ban

See also Appendix:Variations of "ban"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæn/, SAMPA: /b{n/
• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

From Middle English bannen, from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-Germanic *bannanan (“curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Armenian բան (ban).

Verb

ban (third-person singular simple present bans, present participle banning, simple past and past participle banned)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To summon; call out.
2. (transitive) To anathematise; pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; place under a ban.
3. (transitive) To curse; execrate.
4. (transitive) To prohibit; interdict; proscribe; forbid or block from participation.

   Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years.

5. (intransitive) To curse; utter curses or maledictions.

Synonyms

• forbid
• prohibit
• disallow

Translations

forbid

Bulgarian: забранявам (bg), анатемосвам (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 禁止 (zh) (jìnzhǐ) Finnish: kieltää (fi) French: interdire (fr), proscrire (fr) German: verbieten (de) Greek: απαγορεύω (el) Hungarian: tilt (hu), kitilt (hu) Indonesian: cekal Italian: espellere (it), vietare (it), censurare (it), bandire (it) Japanese: 禁止する (ja) (きんしする, kinshi-suru)

Korean: 금지하다 (ko) (geumji-hada) Latin: veto (la), interdico (la) Norwegian: forby (no), utelukke (no) Polish: zakazywać / zakazać Romanian: interzice (ro) Russian: запрещать (ru) (zapreščát') impf., запретить (ru) (zapretít') pf.; банить (ru) (bánit') impf., (internet, slang) забанить (ru) (zabánit') pf. Slovene: prepovedati (sl) Spanish: prohibir (es) Swedish: banna (sv) Telugu: నిషేధించు (nishaedhiMchu)

Noun

ban (plural bans)

1. prohibition
2. A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.

   Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice.

3. The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.

   He has sent abroad to assemble his ban and arriere ban.

   The Ban and the Arrierban are met armed in the field to choose a king.

   France was at such a Pinch..that they call'd their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long discussed, and in a manner antiquated.

   The ban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military services.''

   The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled ‘convoking the ban.

Related terms

• black ban
• total fire ban

Translations

prohibition

Bulgarian: забрана (bg), запрещение (bg), анатема (bg) Chinese: Mandarin: 禁止 (zh) (jìnzhǐ) Finnish: kielto (fi) French: interdiction (fr) German: Verbot (de) n. Greek: απαγόρευση (el) f. Italian: proibizione (it), divieto (it)

Japanese: 禁止 (ja) (きんし, kinshi) Korean: 금지 (ko) (geumji), 禁止 (ko) Norwegian: utvisning (no) m. and f., forvisning (no) m. and f., forvisning (no) f. Polish: zakaz m. Portuguese: proibição (pt) f. Russian: запрет (ru) (zaprét) m., запрещение (ru) (zapreščénije) n., бан (ru) (ban) m. (internet slang) Telugu: నిషేధము (nishaedhamu)

See also

• banns

Etymology 2

From Romanian of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân

Noun

ban (plural bani)

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu
2. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldavian леу

Translations

a subdivision of currency

Polish: ban (pl) m.

Etymology 3

From Banburismus; coined by Alan Turing.

Noun

ban (plural bans)

1. A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.

Derived terms

• deciban

Synonyms

• dit, hartley

See also

• bit, nat, qubit

Etymology 4

From South Slavic ban (cf. Serbo-Croatian bȃn), itself a borrowing from a Turkic language, probably from the Avar word bajan (“"ruler of the horde”), a derivation of the Proto-Turkic *bāj- (“rich, noble”).

Noun

ban (plural bans)

1. A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Translations

title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe

Polish: ban (pl) m.

Anagrams

• ABN
• nab, NAB
• NBA

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑn

Noun

ban m. (plural bannen, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. excommunication, denunciation
2. anathema which is cast upon one who is excommunicated
3. magic spell
4. (archaic) exile

Verb

ban

1. first-person singular present indicative of bannen.
2. imperative of bannen.

