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==English==
==English==
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[[Image:BluegrassBanjo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A bluegrass banjo]]
[[Image:BluegrassBanjo.jpg|thumb|right|150px|A bluegrass banjo]]
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===Etymology===
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# {{lb|en|musical instruments}} A stringed musical instrument ([[chordophone]]) with a round body, a [[membrane]]-like [[soundboard]] and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings; by extension, any musicologically similar instrument, like the Tuvan [[doshpuluur]], with a membrane-like soundboard.
# {{lb|en|musical instruments}} A stringed musical instrument ([[chordophone]]) with a round body, a [[membrane]]-like [[soundboard]] and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
#: ''I come from Alabama with my '''banjo''' on my knee...''
#: ''I come from Alabama with my '''banjo''' on my knee...''
# {{lb|en|musical instruments|inexact}} A [[musical instrument]] [[similar]] to the [[banjo]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} An object shaped like a banjo, especially a [[frying pan]] or a [[shovel]].
# {{lb|en|slang}} An object shaped like a banjo, especially a [[frying pan]] or a [[shovel]].
# {{lb|en|UK|Dagenham}} A [[cul-de-sac]] with a round end.
# {{lb|en|UK|Dagenham}} A [[cul-de-sac]] with a round end.
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#* '''2013''', Martin Crookston, ''Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?''
#* '''2013''', Martin Crookston, ''Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?''
#*: The '''banjo''' format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green {{...}}
#*: The '''banjo''' format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green {{...}}

====Synonyms====
* {{sense|instruments similar to the banjo proper}} {{l|en|doshpuluur}}


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
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{{en-verb}}
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# To play the [[banjo]]
# To [[play]] the [[banjo]].
# {{lb|en|slang|British}} To beat; to knock down
# {{lb|en|slang|British}} To [[beat]], to [[knock down]].
#* '''1989''', Susan S. M. Edwards, ''Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State'', page 95
#* '''1989''', Susan S. M. Edwards, ''Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State'', page 95
#*: Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a ''''banjoing'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> but that she had asked for it.
#*: Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a ''''banjoing'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> but that she had asked for it.
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===References===
===References===
====Citations====
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* 2006. [https://books.google.com/books?id=wpP0xMm7ivMC&pg=PA22&dq=%22banjo+is%22+round+body&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMI48GXzdvKxwIVyxg-Ch2pfAz6#v=onepage&q=%22banjo%20is%22%20round%20body&f=false ''Music'']. Alice Parkinson. Pg. 22.
* Alice Parkinson, ''Music'' (2006), [https://books.google.com/books?id=wpP0xMm7ivMC&pg=PA22 p. 22.]


[[Category:en:String instruments]]
[[Category:en:String instruments]]

Revision as of 20:58, 4 September 2018

See also: Banjo, banjô, and banjō

English

A bluegrass banjo
English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

A corruption of bandore, from the pronunciation of African slaves.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)

  1. (music) A stringed musical instrument (chordophone) with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
    I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
  2. (music, inexact) A musical instrument similar to the banjo.
  3. (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
  4. (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
    • 1963, Peter Willmott, The Evolution of a Community (page 75)
      They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a "knees-up".
    • 2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London
      Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.
    • 2013, Martin Crookston, Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?
      The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]

Synonyms

  • (instruments similar to the banjo proper): doshpuluur

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Descendants

Translations

See also

Verb

banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)

  1. To play the banjo.
  2. (slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
    • 1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95
      Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.
    • 1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar."(Sport), Sunday Mailm Jan 4, 1998
      Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
    • 2007, "Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero", Times Online, Jul 31, 2007
      "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.

References

Citations

  1. ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “banjo”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

Bibliography

  • Alice Parkinson, Music (2006), p. 22.

