bank

== English == === Alternative forms === banck, bancke, banke (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈbæŋk/, [ˈbæŋk] (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈbaŋk/ (US, Canada, æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈbeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈbɛ̃ŋk] (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈbæːŋk/, [ˈbæːŋk], (æ-raising) [ˈbeːŋk] (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈbɛŋk/ Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: bank === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from 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 bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically Russian ла́вка (lávka), прила́вок (prilávok). ==== Noun ==== bank (countable and uncountable, plural banks) (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs. (countable) A branch office of such an institution. Synonym: (archaic) Lombard house (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game. Synonyms: banker, banque (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital. (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses. (slang, uncountable) Money; profit. (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw. (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods. (countable) A device used to store coins or currency. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Some may be via other European languages. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client. (transitive) To put into a bank. (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison. (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to. For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bank, banke, from Old English *banca (“bench”) (attested in Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”). ==== Noun ==== bank (plural banks) (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse. (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth Synonym: bar (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn. (rail transport) An incline, a hill. A mass of clouds. (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working. (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level. (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up. (intransitive, of clouds) To form a bank; to gather in masses. Synonym: bank up (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat. (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank. (transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of. (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive. ===== Derived terms ===== bank-and-turn indicator, turn-and-bank indicator ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English bank, banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old English benċ (“bench”). ==== Noun ==== bank (plural banks) A row or panel of items stored or grouped together. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard. (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap. (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets. ===== Synonyms ===== (row or panel of items): (row) line, rank, tier; (panel) block, grid, panel ===== Derived terms ===== double-bank filter bank, filterbank optical bank phone bank ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked) (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row. === Etymology 4 === Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench. ==== Noun ==== bank (plural banks) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars. A bench or seat for judges in court. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc (archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers. (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === References === “bank”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === Knab, knab, nabk == Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baŋk/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. ==== Noun ==== bank (plural banke, diminutive bankie) bench, couch ===== Derived terms ===== onder stoele of banke wegsteek toonbank === Etymology 2 === From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. ==== Noun ==== bank (plural banke, diminutive bankie) bank (financial institution) (games, gambling) bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling ==== Verb ==== bank (present bank, present participle bankende, past participle gebank) (transitive) to deposit, to bank (intransitive) to bank == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === Borrowed from Russian банк (bank). Internationalism ultimately from French banque. === Pronunciation === === Noun === bank (definite accusative bankı, plural banklar) bank (financial institution) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “bank” in Obastan.com. == Breton == === Etymology === Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *banki. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term, particularly: === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbãŋk/ === Noun === bank m (plural bankeier or bankoù) bench bank Synonyms: arc'hanti, ti-bank ==== Derived terms ==== bank-ilinek bank-tosel gourvezvank kartenn-vank ti-bank == Crimean Tatar == === Etymology === Borrowed from French banque. === Noun === bank (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide]) bank (financial institution) ==== Declension ==== == Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɑŋˀɡ/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”). ==== Noun ==== bank c (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker) bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== bankanvisning bankier bankør ===== Descendants ===== → Faroese: banki → Greenlandic: banki → Icelandic: banki === Etymology 2 === From German Bank (“bench”). ==== Noun ==== bank c only used in certain expressions ===== Derived terms ===== over en bank ==== Noun ==== bank n (singular definite banket, plural indefinite bank) knock (an abrupt rapping sound) (pl) a beating ===== Declension ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (beating): tæsk, tæv ==== Verb ==== bank imperative of banke === References === “bank” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑŋk/ Hyphenation: bank Rhymes: -ɑŋk === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. ==== Noun ==== bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n) bench Ik zit graag op die bank in het park. ― I like sitting on that bench in the park. Zet die bloemen op het bankje naast de deur. ― Put those flowers on the little bench next to the door. De oude mannen zaten op de banken en praatten. ― The old men sat on the benches and talked. (Netherlands) couch, sofa Synonym: sofa We hebben een nieuwe bank gekocht voor de woonkamer. ― We bought a new couch for the living room. Het bankje is perfect voor de kinderkamer. ― The little sofa is perfect for the kids' room. De banken in die winkel zijn erg comfortabel. ― The couches in that store are very comfortable. place where seashells are found shallow part of the sea near the coast ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: bank Javindo: bang Negerhollands: bank, banki → Lokono: bañka → Papiamentu: banki → Sranan Tongo: bangi → Aukan: bangi → Caribbean Hindustani: bángi → Caribbean Javanese: bangi → Kari'na: bangi → Saramaccan: bángi === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, related to Etymology 1 above. ==== Noun ==== bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n) a bank (financial institution) Ik