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

FromMiddle Englishbank, fromOld Frenchbanc.Doublet ofbanco,bank, andbench.

banc (pluralbancs)

1. Abench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
2. Atribunal orcourt.
   • 1822, House of Lords,The Sessional Papers 1801-1833, volume137, page91:

     all thebanc business of each county must be done in that county

• en banc,in banc,court in banc

• banco

Respelling ofbank.

banc (pluralbancs)

1. (US,business)Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the wordbank

• “banc”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.

• Texas Finance Code[1]

• NBCA,bacn

OfGermanic origin, ultimately fromProto-Germanic*bankiz(“bench”).

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

banc m (pluralbancs)

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

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

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

FromOld High Germanbanc, fromFrankish andProto-West Germanic*banki, fromProto-Germanic*bankiz(“bench”). Doublet ofbanque.

• IPA^(key):/bɑ̃/

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• Homophones:ban,bancs,bans

banc m (pluralbancs)

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

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

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

• bainc

• IPA^(key):/bˠaŋk/
• (Munster)IPA^(key):/bˠɑʊŋk/^[1]
• (Aran)IPA^(key):/bʲæŋk/^[2](as if spelledbeanc)

Borrowed fromMiddle Englishbanke, fromMiddle Frenchbanque, fromOld Italianbanca(“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), fromLombardicbank(“bench, counter”), fromProto-Germanic*bankiz(“bench, counter”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeg-(“to turn, curve, bend, bow”).Doublet ofbinse.

banc m (genitive singularbainc,nominative pluralbaincorbancanna)

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

• panc

Borrowed fromMiddle Englishbanke, fromOld Englishbanc(“bank, hillock, embankment”), fromProto-West Germanic*banki, fromProto-Germanic*bankô.

banc m (genitive singularbainc,nominative pluralbaincorbancanna)

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

• bancán m(“(small) bank”)(of earth)

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

FromOld Dutch*bank, fromProto-West Germanic*banki, fromProto-Germanic*bankiz.

banc f orm

1. bench,seat
2. judicialbench

This noun needs aninflection-table template.

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

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

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banc m (pluralbancs)

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

• banc d'sablion(“sandbank”)

Borrowed fromFrenchbanc.

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banc n (pluralbancuri)

1. sandbank

• IPA^(key):/baŋk/

Borrowed fromEnglishbank,^[1] fromMiddle Englishbanke, fromMiddle Frenchbanque, fromOld Italianbanca(“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), fromLombardicbank(“bench, counter”), fromProto-West Germanic*banki, fromProto-Germanic*bankiz(“bench, counter”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰeg-(“to turn, curve, bend, bow”).Doublet ofmainc.

banc m (pluralbanciau)

1. bank(financial institution)

Borrowed fromMiddle Englishbanke, fromOld Englishbanca, fromProto-Germanic*bankô.^[1]

banc m (pluralbanciau)

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

   Synonym:glan

• banc tywod(“sandbank”)