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Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French bannir, from Old French bannir, banir, from Frankish *bannijan, from Proto-Germanic *bannijaną (to banish), from *bannaz, *banną (ban, curse, order, banishment), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (to speak, say). More at ban.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ba.niʁ/
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Verb edit

bannir

  1. (transitive) to banish
    Near-synonym: exiler
  2. (transitive) to ban, to proscribe, to forbid, to prohibit
    Near-synonyms: interdire, proscrire

Conjugation edit

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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Further reading edit

Icelandic edit

Verb edit

bannir

  1. second-person singular active present subjunctive of banna