English Explanatory Dictionary

pennoncel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small pennon (a thin flag or streamer).

Word forms

pennoncel pennoncels pennoncelle penoncel

Etymology

From Middle English penoncel, from Old French penuncel, diminutive of penon (“pennon”). See pennon, pennant. By surface analysis, pen + French -on (“diminutive”) + Old French -cel (“diminutive”).

Synonyms

pencel
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