bank

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See also Bank, and bänk

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /bæŋk/
  • (Tasmanian) IPA: /bɔŋk/
  • (North American usually) IPA: /beɪŋk/ or IPA: /bæɪŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -æŋk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), of Germanic origin, from Lombardic *bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English banc, benc (“bench”). More at bench.

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bank (plural banks)

  1. An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
  2. A branch office of such an institution
  3. An underwriter or controller of a card game, also banque.
  4. A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
    blood bank
    sperm bank
    data bank
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terms derived from bank
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[edit] Translations
institution
branch office of such an institution
controller of a card game
storage for important goods

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bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

  1. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution.
    He banked with Barclays.
  2. (transitive) To put into a bank.
    I'm going to bank the money.
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to deal with a bank or financial institution
to put into bank
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[edit] Etymology 2

Middle English banke, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”).

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bank (plural banks)

  1. An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
  2. (nautical) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank).
  3. A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
  4. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
  5. (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
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edge of river or lake
an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
embankment, an earth slope
incline of an aircraft
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terms derived from bank

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bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

  1. (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
  2. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
  3. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
  4. (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
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to incline laterally in order to turn
to make incline in turn
to form into a bank
to cover in ashes

[edit] Etymology 3

Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”)

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bank (plural banks)

  1. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
    a bank of switches
    • 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, BBC Sport:
      Wanderers were finally woken from their slumber when Kevin Davies brought a fine save out of Brad Guzan while, minutes after the restart, Klasnic was blocked out by a bank of Villa defenders.
  2. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
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row or panel of items
row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard

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bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

  1. (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

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bank

  1. bank (financial institution)

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    declension of bank
nominative bank
genitive banknıñ
dative bankqa
accusative banknı
locative bankta
ablative banktan

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[edit] Etymology 1

From French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”).

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bank c. (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)

  1. bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage)
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[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of bank
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bank banken banker bankerne
genitive banks bankens bankers bankernes

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From German Bank (“bench”).

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bank c.

  1. only used in certain expressions
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bank n. (singular definite banket, plural indefinite bank)

  1. knock (an abrupt rapping sound)
  2. (pl.) a beating
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[edit] Inflection
    Inflection of bank
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative bank banket bank bankene
genitive banks bankets banks bankenes

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bank

  1. imperative of banke

[edit] Dutch

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From Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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bank m. and f. (??? please provide the plural!, diminutive bankje)

  1. bank (financial institution)
  2. couch, sofa, bench

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bank (plural bankok)

  1. bank (financial institution)

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declension of bank
singular plural
nominative bank bankok
accusative bankot bankokat
dative banknak bankoknak
instrumental bankkal bankokkal
causal-final bankért bankokért
translative bankká bankokká
terminative bankig bankokig
essive-formal bankként bankokként
essive-modal - -
inessive bankban bankokban
superessive bankon bankokon
adessive banknál bankoknál
illative bankba bankokba
sublative bankra bankokra
allative bankhoz bankokhoz
elative bankból bankokból
delative bankról bankokról
ablative banktól bankoktól
possessives of bank
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. bankom bankjaim
2nd person sing. bankod bankjaid
3rd person sing. bankja bankjai
1st person plural bankunk bankjaink
2nd person plural bankotok bankjaitok
3rd person plural bankjuk bankjaik

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Compound words

[edit] Maltese

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bank m. (plural banek)

  1. bank

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bank m. (plural bankijiet)

  1. bench

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bank (plural banks)

  1. the bank of a river or lake

[edit] Norwegian

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  • IPA: /bɑŋk/

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bank m.

  1. bank

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    Inflection of bank
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m bank banken banker bankene
Nynorsk m bank banken bankar bankane

[edit] Polish

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  • IPA: [bãŋk]

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bank m. (plural banki)

  1. bank

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    declension of bank
singular plural
nominative bank banki
genitive banku banków
dative bankowi bankom
accusative bank banki
instrumental bankiem bankami
locative banku bankach
vocative banku banki

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bank c.

  1. a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
  2. a bank (place of storage)
  3. a bank (of a river of lake)
  4. a sandbank

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Declension of bank
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bank banken banker bankerna
genitive banks bankens bankers bankernas

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[edit] Turkish

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From French banc.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈbɑŋk/

[edit] Noun

bank

  1. bench (long seat)

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Noun

bank (plural banks)

  1. bank (financial institution)

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declension of bank
singular plural
nominative bank banks
genitive banka bankas
dative banke bankes
accusative banki bankis
predicative banku bankus
vocative o bank! o banks!
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