banc

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English bank, from Old French banc. Doublet of banco, bank, and bench.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

1. A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
2. A tribunal or court.
   • 1822, House of Lords, The Sessional Papers 1801-1833, volume 137, page 91:

     all the banc business of each county must be done in that county

Derived terms

• en banc, in banc, court in banc

Related terms

• banco

Etymology 2

Respelling of bank.

Noun

banc (plural bancs)

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

Further reading

• “banc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

References

• Texas Finance Code [1]

Anagrams

• NBCA, bacn

Catalan

Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• arquibanc
• banc central
• bancada
• bancal
• bancar
• bancari
• banquet
• caixabanc
• embancar

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: ban, bancs, bans

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• banc de fidèle
• banc de l’œuvre
• banc de neige
• banc de sable
• banc de touche
• banc d’église
• banc d’essai
• banc d’œuvre
• char à bancs
• en banc

 

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Irish

Alternative forms

• bainc

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bˠaŋk/
• (Munster) IPA^(key): /bˠɑʊŋk/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bʲæŋk/ (as if spelled beanc)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of binse.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

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

Declension

Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• baincéir
• banc bia
• banc fola
• banc imréitithe
• banc lascaine
• banc speirme
• banc taisce
• bithbhanc
• cuntas bainc
• féile bainc
• giolla bainc
• leabhar bainc
• nóta bainc
• príomhbhanc
• ráiteas bainc
• saorlá bainc

 

Related terms

• panc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)

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

Declension

Declension of banc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative banc bainc Vocative a bhainc a bhanca Genitive bainc banc Dative banc bainc

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an banc na bainc Genitive an bhainc na mbanc Dative leis an mbanc don bhanc leis na bainc

Derived terms

• bancán m (“(small) bank”) (of earth)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
banc	bhanc	mbanc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “banc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “banc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Noun

banc f or m

1. bench, seat
2. judicial bench

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

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

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• banc d'sablion (“sandbank”)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French banc.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

banc n (plural bancuri)

1. sand bank

Declension

Declension of banc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) banc	bancul	(niște) bancuri	bancurile
genitive/dative	(unui) banc	bancului	(unor) bancuri	bancurilor
vocative	bancule		bancurilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋk/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bank, from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Old Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of mainc.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

1. bank (financial institution)

Derived terms

• banc canolog m (“central bank”)
• bancio (“bank”, verb)
• bancwr m (“banker”)

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (plural banciau)

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

   Synonym: glan

Derived terms

• banc tywod (“sandbank”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
banc	fanc	manc	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.