bande

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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)

  1. 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)

  1. 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)

  1. to curse (to use offensive language)
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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bande

  1. inflection of bannen:
    1. singular past indicative
    2. (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)

  1. band, strip
  2. stripe
  3. strip (e.g. magnetic strip)
  4. (billiards) cushion
  5. (heraldry) bend
  6. soundtrack
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Descendants
  • Portuguese: banda
  • Turkish: bant
  • Persian: باند (bând)

Etymology 2

From Old Occitan banda (regiment of troops), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

Noun

bande f (plural bandes)

  1. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)
  2. 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)
  3. (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

  1. inflection of bander:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Italian

Noun

bande f

  1. plural of banda

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Middle English

Noun

bande

  1. Alternative form of band

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

bande f

  1. inflection of bandă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular