ban

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Noun 1.2.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.2.3 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.4.1.1 Derived terms 1.4.1.2 Synonyms 1.5 Anagrams 2 Indonesian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 3 Irish 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 4 Japanese 4.1 Noun 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin syllable 5.1.1 Usage notes 6 Mapudungun 6.1 Noun 6.2 Verb 6.2.1 Conjugation 7 O'odham 7.1 Noun 8 Old English 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Noun 9 Romanian 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Declension 9.1.2 Usage notes 9.1.3 Derived terms 10 Volapük 10.1 Etymology 10.2 Noun 11 Welsh 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 Mutation

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

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

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannan (“‘curse, forbid’”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰa- (“‘say’”). Cognate with German bannen and Armenian բան (ban).

[edit] Verb

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

1. To forbid or block from participation.

   Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

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• forbid
• prohibit
• disallow

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[edit] Noun

ban (plural bans)

1. prohibition

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• black ban
• total fire ban

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[edit] See also

• banns

[edit] Etymology 2

From Romanian

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[edit] 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

[edit] Etymology 3

From Banburismus; coined by Alan Turing.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Derived terms

• deciban

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• dit
• hartley

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• Alphagram: ABN
• nab, NAB
• NBA

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[edit] Indonesian

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

ban

1. tyre / tire

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ban]

[edit] Noun

ban

1. Genitive plural of bean 'woman'

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ban (hiragana ばん)

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

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[edit] Mandarin

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ban

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, bān, bǎn, or bàn.

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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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[edit] Mapudungun

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ban (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. death

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ban (using Raguileo Alphabet)

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

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ban

1. coyote

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Germanic *baina-. 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’”)).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ba:n/

[edit] Noun

bān n. (plural bān)

1. bone; a bone

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Noun

ban m. (plural bani)

1. money; coin

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[edit] Usage notes

Usually used in the plural form, bani

[edit] Derived terms

• bancnotă (paper money, bank note)

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[edit] Volapük

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French bain

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ban

1. bath

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[edit] Welsh

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ban m.

1. peak

[edit] Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ban	fan	man	unchanged