banc
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bank, from Old French banc. Doublet of banco, bank, and bench.
Noun edit
banc (plural bancs)
- A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
- 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
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Etymology 2 edit
Respelling of bank.
Noun edit
banc (plural bancs)
- (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 edit
- “banc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
References edit
- Texas Finance Code [1]
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banc m (plural bancs)
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Further reading edit
- “banc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
banc m (plural bancs)
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Further reading edit
- “banc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)
- (banking, etc.) bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.
Noun edit
banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)
- (geography) bank (of a river or lake)
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Derived terms edit
- bancán m (“(small) bank”) (of earth)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “banc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “banc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.
Noun edit
banc f or m
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “banc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “banc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Norman edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
banc m (plural bancs)
Derived terms edit
- banc d'sablion (“sandbank”)
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
banc n (plural bancuri)
- sand bank
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from English bank,[1] 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 edit
banc m (plural banciau)
- bank (financial institution)
Derived terms edit
- banc canolog m (“central bank”)
- bancio (“bank”, verb)
- bancwr m (“banker”)
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.[1]
Noun edit
banc m (plural banciau)
- rising ground, hill, slope
- bank (in a sea or river, e.g. sandbank, mudbank)
- bank (of a river or lake)
- Synonym: glan
Derived terms edit
- banc tywod (“sandbank”)
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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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. |