banque

See also: banqué and bànque

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French banque, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃k/

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Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. bank

See also

• bancaire

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)

References

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

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Norman

Etymology

Ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Noun

banque f (plural banques)

1. (Jersey) bank

Derived terms

• bantchi¹ (“to bank”)
• bantchi² (“banker”)

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Portuguese

Verb

banque

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Spanish

Verb

banque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bancar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bancar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bancar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bancar.