banc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk
• Homophone: bank

Etymology 1

From Middle English bank, from Old French banc. Doublet of banco, bank, and bench.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
2. 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

Derived terms

• court in banc
• en banc
• in banc

Related terms

• banco

Etymology 2

A respelling of bank.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

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

Further reading

• “banc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

References

• Texas Finance Code [1]

Anagrams

• NBCA, bacn

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbaŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaŋk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

1. bench
2. bank (for money)
3. bank (geographical feature)
4. shoal (of fish)

Derived terms

• arquibanc
• banc central
• bancada
• bancal
• bancar
• bancari
• banquet
• caixabanc
• embancar

Descendants

• → Gallurese: bancu
• → Sardinian: bancu (Logudorese), → bangu (Campidanese)
• → Sassarese: bancu

Further reading

• “banc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

French

Etymology

From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃/

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• Homophones: ban, bancs, bans

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• banc de fidèle
• banc de l'œuvre
• banc de neige
• banc de sable
• banc de touche
• banc d'église
• banc d'essai
• banc d'œuvre
• char à bancs
• en banc

Descendants

• → Breton: bank
• → English: banc
• → Romanian: bancă
• → Sango: bâan
• → Turkish: bank

Further reading

• “banc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Alternative forms

• bainc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠaŋk/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑʊŋk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bʲæŋk/ (as if spelled beanc)

Etymology 1

Borrowed 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”). Doublet of binse.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

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

Declension

Declension of banc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banc bainc vocative a bhainc a bhanca genitive bainc banc dative banc bainc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banc na bainc genitive an bhainc na mbanc dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• baincéir
• banc bia
• banc fola
• banc imréitithe
• banc lascaine
• banc speirme
• banc taisce
• bithbhanc
• cuntas bainc
• féile bainc
• giolla bainc
• leabhar bainc
• nóta bainc
• príomhbhanc
• ráiteas bainc
• saorlá bainc

Related terms

• panc

Etymology 2

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

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

1. (geography) bank (of a river or lake)

Declension

Declension of banc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative banc bainc vocative a bhainc a bhanca genitive bainc banc dative banc bainc forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an banc na bainc genitive an bhainc na mbanc dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• bancán m (“(small) bank”) (of earth)

Mutation

Mutated forms of banc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
banc	bhanc	mbanc

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “banc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “banc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “banc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

banc f or m

1. bench, seat
2. judicial bench

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	banc	banke
accusative	banc	banke
genitive	bancs	banke
dative	banke	banken

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	banc	banke
accusative	banc	banke
genitive	banc, banke	banke
dative	banc, banke	banken

Descendants

• Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • Afrikaans: bank
• Limburgish: bank

Further reading

• “banc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “banc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

1. (Jersey) seat, bench
2. (Jersey, nautical) thwart

Derived terms

• banc d'sablion (“sandbank”)

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *banku, a variant of Proto-West Germanic *banki and *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, *bankô, respectively.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑnk/, [bɑŋk]

Noun

banc f

1. bench
2. hillock; barrow

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	banc	banca, bance
accusative	bance	banca, bance
genitive	bance	banca
dative	bance	bancum

Related terms

• benċ
• hōbanca

Descendants

• Middle English: bank, banke
  • English: bank
  • Scots: bank

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banc.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

banc n (plural bancuri)

1. sand bank

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	banc	bancul		bancuri	bancurile
genitive-dative	banc	bancului		bancuri	bancurilor
vocative	bancule			bancurilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bank, 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-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of mainc.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

1. bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

• banc canolog (“central bank”)
• bancio (“bank”)
• bancwr (“banker”)
• gŵyl y banc (“bank holiday”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

1. rising ground, hill, slope
2. bank (in a sea or river, e.g. sandbank, mudbank)
3. bank (of a river or lake)

   Synonym: glan

Derived terms

• banc tywod (“sandbank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of banc

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
banc	fanc	manc	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.