bancal
English
Etymology
Noun
bancal (plural bancales)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “bancal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
Etymology
From Old Occitan bancal, from Medieval Latin bancalis, from the base of Proto-Germanic *bankiz + -alis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
bancal (feminine bancale, masculine plural bancals, feminine plural bancales)
- bandy-legged (of person)
- rickety, wobbly (of table etc.)
Further reading
- “bancal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Venetian
Alternative forms
Noun
bancal m (plural bancałi)
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