banner

English Online Dictionary. What means banner‎? What does banner mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbænə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbænɚ/
• (Southern England, Australia) IPA^(key): (etymology 1) /ˈbænə/, (etymology 2) /ˈbæːnə/
• Rhymes: -ænə(ɹ)
• Homophone: banter (some North American dialects)

Etymology 1

From Middle English baner, from Old French baniere (Modern bannière), of Germanic origin. More at band.

Noun

banner (plural banners)

1. A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
2. (by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
3. (by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
4. Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.

5. A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
6. (by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.

7. (journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
8. (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

9. (heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
10. 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.

    Hanggin Rear Banner, Bayannur, Inner Mongolia, China

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

banner (not comparable)

1. Exceptional; very good.

Translations

Verb

banner (third-person singular simple present banners, present participle bannering, simple past and past participle bannered)

1. (transitive) To adorn with a banner.
2. (transitive, journalism) To display as a banner headline.

Etymology 2

From ban +‎ -er.

Noun

banner (plural banners)

1. One who bans something.

References

• The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [5]

Anagrams

• Brenna

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English banner.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.nər/
• Hyphenation: ban‧ner
• (Netherlands) Rhymes: -ɛnər

Noun

banner m (plural banners, diminutive bannertje n)

1. banner (web advertisement)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French bannière.

Noun

banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner or bannere, definite plural bannera or bannerne)

1. a banner (most senses)

References

• “banner” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French bannière.

Noun

banner n (definite singular banneret, indefinite plural banner, definite plural bannera)

1. a banner (most senses)

References

• “banner” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English banner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.nɛr/
• Rhymes: -anɛr
• Syllabification: ba‧nner

Noun

banner m inan

1. (advertising, Internet) Alternative spelling of baner

Declension

Further reading

• banner in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banner in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Noun

banner m (plural banners)

1. (Internet) banner (advertisement in a web page)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English banner.

Noun

banner n (plural bannere)

1. banner (for advertising)

Declension

Scots

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanər]

Noun

banner (plural banners)

1. banner, flag

Synonyms

• ensenyie

Spanish

Alternative forms

• báner

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English banner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaneɾ/ [ˈba.neɾ]
• Rhymes: -aneɾ
• Syllabification: ban‧ner

Noun

banner m (plural banners)

1. banner

Usage notes

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.

Further reading

• “banner”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English banner. Attested since 1996. Doublet of banderoll and baner.

Noun

banner c

1. banner (type of advertisement on a web page taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content)

Declension

References

• banner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• banner in Svensk ordbok (SO)