banc

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bæŋk/
  • Homophone: bank

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French banc. Doublet of bank.

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

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 at OneLook Dictionary Search

References
  • Texas Finance Code

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃/
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Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Further reading

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bˠaŋk/

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”).

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 m (“banker”)
  • banc bia m (“food bank”)
  • banc fola m (“blood bank”)
  • banc imréitithe m (“clearing-bank”)
  • banc lascaine m (“discount-bank”)
  • banc speirme m (“sperm bank”)
  • banc taisce m (“savings-bank”)
  • bithbhanc m (“biobank”)
  • cuntas bainc m (“banking account”)
  • giolla bainc m (“bank-messenger”)
  • leabhar bainc m (“bank-book”)
  • nóta bainc m (“bank-note”)
  • príomhbhanc m (“prime bank”)
  • saorlá bainc m, féile bainc m (“bank-holiday”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), 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
  • "banc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “banc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “banc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Noun

banc f or m

  1. bench, seat
  2. judicial bench

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “banc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “banc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norman

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms
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