

Descendants

• French: gonfalonier, gonfalonnier
• → Middle English: gonfalonier
  • English: gonfalonier

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gonfaloniere.

Noun

gonfalonier m (plural gonfalonieri)

1. gonfalonier

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gonfalonier	gonfalonierul		gonfalonieri	gonfalonierii
genitive-dative	gonfalonier	gonfalonierului		gonfalonieri	gonfalonierilor
vocative	gonfalonierule			gonfalonierilor

References

• gonfalonier in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN