band

• enPR: bănd, IPA^(key): /bænd/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [beənd]

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• Homophone: banned
• Rhymes: -ænd

From Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic bandur (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

band (plural bands)

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
   1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
      • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

        The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

   2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
      • 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt

        band and gusset and seam

   3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
   4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
2. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
   1. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
   2. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
3. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
   • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

     to join in Hymen's bands

4. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
5. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
6. (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
7. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

   valence band;  conduction band

8. (obsolete) A bond.
   • William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

     thy oath and band

9. (obsolete) Pledge; security.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

10. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
11. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
12. (medicine) Short for band cell.
13. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
2. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”).

A music band

band (plural bands)

1. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
2. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
3. A marching band.
4. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.

   • 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."

5. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
6. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

• Cantonese: band (Chinglish)
• German: Band (colloquial)

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
   • Bible, Acts xxiii. 12

     Certain of the Jews banded together.

• band together

band

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind

• band on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

• bDNA, bdna

Borrowed from English band.

band

1. (Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: 隊／队)

   • 期望快快成為世界最勁嘅Band [Cantonese, trad.]
     期望快快成为世界最劲嘅Band [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, 許冠傑 (Samuel Hui), 潮流興夾Band

     kei⁴ mong⁶ faai³ faai³ sing⁴ wai⁴ sai³ gaai³ zeoi³ ging⁶ ge³ ben¹ [Jyutping]

     Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band

   • C：邊隊band先？
     A：係囖。冇講到係邊隊band。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     C：边队band先？
     A：系囖。冇讲到系边队band。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1998, 收音機1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)

     C: Bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ sin¹?
     A: Hai⁶ lo¹. Mou⁵ gong² dou³ hai⁶ bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹. [Jyutping]

     C: So which band?
     A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.

   • 我哋……我哋話過會一齊夾band㗎！ [Cantonese, trad.]
     我哋……我哋话过会一齐夹band㗎！ [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON！輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 1

     Ngo⁵ dei⁶...... Ngo⁵ dei⁶ waa⁶ gwo³ wui⁵ jat¹ cai⁴ gaap³ ben¹ gaa³! [Jyutping]

     We... We said that we were going to form a band!

   • 彈結他嗰個通常係一隊band嘅中心，表演嗰陣要好似leader咁帶住隊band，好自然就會吸引到觀眾嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     弹结他𠮶个通常系一队band嘅中心，表演𠮶阵要好似leader咁带住队band，好自然就会吸引到观众嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON！輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 2

     Taan⁴ git³ taa¹ go² go³ tung¹ soeng⁴ hai⁶ jat¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ ge³ zung¹ sam¹, biu² jin² go² zan⁶ jiu³ hou² ci⁵ li¹ daa⁴ gam² daai³ zyu⁶ deoi⁶ ben¹, hou² zi⁶ jin⁴ zau⁶ wui⁵ kap¹ jan⁵ dou^3-2 gun¹ zung³ ge³ muk⁶ gwong¹ gaa³ laa³. [Jyutping]

     The guitarist is usually the center of a band and has to lead the band during performances, and naturally becomes the audience's center of attention.

• 樂隊／乐队 (yuèduì)
• 組合／组合 (zǔhé)

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

From English band.

• IPA^(key): /baːnd/, [b̥æːnd̥]

band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)

1. band

• funkband

From Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]

band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)

1. (rare) excommunication

From bande (“swear, curse”), from Old Norse banna (“ban, curse”).

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]

band c or n

1. (rare) swear word

band

1. imperative of bande

• “band” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch bant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /bɑnt/

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• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. connection, liaison, bond (attachment, as in a relation)
2. band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre)
4. tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
5. bank (the bank of a pool table)
6. belt (martial arts belt)
7. belt (conveyor belt)
8. (physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
   1. interval in the light spectrum
   2. range of energy levels in a solid state material
9. ribbon
10. bond, tie

• verband

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. ribbon

Borrowed from English band.

• IPA^(key): /bɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)

1. (music) band

From Old Norse band.

band n (genitive singular bands, plural bond)

1. (a piece of) rope, string
2. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant

band

1. Past tense of binden.

From Old Norse band.

• IPA^(key): [pant]
• Rhymes: -ant

band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)

1. (a piece of) string
2. yarn
3. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations
4. binding (of a book)
5. (music) tie
6. (music, slang) a musical band

• (band): hljómsveit f

• vera á bandi
• vinna á sitt band
• samband
• myndband

• binda
• bundinn

• bond, boond, bonde, bande, bound

From Old English bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz; vocalism is influenced by Old Norse band and Old French bande.

• IPA^(key): /bɔːnd/, /baːnd/, /bɔnd/, /band/

band (plural bandes)

1. That which obstructs one's free will and free action; a restraint.
   1. A chain or other object used to restrain a captive.
   2. Captivity; the condition of being jailed.
   3. A compact, directive or binding pact (either reciprocal or from one unto another)
2. A strip of a material used to to tie or bind; a band:
   1. A rope or piece of twine used to tie or bind.
   2. A headband (a band that surrounds the head)
   3. A metal band that surrounds an object in order to strengthen it.
   4. (anatomy, rare) A joint or sinew.
   5. (heraldry, rare) A diagonal stripe or band.
3. (rare) A strip of a material not used to tie or bind.
4. Something used to join or connect; a link.
   1. (figuratively) A metaphorical connection or linkage.
5. A collection or group of bound items.

• English: band, bond
• Scots: band

• “bō̆nd (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-25.

• bånd (see this word for common usage)

From English band (in this sense)

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda or bandene)

1. (music) a band; group of (rock) musicians

• rockeband
• samband

• “band” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse band, akin to English bond.

• IPA^(key): /bɑnd/

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)

1. a tape
2. a ribbon
3. a band
4. a bond
5. a leash (for a dog)

• samband

From English band (music)

• IPA^(key): /bænd/, /bɑnd/

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)

1. (music) a band

• “band” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *bandą.

band n (genitive bands, plural bǫnd)

1. the act of binding or settling

   Antonym: lausn

   • lausn ok band allra vandamál

     the decision in all difficult cases

2. band, cord
3. (plural only) bonds, fetters
4. (plural only) bond, confederacy
5. (plural only, poetic) the gods
   • blóta bǫnd

     to worship the gods

   • at mun banda

     at the will of the gods

• bandamaðr m (“confederate”)
• bandingi m (“prisoner”)

• binda (“to bind”)

• band in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

From Old Norse band.

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band n

1. a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material
2. a band, an ensemble, an orchestra; group of musicians
3. a band, a gang; band of robbers
4. (physics) a band; a part of radio spectrum
5. (physics) a band; a group of energy levels
6. an audio tape or a video tape
7. a cassette of audio or video tape
8. a tie, a connection, a relation; from a person to another person or to a place

• halsband
• kasettband

• banda
• bandning

From English band

• IPA^(key): /ˈband/

band n

1. (music) a band

band

1. past tense of binda.