banner
See also: Banner
English edit
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Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbænə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbænɚ/
- (Southern England, Australia) IPA(key): (etymology 1) /ˈbænə/, (etymology 2) /ˈbæːnə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
- Homophone: banter (some North American dialects)
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
Noun edit
banner (plural banners)
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- 1965, Frank Herbert, Dune[1] (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 112[2]:
- “To hold Arrakis,” the Duke said, “one is faced with decisions that may cost one his self-respect.” He pointed out the window to the Atreides green and black banner hanging limply from a staff at the edge of the landing field. "That honorable banner could come to mean many evil things."
- (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
- (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
- Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
- The mayor hung a banner across Main Street to commemorate the town's 100th anniversary.
- A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
- (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
- They usually make their case under the banner of environmentalism.
- (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
- (Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
- Coordinate terms: interstitial, popup
- (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
- A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
- 2004, Christopher P. Atwood, “literature”, in Encyclopedia of Mongolia and the Mongol Empire[3], Facts on File, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 337, column 2:
- The first Inner Mongolian modern prose work was “Struggling in a Sea of Suffering” (Gashigun-u dotorakhi telchilegchi khemekhü üliger, 1940) by Rinchinkhorlo (1904-63) of Khüriye (Hure) banner, who also translated an American detective story from Japanese into Mongolian.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
flag
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large sign
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large piece of cloth with a slogan or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession
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cause or purpose; a campaign or movement
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advertisement on a web page
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principal standard of a knight
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administrative division
Adjective edit
banner (not comparable)
- Exceptional; very good.
- 1853, New-Hampshire Missionary Society, “Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society, Volumes 50-57”, in Annual Report of the Trustees of the New Hampshire Missionary Society[4], volume 53, Steam power press of McFarland & Jenks, page 16:
- The year just closed has been the banner year for New-Hampshire Home Missions. The amount raised for the cause is $505,38 more than ever was raised before in any one year.
- 2016, David M. Kennedy, Lizabeth Cohen, Mel Piehl, The Brief American Pageant: A History of the Republic, page 73:
- The Zenger decision was a banner achievement for freedom of the press. It pointed the way to the kind of open public discussion required by the diverse society that colonial New York already was and that all America was to become.
Translations edit
exceptional; very good
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Verb edit
banner (third-person singular simple present banners, present participle bannering, simple past and past participle bannered)
- (transitive) To adorn with a banner.
- (transitive, journalism) To display as a banner headline.
- 2008, Howard Rosenberg, Charles S. Feldman, No Time To Think:
- At 8:11, bannering the headline “Cheney in Charge?” the Drudge Report runs a story speculating that the president may be incapacitated.
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
banner (plural banners)
- One who bans something.
- 1963, The Australian Library Journal, volumes 1-14, page 69:
- How ridiculous the banners of some of the books at present on the list will appear in the future.
References edit
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [5]
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.nər/
- Hyphenation: ban‧ner
- (Netherlands) Rhymes: -ɛnər
Noun edit
banner m (plural banners, diminutive bannertje n)
- banner (web advertisement)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner or bannere, definite plural bannera or bannerne)
- a banner (most senses)
References edit
- “banner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner, definite plural bannera)
- a banner (most senses)
References edit
- “banner” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English banner.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banner m inan
- (advertising, Internet) Alternative spelling of baner
Declension edit
Declension of banner
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
banner m (plural banners)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English banner.
Noun edit
banner n (plural bannere)
- banner (for advertising)
Declension edit
Declension of banner
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) banner | bannerul | (niște) bannere | bannerele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) banner | bannerului | (unor) bannere | bannerelor |
| vocative | bannerule | bannerelor | ||
Scots edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banner (plural banners)
Synonyms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English banner.
Noun edit
banner m (plural banners)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English banner. Attested since 1996. Doublet of banderoll and baner.
Noun edit
banner c
- banner (type of advertisement on a web page taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content)
Declension edit
| Declension of banner | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | banner | bannern | banners | - |
| Genitive | banners | bannerns | banners | - |