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Haitian Creole

Verb

ban

1. give

Synonyms

• ban
• bay

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch band (“band, connection, tire/tyre”)

Noun

ban

1. tyre / tire

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ban]

Noun

ban (pl)

1. genitive plural of bean

   of women

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Japanese

Adverb

ban (hiragana ばん)

1. all

Noun

ban (hiragana ばん)

1. 晩: evening
2. 番: guard
3. 判: size
4. 盤: board, block, disc

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Lojban

Rafsi

ban

1. Rafsi of bangu.

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Mandarin

Romanization

ban

1. Nonstandard spelling of bān.
2. Nonstandard spelling of bǎn.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bàn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mapudungun

Noun

ban (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. death

Verb

ban (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. To die.
2. First-person singular realis mood form of ban; I died; I have died.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ban (See Appendix:Mapudungun conjugation.)

Infinitive		ban
Root		ba-
Tense particles (See particles)		-a- (future tense)
		-pe- (past tense)
		-fu- (distant past tense)
person	singular			dual			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third	first	second	third
Realis mood	iñce	eymi	fey	iñciw	eymu	feygu	iñciñ	eymvn	feygvn
	ban	baymi	bay	bayu	baymu	baygu	bayiñ	baymvn	baygvn
Conditional mood	iñce	eymi	fey	iñciw	eymu	feygu	iñciñ	eymvn	feygvn
	bali	balimi	bale	baliyu	balimu	bale egu	baliyiñ	balimvn	bale egvn
Volitive mood	iñce	eymi	fey	iñciw	eymu	feygu	iñciñ	eymvn	feygvn
	baci	bage	bape	bayu	bamu	bape egu	bayiñ	bamvn	bape egvn

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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O'odham

Noun

ban

1. coyote

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bainan. Cognate with Old Frisian bēn, Old Saxon bēn (Dutch been (“bone, leg”)), Old High German bein (German Bein (“leg”)), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein (“bone”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑːn/

Noun

bān n. (nominative plural bān)

1. bone

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ban̪/

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Etymology 1

Noun

ban m.

1. ban (a subdivision of currency)

Declension

    declension of ban

	singular	plural
nominative	ban	bany
genitive	bana	banów
dative	banowi	banom
accusative	bana	bany
instrumental	banem	banami
locative	banie	banach
vocative	banie	bany

Etymology 2

From English ban

Noun

ban m.

1. ban (on the Internet)

Declension

    declension of ban

	singular	plural
nominative	ban	bany
genitive	bana	banów
dative	banowi	banom
accusative	bana	bany
instrumental	banem	banami
locative	banie	banach
vocative	banie	bany

Derived terms

• banować

Etymology 3

From Serbo-Croatian ban, from Turkish bajan

Noun

ban m.

1. ban (title)

Declension

    declension of ban

	singular	plural
nominative	ban	banowie
genitive	bana	banów
dative	banowi	banom
accusative	bana	banów
instrumental	banem	banami
locative	banie	banach
vocative	banie	banowie

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Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

ban m. (plural bani)

1. money; coin

Declension

declension of ban

	singular		plural
gender m.	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	un ban	banul	niște bani	banii
genitive/dative	unui ban	banului	unor bani	banilor

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural form, bani

See also

• bancnotă (paper money, bank note)
• monedă

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bâːn/

Noun

bȃn m. (Cyrillic spelling ба̑н)

1. ban (title)

Declension

    declension of ban

	singular	plural
nominative	bȃn	bánovi/bȃni
genitive	bana	bánōvā/bȃnā
dative	banu	banovima/banima
accusative	bana	banove/bane
vocative	bane	banovi/bani
locative	banu	banovima/banima
instrumental	banom	banovima/banima

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Vietnamese

Noun

ban

1. time

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Volapük

Etymology

From French bain

Noun

ban (plural bans)

1. bath

Declension

declension of ban

	singular	plural
nominative	ban	bans
genitive	bana	banas
dative	bane	banes
accusative	bani	banis
predicative	banu	banus
vocative	o ban!	o bans!

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Welsh

Noun

ban m.

1. peak

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ban	fan	man	unchanged