banc

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bæŋk/
• Homophone: bank

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French banc. Doublet of bank.

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

• en banc, in banc

Etymology 2

Respelling of bank.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. (US, business) Used to associate a non-banking 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

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• bancari
• banquet

Further reading

• “banc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃/

• audio:

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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Further reading

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

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Irish

Alternative forms

• bainc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠaŋk/

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”).

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: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• baincéir m (“banker”)
• banc bia m (“food bank”)
• banc fola m (“blood bank”)
• banc imréitithe m (“clearing-bank”)
• banc lascaine m (“discount-bank”)
• banc speirme m (“sperm bank”)
• banc taisce m (“savings-bank”)
• bithbhanc m (“biobank”)
• cuntas bainc m (“banking account”)
• giolla bainc m (“bank-messenger”)
• leabhar bainc m (“bank-book”)
• nóta bainc m (“bank-note”)
• príomhbhanc m (“prime bank”)
• saorlá bainc m, féile bainc m (“bank-holiday”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), 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: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banc	bhanc	mbanc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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, 2013-2024

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

banc f or m

1. bench, seat
2. judicial bench

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: bank
  • Afrikaans: bank
  • Javindo: bang
  • Negerhollands: bank, banki
  • → Lokono: bañka
  • → Papiamentu: banki
  • → Sranan Tongo: bangi
    • → Aukan: bangi
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bángi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: bangi
    • → Kari'na: bangi
    • → Saramaccan: bángi
• Limburgish: bank

Further reading

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

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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”)