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Danish
Etymology 1
Borrowed via German Bande from French bande, which is itself borrowed from a Germanic language (cf. Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”), from *bandwō).
Pronunciation
Noun
bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)
- gang (a group of people united for the purpose of crime or vandalism)
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Etymology 2
Borrowed via German Bande from French bande, which is borrowed from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”) (cf. also German Binde (“bandage”), Danish bind).
Pronunciation
Noun
bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)
- barrier, cushion (e.g. in billiards or hockey)
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Etymology 3
From Old Norse banna, derived from the noun bann from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, ban”), cognate with Swedish banna, English ban, German bannen. Alternatively, the Scandinavian verbs are derived from the noun bann / band), which may be an early loan from Old Saxon ban.
Pronunciation
Verb
bande (past tense bandede, past participle bandet)
- to curse (to use offensive language)
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Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
bande
- inflection of bannen:
- singular past indicative
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old French bande, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”), cognate with English bind.
Noun
bande f (plural bandes)
- band, strip
- stripe
- strip (e.g. magnetic strip)
- (billiards) cushion
- (heraldry) bend
- soundtrack
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Etymology 2
From Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).
Noun
bande f (plural bandes)
- band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)
- pack (of wolves)
2018, Zaz, Nos vies:On ne sera jamais seul autour de nous ; on est une meute solide, on est une bande de loups.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you
Bande de voyous!- You hooligans!
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bande
- inflection of bander:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Noun
bande f
- plural of banda
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Middle English
Noun
bande
- Alternative form of band
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
bande f
- inflection of bandă:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular