banner
See also: Banner
EnglishEdit
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PronunciationEdit
- (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 1Edit
From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.
NounEdit
banner (plural banners)
- A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
- 1965, Herbert, Frank, 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.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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
AdjectiveEdit
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[3], 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.
TranslationsEdit
exceptional; very good
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VerbEdit
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 2Edit
NounEdit
banner (plural banners)
- One who bans something.
- 1963, The Australian Library Journal, volume 1-14, page 69:
- How ridiculous the banners of some of the books at present on the list will appear in the future.
ReferencesEdit
- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [4]
AnagramsEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.nər/
- Hyphenation: ban‧ner
- (Netherlands) Rhymes: -ɛnər
NounEdit
banner m (plural banners, diminutive bannertje n)
- banner (web advertisement)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner or bannere, definite plural bannera or bannerne)
- a banner (most senses)
ReferencesEdit
- “banner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner, definite plural bannera)
- a banner (most senses)
ReferencesEdit
- “banner” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English banner.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
banner m inan
- (advertising, Internet) Alternative spelling of baner
DeclensionEdit
Declension of banner
Further readingEdit
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
banner m (plural banners)
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English banner.
NounEdit
banner n (plural bannere)
- banner (for advertising)
DeclensionEdit
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 | ||
ScotsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
banner (plural banners)
SynonymsEdit
SpanishEdit
NounEdit
banner m (plural banners)
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English banner. Attested since 1996. Doublet of banderoll and baner.
NounEdit
banner c
- banner (type of advertisement on a web page taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content)
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of banner | ||||
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| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | banner | bannern | banners | - |
| Genitive | banners | bannerns | banners | - |