bank
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bæŋk/
- (Tasmanian) IPA: /bɔŋk/
- (North American usually) IPA: /beɪŋk/ or IPA: /bæɪŋk/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋk
Etymology 1 [edit]
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”). Cognate with Old High German banc, banch (“counter, bench”), Old English benc (“bench”). More at bench.
Noun [edit]
bank (plural banks)
- An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
- A branch office of such an institution
- An underwriter or controller of a card game, also banque.
- A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from bank
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
institution
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branch office of such an institution
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storage for important goods
Verb [edit]
bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)
- (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution.
- He banked with Barclays.
- (transitive) To put into a bank.
- I'm going to bank the money.
Translations [edit]
to deal with a bank or financial institution
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to put into bank
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Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
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”).
Noun [edit]
bank (plural banks)
- (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
- (nautical, hydrology) 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).
- (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
- (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
- (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
- A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
- The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.
Translations [edit]
edge of river or lake
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an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
embankment, an earth slope
incline of an aircraft
Derived terms [edit]
terms derived from bank
Verb [edit]
bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)
- (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
- (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
- (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
- (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
Translations [edit]
to incline laterally in order to turn
to form into a bank
Etymology 3 [edit]
Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”).
Noun [edit]
bank (plural banks)
- 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.
- A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
Translations [edit]
row or panel of items
row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
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Verb [edit]
bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)
- (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.
Anagrams [edit]
Crimean Tatar [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank
- bank (financial institution)
Declension [edit]
declension of bank
| nominative | bank |
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| genitive | banknıñ |
| dative | bankqa |
| accusative | banknı |
| locative | bankta |
| ablative | banktan |
Danish [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”).
Noun [edit]
bank c (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)
- bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage)
Derived terms [edit]
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bank
Etymology 2 [edit]
From German Bank (“bench”).
Noun [edit]
bank c
- only used in certain expressions
Derived terms [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank n (singular definite banket, plural indefinite bank)
Synonyms [edit]
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bank
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative, dative and accusative | bank | banket | bank | bankene |
| genitive | banks | bankets | banks | bankenes |
Verb [edit]
bank
- imperative of banke
Dutch [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank m, f (plural banken, diminutive bankje)
- bank (financial institution)
- couch, sofa, bench
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Derived terms [edit]
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Hungarian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank (plural bankok)
- bank (financial institution)
Declension [edit]
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declension of bank
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Derived terms [edit]
- Compound words
Maltese [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank m (plural banek)
Noun [edit]
bank m (plural bankijiet)
Middle English [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank (plural banks)
- the bank of a river or lake
Norwegian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /bɑŋk/
Noun [edit]
bank m
Inflection [edit]
Inflection of bank
Polish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [bãŋk]
Noun [edit]
bank m (plural banki)
Declension [edit]
declension of bank
Derived terms [edit]
Swedish [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank c
- a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
- a bank (place of storage)
- a bank (of a river of lake)
- a sandbank
Declension [edit]
Declension of bank
Derived terms [edit]
- affärsbank
- bankdirektör
- bankir
- bankkontor
- bankvalv
- blodbank
- centralbank
- databank
- handelsbank
- investeringsbank
- provinsbank
- riksbank
- spermabank
- strandbank
- världsbank
- Västbanken
Turkish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From French banc.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈbɑŋk/
Noun [edit]
bank
- bench (long seat)
Volapük [edit]
Noun [edit]
bank (plural banks)
- bank (financial institution)
Declension [edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Old Italian
- English terms derived from Lombardic
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English nouns
- English verbs
- English terms derived from Old English
- en:Hydrology
- en:Nautical
- en:Geography
- en:Aviation
- en:Rail transportation
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Frankish
- Crimean Tatar nouns
- Danish terms derived from French
- Danish terms derived from Italian
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish verb forms
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch nouns
- Hungarian nouns
- hu:Banking
- hu:Buildings
- Maltese nouns
- Middle English nouns
- Norwegian nouns
- Polish nouns
- Swedish nouns
- sv:Finance
- Turkish terms derived from French
- Turkish nouns
- Volapük nouns
