Banner
nounA long strip of cloth or paper bearing a slogan, design, or message, often hung up or carried.
How to spell banner
6 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce banner
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does banner mean?
- nounA long strip of cloth or paper bearing a slogan, design, or message, often hung up or carried.
Banner in a sentence
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The protesters carried a wide banner across the square.
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A welcome banner hung above the office entrance for her return.
Where does banner come from?
Language of origin: French
The word arrived in English in the 1200s from the Old French baniere, meaning a war flag or standard carried into battle. That French word traces back to Late Latin bandum, a cloth standard or ensign, which is widely thought to have been borrowed in turn from a Germanic source related to the idea of a band or strip of cloth. The earliest English banners were quite literal: the large embroidered flags that identified a lord, a guild, or an army on the field. Over the centuries the meaning broadened to cover any long strip of fabric or paper bearing a slogan or design, and in the digital age it stretched again to name the rectangular advertisements that run across a web page. The double n is the main spelling point to watch, since the word looks deceptively like it might mirror the single n of 'baner'.
How the word is built
- bann- (from Old French baniere: a flag or standard)
- -er (noun ending)
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