banc

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle English bank, from Old French banc. Doublet of banco, bank, and bench.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

  1. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
  2. A tribunal or court.
    • 1822, House of Lords, The Sessional Papers 1801-1833, volume 137, page 91:
      all the banc business of each county must be done in that county
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Respelling of bank.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

  1. (US, business) Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the word bank

Further reading

  • “banc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

References

  • Texas Finance Code

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

Pronunciation

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

  1. bench
  2. bank (for money)
  3. bank (geographical feature)
  4. shoal (of fish)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Gallurese: bancu
  • → Sardinian: bancu (Logudorese), → bangu (Campidanese)
  • → Sassarese: bancu

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.

Pronunciation

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

  1. bench (seat)
  2. bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)
  3. bank, shoal, school (of fish)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of binse.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

  1. (banking, etc.) bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)
Declension
Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative banc bainc
Vocative a bhainc a bhanca
Genitive bainc banc
Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an banc na bainc
Genitive an bhainc na mbanc
Dative leis an mbanc

don bhanc

leis na bainc

Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

  1. (geography) bank (of a river or lake)
Declension
Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative banc bainc
Vocative a bhainc a bhanca
Genitive bainc banc
Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an banc na bainc
Genitive an bhainc na mbanc
Dative leis an mbanc

don bhanc

leis na bainc

Derived terms
  • bancán m (“(small) bank”) (of earth)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
banc bhanc mbanc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

banc f or m

  1. bench, seat
  2. judicial bench

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • Limburgish: bank

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

  1. (Jersey) seat, bench
  2. (Jersey, nautical) thwart

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banc.

Pronunciation

Noun

banc n (plural bancuri)

  1. sand bank

Declension

Declension of banc
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) banc bancul (niște) bancuri bancurile
genitive/dative (unui) banc bancului (unor) bancuri bancurilor
vocative bancule bancurilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bank, from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of mainc.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

  1. bank (financial institution)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

  1. rising ground, hill, slope
  2. bank (in a sea or river, e.g. sandbank, mudbank)
  3. bank (of a river or lake)
    Synonym: glan
Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
banc fanc manc unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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