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banc

banc

English

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

References

  • Texas Finance Code

Catalan

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃/

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bˠaŋk]

Etymology 1

Borrowing 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)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (bank, hillock, embankment), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc)

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

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.

References


Norman

Noun

banc m (plural bancs)

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

Derived terms