bander

See also: Bänder

English

Etymology

From band +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

bander (plural banders)

1. (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds.

   Synonym: birdbander

   • 1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.

2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.
   • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75:

     The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.

Translations

one who bands birds

• Finnish: rengastaja (fi)

Anagrams

• Braden, Berdan, debran, Benard, barned, Redban, Bednar, Brenda, Barden, reband

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bander, from Old French bander, bender, from Frankish *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną. Cognate with English bend.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.de/

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Verb

bander

1. (transitive) to bandage
2. (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
3. (intransitive, colloquial) to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on

   Je bande pour toi.

   I’ve got a hard-on for you.

   • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Fernande”, in Fernande:

     Quand je pense à Fernande / Je bande, je bande

     When I think of Fernande / I get hard, I get hard

   • 1981, “Être une femme”, performed by Michel Sardou:

     Maîtriser à fond le système / Accéder au pouvoir suprême / S’installer à la Présidence / Et de là faire bander la France

     Completely controlling the system / Achieving supreme power / Installing myself as president / And giving all of France a hard-on

Conjugation

Conjugation of bander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bandant /bɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bandé /bɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bande /bɑ̃d/	bandes /bɑ̃d/	bande /bɑ̃d/	bandons /bɑ̃.dɔ̃/	bandez /bɑ̃.de/	bandent /bɑ̃d/
	imperfect	bandais /bɑ̃.dɛ/	bandais /bɑ̃.dɛ/	bandait /bɑ̃.dɛ/	bandions /bɑ̃.djɔ̃/	bandiez /bɑ̃.dje/	bandaient /bɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	bandai /bɑ̃.de/	bandas /bɑ̃.da/	banda /bɑ̃.da/	bandâmes /bɑ̃.dam/	bandâtes /bɑ̃.dat/	bandèrent /bɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	banderai /bɑ̃.dʁe/	banderas /bɑ̃.dʁa/	bandera /bɑ̃.dʁa/	banderons /bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	banderez /bɑ̃.dʁe/	banderont /bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	banderais /bɑ̃.dʁɛ/	banderais /bɑ̃.dʁɛ/	banderait /bɑ̃.dʁɛ/	banderions /bɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	banderiez /bɑ̃.də.ʁje/	banderaient /bɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	bande /bɑ̃d/	bandes /bɑ̃d/	bande /bɑ̃d/	bandions /bɑ̃.djɔ̃/	bandiez /bɑ̃.dje/	bandent /bɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	bandasse /bɑ̃.das/	bandasses /bɑ̃.das/	bandât /bɑ̃.da/	bandassions /bɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	bandassiez /bɑ̃.da.sje/	bandassent /bɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bande /bɑ̃d/	—	bandons /bɑ̃.dɔ̃/	bandez /bɑ̃.de/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• bander comme un âne
• bander comme un cerf
• bander comme un taureau
• bander comme un Turc

 

Further reading

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