Czech

Noun

banjo n

  1. banjo

Declension

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Synonyms

Further reading

Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

banjo

  1. banjo

Declension

Inflection of banjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative banjo banjot
genitive banjon banjojen
partitive banjoa banjoja
illative banjoon banjoihin
singular plural
nominative banjo banjot
accusative nom. banjo banjot
gen. banjon
genitive banjon banjojen
partitive banjoa banjoja
inessive banjossa banjoissa
elative banjosta banjoista
illative banjoon banjoihin
adessive banjolla banjoilla
ablative banjolta banjoilta
allative banjolle banjoille
essive banjona banjoina
translative banjoksi banjoiksi
abessive banjotta banjoitta
instructive — banjoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of banjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative banjoni banjoni
accusative nom. banjoni banjoni
gen. banjoni
genitive banjoni banjojeni
partitive banjoani banjojani
inessive banjossani banjoissani
elative banjostani banjoistani
illative banjooni banjoihini
adessive banjollani banjoillani
ablative banjoltani banjoiltani
allative banjolleni banjoilleni
essive banjonani banjoinani
translative banjokseni banjoikseni
abessive banjottani banjoittani
instructive — —
comitative — banjoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative banjosi banjosi
accusative nom. banjosi banjosi
gen. banjosi
genitive banjosi banjojesi
partitive banjoasi banjojasi
inessive banjossasi banjoissasi
elative banjostasi banjoistasi
illative banjoosi banjoihisi
adessive banjollasi banjoillasi
ablative banjoltasi banjoiltasi
allative banjollesi banjoillesi
essive banjonasi banjoinasi
translative banjoksesi banjoiksesi
abessive banjottasi banjoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative banjomme banjomme
accusative nom. banjomme banjomme
gen. banjomme
genitive banjomme banjojemme
partitive banjoamme banjojamme
inessive banjossamme banjoissamme
elative banjostamme banjoistamme
illative banjoomme banjoihimme
adessive banjollamme banjoillamme
ablative banjoltamme banjoiltamme
allative banjollemme banjoillemme
essive banjonamme banjoinamme
translative banjoksemme banjoiksemme
abessive banjottamme banjoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative banjonne banjonne
accusative nom. banjonne banjonne
gen. banjonne
genitive banjonne banjojenne
partitive banjoanne banjojanne
inessive banjossanne banjoissanne
elative banjostanne banjoistanne
illative banjoonne banjoihinne
adessive banjollanne banjoillanne
ablative banjoltanne banjoiltanne
allative banjollenne banjoillenne
essive banjonanne banjoinanne
translative banjoksenne banjoiksenne
abessive banjottanne banjoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — banjoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative banjonsa banjonsa
accusative nom. banjonsa banjonsa
gen. banjonsa
genitive banjonsa banjojensa
partitive banjoaan
banjoansa 		banjojaan
banjojansa
inessive banjossaan
banjossansa 		banjoissaan
banjoissansa
elative banjostaan
banjostansa 		banjoistaan
banjoistansa
illative banjoonsa banjoihinsa
adessive banjollaan
banjollansa 		banjoillaan
banjoillansa
ablative banjoltaan
banjoltansa 		banjoiltaan
banjoiltansa
allative banjolleen
banjollensa 		banjoilleen
banjoillensa
essive banjonaan
banjonansa 		banjoinaan
banjoinansa
translative banjokseen
banjoksensa 		banjoikseen
banjoiksensa
abessive banjottaan
banjottansa 		banjoittaan
banjoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — banjoineen
banjoinensa

French

Pronunciation

Noun

banjo m (plural banjos)

  1. banjo

References

Gothic

Romanization

banjō

  1. (deprecated template usage) Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐍉

Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish banjo, from English banjo.

Noun

banjo

  1. banjo

Italian

Noun

banjo m (invariable)

  1. (music) banjo

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

From English banjo, 18th century black American rendition of bandore.

Noun

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoer, definite plural banjoene)

  1. (music) a banjo

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From English banjo, as above.

Noun

banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoar, definite plural banjoane)

  1. (music) a banjo

References

Portuguese

Noun

banjo m (plural s)

  1. (music) banjo (a musical instrument)

Spanish

Noun

banjo m (plural banjoes)

  1. banjo

Swedish

Noun

banjo c

  1. (music) banjo

Declension

Declension of banjo 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative banjo banjon banjor banjorna
Genitive banjos banjons banjors banjornas

West Frisian

Noun

banjo c (plural banjo's)

  1. banjo
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