Italian

Proper noun

Banco m

1. Banquo

English

Adjective

banco ‎(not comparable)

1. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges. Quite often, the Banco Court is an appeals court. See also en banc.

Noun

banco

1. (attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.

   banco money

French

Adjective

banco m, f ‎(plural bancos)

1. banco

Galician

Noun

banco m ‎(plural bancos)

1. bank

Italian

Noun

banco m ‎(plural banchi)

1. desk
2. counter (in a bank etc)
3. bench
4. stall (selling goods)
5. dock (in a court)
6. shoal (of fish)

Descendants

• Greek: πάγκος ‎(pánkos)

  Byzantine: πάγκος ‎(pánkos)

Verb

banco

1. first-person singular present indicative of bancare

Portuguese

banco

Etymology

Borrowing from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.ku/
• Hyphenation: ban‧co

Noun

banco m (plural bancos)

1. bank (financial institution)
2. bank (safe place for storage and retrieval of items)
3. bench (long seat)
4. (sports) bench (place where players of a sport sit when not playing)
5. (hydrology) bank (a shallow area in a body of water)
6. Short for banco de dados.

Derived terms

• banquinho (diminutive)

Descendants

Related terms

• banca

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

banco m ‎(plural bancos)

1. bank
2. bench
3. school of fish

Derived terms

• banco de hielo
• banco de liquidación
• banco de sangre

Related terms

• banca
• bancario
• banquero
• banqueta
• banquillo