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pennant

Syllables: pen·ant/ˈpɛnənt/

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pin pen merger/ˈpɪ̟nənt/

pennant noun: the broad pennant flown by commodores.

pennant: the broad pennant flown by commodores
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Noun

pennant (plural pennants)

  1. The broad pennant flown by commodores.
  2. The church pennant indicating religious services are taking place aboard ship.
  3. The commissioning pennant flown on ceremonial occasions.
  4. A small flag with pointed end, formerly carried by cavalry or other mounted troops to serve as a rallying point or ceremonial unit identification.
  5. The winning of a competition, represented by a flag.
    • The New York Yankees have won the American League pennant far more often than any other team.
  6. A commemorative flag, traditionally triangular and made of felt, typically used to show support for a particular athletic team.
  7. A rope or strap to which a purchase is hooked.
  8. A sandstone between coal measures in parts of South Wales
  9. Either of two species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Macrodiplax, of the tropics and subtropics.

Proper noun capitalized: Pennant

Pennant

  1. A surname.
  2. A village in Dyffryn Arth community, Ceredigion (OS grid ref SN5163).
  3. A hamlet in Conwy borough county borough (OS grid ref SH8759).
  4. A hamlet in Denbighshire (OS grid ref SJ0234).
  5. A small settlement in Gwynedd (OS grid ref SH9020).
  6. A small village in Powys (OS grid ref SN8897).
  7. A village in the Rural Municipality of Riverside No. 168, Saskatchewan, Canada.

pennant meaning in Malayalam, Tagalog and Indonesian

pennant in Malayalam

ensign, flag, standard
കൊടി, കപ്പൽകൊടി, പതാക, ധ്വജം, കൊടിക്കൂറ, കേതനം

pennant in Tagalog

flag on ship to represent special condition
pindol

pennant in Indonesian

flag on ship to represent special condition
panji

Examples of pennant in a sentence

  • The team came through in the end and won the pennant.
  • The pennants whipped in the wind.
  • Louis to assist in a pennant race with Brooklyn—which, not coincidentally, was also a “syndicate” team.

All 13 example sentences with pennant

Forms of pennant

pluralpennants

Plural of pennant: pennants

Origin of pennant

From Middle English penon, penoun, pynoun, Old French penon, French pennon, from Latin penna (“feather”). See pen (“a feather”), and compare pennon, pinion.

Welsh place names are conceivably from Welsh pen + nant.

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Questions about pennant

What does pennant mean?
Pennant means the broad pennant flown by commodores.
What is pennant in Malayalam?
Pennant in Malayalam is കൊടി, കപ്പൽകൊടി, പതാക. See Pennant meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is pennant?
Pennant can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pennant?
Pennant is pronounced /ˈpɛnənt/.
What is the plural of pennant?
The plural of pennant is pennants.

Words near pennant in the dictionary

  1. penname
  2. pennames
  3. Pennamite
  4. Pennamites
  5. Pennan
  6. pennant
  7. Pennant Hills
  8. Pennant Melangell
  9. pennanted
  10. pennantite
  11. pennantless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pennant (page history and authors); Pennant (page history and authors); pennant (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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