banque

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See also: banqué and bànque

English

Etymology

French banque (“bank”)

Noun

banque (plural banques)

  1. Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃k/
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Noun

banque f (plural banques)

  1. bank

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Borrowings

Some may be via other European languages.

  • Arabic: بنك (bank)
  • Breton: bank
  • Danish: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Haitian Creole: labank (from la banque)
  • Limburgish: bank
  • Lingala: bánka
  • Luxembourgish: Bank
  • Ngazidja Comorian: banki
  • Norwegian: bank
  • Odia: ବାଙ୍କ୍ (baṅk)
  • Persian: بانک (bânk) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: banka
  • Wolof: bank
  • ⇒ Vietnamese: nhà băng

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

  1. bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)

Descendants

  • French: banque (see there for further descendants)
  • Norman: banque
  • → Middle English: banke
    • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
    • Scots: baunk
    • → Irish: banc

References

Norman

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

  1. (Jersey) bank

Derived terms

Portuguese

Verb

banque

  1. inflection of bancar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

banque

  1. inflection of bancar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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