pennon

Meaning

1. A thin, often triangular flag or streamer, especially as hung from the end of a lance or spear.
2. A long pointed streamer or flag on a vessel.
3. (obsolete) A wing (appendage of an animal's body enabling it to fly); any of the outermost primary feathers on a wing.

Synonyms

pennant

flag

banner

streamer

pinion

standard

banderol

waft

gonfalon

hand

✋

labarum

paddle

swallowtail

vane

wing

🪽

buntings

tapering end of a pennant

pannant

pennoncel

pennoncelle

penoncel

ala

annexe

blade

colors

ell

ensign

foil

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɛnən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English penoun, pennon, from Anglo-Norman penun, penoun, from Old French penne (“feather”) + -on (diminutive suffix).