bande

See also: Bande, bandé, bände, Bände, and ban-dè

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

• IPA^(key): /bandə/, [ˈb̥and̥ə]

Noun

bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)

1. gang (a group of people united for the purpose of crime or vandalism)

Inflection

Declension of bande

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bande	banden	bander	banderne
genitive	bandes	bandens	banders	bandernes

Derived terms

• bandekrig
• bandekriminalitet
• bandeleder
• bandemedlem
• bandemiljø
• bandeopgør
• drengebande
• indvandrerbande
• narkobande
• røverbande
• tyvebande
• ungdomsbande

 

References

• “bande,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Borrowed via German Bande from French bande, which is borrowed from Frankish *binda (“join, link”) (cf. also German Binde (“bandage”), Danish bind).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bandə/, [ˈb̥and̥ə]

Noun

bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)

1. barrier, cushion (e.g. in billiards or hockey)

Inflection

Declension of bande

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bande	banden	bander	banderne
genitive	bandes	bandens	banders	bandernes

Derived terms

• bandereklame
• bandespil

 

References

• “bande,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /banə/, [ˈb̥anə]

Verb

bande (past tense bandede, past participle bandet)

1. to curse (to use offensive language)

Inflection

Inflection of bande

	present	past
simple	bander	bandede
perfect	har bandet	havde bandet
passive	bandes	—
participle	bandende	bandet
imperative	band	—
infinitive	bande	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	banden	—

Derived terms

• band
• banden
• bandeord
• banderi
• forbande

 

References

• “bande,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bande

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of bannen

Anagrams

• baden

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃d/

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Etymology 1

From Frankish *binda (“join, link”), cognate with English bind, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).

Noun

bande f (plural bandes)

1. band, strip
2. stripe
3. strip (e.g. magnetic strip)
4. (billiards) cushion
5. (heraldry) bend
6. soundtrack

Derived terms

• bandage
• bande d'arrêt d'urgence
• bande de circulation
• bande de Gaza
• bande dessinée
• bande magnétique
• bande passante
• bande perforée
• bande sonore
• bande transporteuse
• faire bande à part
• maison en bande
• plate-bande

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: banda
• → Turkish: bant

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 quote)

3. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you

   Bande de voyous!

   You hooligans!

Derived terms

• chef de bande

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

• “bande”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Noun

bande f

1. plural of banda

Anagrams

• benda

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Middle English

Noun

bande

1. Alternative form of band

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbande]

Noun

bande f

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