moet naar de bank om wat geld op te nemen. ― I need to go to the bank to withdraw some money. Het bankje in het dorp is elke zondag gesloten. ― The small bank in the village is closed every Sunday. De banken zijn gesloten op nationale feestdagen. ― The banks are closed on national holidays. (games, gambling) the bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling a banknote, especially 100 Dutch guilders (also in the diminutives bankie or bankje.) a bank, collection and/or repository ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: bank → Aukan: banku → Caribbean Hindustani: bánk → Malay: bank Indonesian: bank → Central Dusun: bank → Central Melanau: bank → Makasar: bank → Javanese: bang → Sundanese: bank → Papiamentu: banki (dated) → Saramaccan: bánku → Sranan Tongo: bangi → Trió: banku → West Frisian: bank == Hungarian == === Etymology === From German Bank, from Italian banca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɒŋk] Rhymes: -ɒŋk === Noun === bank (plural bankok) bank (financial institution) Synonym: pénzintézet (gambling) bank (the sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === bank in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. bank in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026). == Icelandic == === Etymology === Deverbal from banka (“to knock, to beat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pauŋ̊k/ Rhymes: -auŋ̊k === Noun === bank n (genitive singular banks, no plural) knock, blow ==== Declension ==== == Indonesian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Dutch bank (“bank”). Doublet of banco and bangku. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbaŋ/ [ˈbaŋ] Rhymes: -aŋ Homophone: bang === Noun === bank (plural bank-bank) bank: (banking, finance) an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs a safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods ==== Synonyms ==== gedung uang rumah uang ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “bank”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 Bunbunan E. J. Hutampea; Soemarso S. R.; Jan Hoesada; Indriani Eko Yulianto; Meity Taqdir Qodratillah; T. B. Gultom (1993), Kamus Keuangan [Dictionary of Finance] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 5: “bank” == Malay == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English bank, spelled earlier as beng and بيڠک. Doublet of bangku. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbeŋk/ [ˈbɛŋk̚], /ˈbaŋk/ [ˈbaŋk̚] Rhymes: -ɛŋk, -aŋk Hyphenation: bank === Noun === bank (Jawi spelling بڠک, plural bank-bank or bank2) A bank: An institution that offers various financial services. bank asing ― foreign bank bank tempatan ― local bank bank antarabangsa ― international bank A stock or reserve of something for use when it is needed. bank darah ― blood bank ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === "bank" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian banco. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bank/ Rhymes: -ank === Noun === bank m (plural banek) bank (financial building or institution) Synonym: mislef bank (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank) === Noun === bank m (plural bankijiet, diminutive bnajjak or banketta) bench counter (table or board on which business is transacted) worktable judge's seat === Related terms === == Middle English == === Etymology === From Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”). === Noun === bank (plural banks) the bank of a river or lake ==== Descendants ==== English: bank ==== References ==== “bank(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑŋk/ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”), banca. ==== Noun ==== bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural banker, definite plural bankene) a bank (financial institution) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From the verb banke. ==== Noun ==== bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural banker, definite plural bankene) a beat, knock, throb ===== Derived terms ===== hjertebank === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== bank imperative of banke === References === “bank” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “bank_4” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). “bank_5” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”), banca. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɑŋk/ === Noun === bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural bankar, definite plural bankane) a bank (financial institution) ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “bank” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old High German == === Alternative forms === panch === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *banki. === Noun === bank f bench ==== Descendants ==== Middle High German: banc, bank Bavarian: Bånk German: Bank→ Danish: bank→ Norwegian Bokmål: bank Luxembourgish: Bänk Pennsylvania German: Bank → Old French: banc French: banc (see there for further descendants) Norman: banc → Middle English: bank, banke English: bank (see there for further descendants) → Galician: banco → Spanish: banco (see there for further descendants) → Old Italian: banco, banca Italian: banco, banca (see there for further descendants) ⇒ Italian: banchetto (see there for further descendants) → Byzantine Greek: πάγκος (pánkos) Greek: πάγκος (págkos) → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants) → German: Bank (see there for further descendants) → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca Lombardic: panch→ Italian: panca == Polish == === Etymology === Internationalism; compare English bank, French banque, German Bank, ultimately from Lombardic bank. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaŋk/ Rhymes: -aŋk Syllabification: bank === Noun === bank m inan bank (financial building, institution, or staff) bank centralny ― central bank bank emisyjny ― issuing bank bank hipoteczny ― mortgage bank bank inwestycyjny ― investment bank bank komercyjny ― commercial bank bank (a safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods) bank danych ― databank bank genów ― gene bank bank czasu ― time bank bank energii/powerbank ― powerbank bank spermy ― sperm bank (gambling, card games) bank (a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw) trzymać bank ― to keep bank ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “bank”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “bank”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Slovene == === Noun === bánk inflection of bánka: genitive dual genitive plural == Swedish == === Etymology === From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaŋːk/ === Noun === bank c a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution) a bank (place of storage) a bank (of a river of lake) a sandbank ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Elfdalian: baunka → Finnish: pankki === References === “bank”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French banc. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbank/, [ˈbɑŋk] Hyphenation: bank === Noun === bank (definite accusative bankı, plural banklar) bench (long seat) ==== Declension ==== == Turkmen == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === bank (definite accusative banky, plural banklar) bank (clarification of this definition is needed) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == Volapük == === Noun === bank (genitive banka, plural banks) bank (financial institution) ==== Declension ====