banque

== English == === Etymology === From French banque (“bank”). === Noun === banque (plural banques) Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”). === Anagrams === Benuaq == 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 === IPA(key): /bɑ̃k/ === Noun === banque f (plural banques) bank ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== bancaire ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings Some may be via other European languages. === 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 ==== French: banque (see there for further descendants) Norman: banque → Middle English: banke English: bank (see there for further descendants) Scots: baunk → Irish: banc === 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) (Jersey) bank ==== Derived terms ==== bantchi1 (“to bank”) bantchi2 (“banker”) == Portuguese == === Verb === banque inflection of bancar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Verb === banque inflection of bancar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative