Wiktionary

banque

See also: banqué and bànque

English

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Etymology

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From French banque (“bank”).

Noun

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banque (plural banques)

  1. Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”)

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French

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Etymology

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From Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃k/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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banque f (plural banques)

  1. bank

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Descendants

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Borrowings

Some may be via other European languages.

  • Arabic: بنك (bank)
  • Breton: bank
  • Danish: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Haitian Creole: labank (from la banque)
  • Limburgish: bank
  • Lingala: bánka
  • Luxembourgish: Bank
  • Ngazidja Comorian: banki
  • Norwegian: bank
  • Odia: ବାଙ୍କ୍ (bāṅk)
  • Persian: بانک (bânk) (see there for further descendants)
  • Turkish: banka
  • Wolof: bank
  • ⇒ Vietnamese: nhà băng

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Middle French

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Etymology

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    From Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

    Noun

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    banque f (plural banques)

    1. bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)

    Descendants

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    • French: banque (see there for further descendants)
    • Norman: banque
    • → Middle English: banke
      • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
      • Scots: baunk
      • → Irish: banc

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    Norman

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    Etymology

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    Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

    Noun

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    banque f (plural banques)

    1. (Jersey) bank

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    Portuguese

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    Verb

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    banque

    1. inflection of bancar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    Verb

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    banque

    1. inflection of bancar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative
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