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

• en banc/in banc

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

References

• "banc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norman

Noun

banc m ‎(plural bancs)

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

Derived terms

• banc d'sablion ‎(“sandbank”)