bane

English

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪn

Etymology 1

Middle English, from Old English bana; akin to Old High German bano (“death”).

Noun

bane (plural banes)

1. A cause of misery or death; an affliction or curse

   The bane of my existence

2. (obsolete) A killer, murderer, slayer
3. (dated) Poison, especially any of several poisonous plants

Antonyms

• (affliction or curse): boon

Derived terms

• baneberry
• baneful
• boon and bane
• wolfsbane

Translations

killer — see killer

source of harm or ruin; affliction

Bulgarian: зло (bg), напаст (bg) Danish: bane (da) Dutch: verderf n. Finnish: riesa (fi), kirous (fi), vaikeus (fi) German: Ruin (de) m., Verderben (de) n.

Italian: rovina (it) f., flagello (it) m., piaga (it) f. Norwegian: bane (no) m. Portuguese: desgraça (pt) f. Spanish: desgracia (es) f., maldición (es) f., ruina (es) f., perdición (es) f.

Verb

bane (third-person singular simple present banes, present participle baning, simple past and past participle baned)

1. (transitive) To kill, especially by poison; to be the poison of.
2. (transitive) To be the bane of.

Translations

to (kill by) poison — see poison

to be the poison of

Spanish: envenenar (es), intoxicar (es)

to be the bane of

Dutch: verderven (nl), ruïneren (nl) Norwegian: bane (no) m.

Spanish: maldecir (es)

Etymology 2

From Middle English northern dialect ban, from Old English bān

Noun

bane (plural banes)

1. (chiefly Scotland) A bone

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• bean
• Bena

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Dutch

Verb

bane

1. singular present subjunctive of banen.

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Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish bán, from Proto-Celtic *bāno- (“white”).

Adjective

bane (comparative, superlative and plural baney)

1. white, blank, pallid
   • Er cabbyl bane va mee.
     • My mount was a white horse.
   • Haink daah bane yn aggle er.
     • He blanched with fear.
2. fair, blonde
   • Shen Illiam Bane.
     • That's fair-haired William.
3. fallow
   • Faag y magher bane.
     • Leave the field lea.

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Norwegian

Noun

bane

1. A trajectory
2. A railway line
3. A sports field.
4. A racing track.

Inflection

    Inflection of bane

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	bane	baneen	banee	banene
Nynorsk m	bane	banen	banar	banane
Nynorsk f	bane [bana]	bana	baner [banor]	banene [banone]

Noun

bane

1. A death (by murder)