banque
English
Etymology
Noun
banque (plural banques)
- Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
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
Noun
banque f (plural banques)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- 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
Further reading
- “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
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
banque f (plural banques)
- bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)
Descendants
References
- Etymology and history of “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).
Noun
banque f (plural banques)
Derived terms
Portuguese
Verb
banque
- inflection of bancar:
Spanish
Verb
banque
- inflection of bancar:
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