banc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bæŋk/
• Homophone: bank

Etymology 1

Old French banc.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. 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

Etymology 2

Respelling of bank.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. (US, business) Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the word bank

References

• Texas Finance Code [1]

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /bɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /bA~/

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

1. bench (seat)
2. bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)
3. bank, shoal, school (of fish)

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠaŋk]

Etymology 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-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”).

Noun

banc m (genitive bainc, nominative plural bainc)

1. bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)

Declension

Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• baincéir
• bithbhanc

Etymology 2

From Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (genitive bainc, nominative plural bainc)

1. bank (of a river or lake)

Declension

Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banc	bhanc	mbanc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Jèrriais

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

1. bench