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Band
Band
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
Band n (genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bänder or Bande, diminutive Bändchen n)
- tape, ribbon
- (anatomy) A ligament
- band or tie holding items together
- belt (conveyor belt, fan belt, etc.)
- band of the spectrum
- (figuratively, pl. Bande) intimate bond to a person
- (figuratively, pl. Bande) dependence, social bond
- (poetic, pl. Bande) shackle
Usage notes
- The normal plural is Bänder.
- The plural Bande is used in the figurative sense of “bond” and in the poetic meaning “shackles” (for which usually Fessel is used). In early modern German, the two plurals were widely interchangeable.
Declension
- Plural Bänder
- Plural Bande
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle High German bant.
Alternative forms
- Bd. (abbreviation)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
Band m (genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bände)
Declension
Derived terms
- Bildband
- Dichtband
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bɛnt]
Noun
Band f (genitive Band, plural Bands)
Declension
Luxembourgish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑnt/
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
Band n (plural Bänner)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bænt/
- Rhymes: -ænt
Noun
Band f (plural Banten)
Synonyms
- (musical band): Museksgrupp
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑnt/
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
Band m (plural Bänn)
- volume (one of a set of books)
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English
Noun
band (plural bands)
- A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
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- A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.
- 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt
- band and gusset and seam
- 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- (architecture) A strip of decoration.
- A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
- In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
- That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- to join in Hymen's bands
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
- (physics) A part of the radio spectrum.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- valence band; conduction band
- (obsolete) A bond.
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- thy oath and band
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- (obsolete) Pledge; security.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (chiefly US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
- (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
- (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $10K, held together by a band; (by extension) money
Derived terms
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Verb
band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Provençal banda (“regiment of troops”), probably from Proto-Germanic *bandī or Gothic, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”).
Noun
band (plural bands)
- A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
- A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
- A marching band.
- A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."
- 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- But in the meantime Robin Hood and his band lived quietly in Sherwood Forest, without showing their faces abroad, for Robin knew that it would not be wise for him to be seen in the neighborhood of Nottingham, those in authority being very wroth with him.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.
Derived terms
Descendants
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Verb
band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- Bible, Acts xxiii. 12
- Certain of the Jews banded together.
- Bible, Acts xxiii. 12
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- band on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Band in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
Chinese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: ben1
- Yale: bēn
- Cantonese Pinyin: ben1
- IPA (key): /pɛːn⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
Noun
band
- (Cantonese) band (Classifier: 隊/队)
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- 期望快快成為世界最勁嘅Band [Cantonese, trad.]
- 期望快快成为世界最劲嘅Band [Cantonese, simp.]
- From: 1987, 許冠傑 (Samuel Hui), 潮流興夾Band
- kei4 mong6 faai3 faai3 sing4 wai4 sai3 gaai3 zeoi3 ging6 ge3ben1 [Jyutping]
- Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band
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- C:邊隊band先?
A:係囖。冇講到係邊隊band。 [Cantonese, trad.]- C:边队band先?
A:系囖。冇讲到系边队band。 [Cantonese, simp.]- From: 1998, 收音機1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)
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C: Bin1 deoi6ben1 sin1?
A: Hai6 lo1. Mou5 gong2 dou3 hai6 bin1 deoi6ben1. [Jyutping] - C: So which band?
A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.
- C:邊隊band先?
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- 我哋……我哋話過會一齊夾band㗎! [Cantonese, trad.]
- 我哋……我哋话过会一齐夹band㗎! [Cantonese, simp.]
- From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON!輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 1
- Ngo5 dei6...... Ngo5 dei6 waa6 gwo3 wui5 jat1 cai4 gaap3ben1 gaa3! [Jyutping]
- We... We said that we were going to form a band!
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- 彈結他嗰個通常係一隊band嘅中心,表演嗰陣要好似leader咁帶住隊band,好自然就會吸引到觀眾嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- 弹结他𠮶个通常系一队band嘅中心,表演𠮶阵要好似leader咁带住队band,好自然就会吸引到观众嘅目光㗎喇。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON!輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 2
- Taan4 git3 taa1 go2 go3 tung1 soeng4 hai6 jat1 deoi6ben1 ge3 zung1 sam1, biu2 jin2 go2 zan6 jiu3 hou2 ci5 li1 daa4 gam2 daai3 zyu6 deoi6ben1, hou2 zi6 jin4 zau6 wui5 kap1 jan5 dou3-2 gun1 zung3 ge3 muk6 gwong1 gaa3 laa3. [Jyutping]
- The guitarist is usually the center of a band and has to lead the band during performances, and naturally becomes the audience's center of attention.
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Synonyms
References
Danish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baːnd/, [b̥æːnd̥]
Noun
band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)
Inflection
Etymology 2
From Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]
Noun
band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)
- (rare) excommunication
Etymology 3
From bande (“swear, curse”), from Old Norse banna (“ban, curse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]
Noun
band c, n
- (rare) swear word
Dutch
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
band m, n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)
- connection, liaison, bond m
- band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) m
- tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre) m
- tape (magnetic tape, video tape) m
- bank (the bank of a pool table) m
- belt (a martial arts belt) m
- belt (conveyor belt) m
- ribbon n
- bond, tie m
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pant]
- Rhymes: -ant
Noun
band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)
- a string
- yarn
- (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations
- binding (of a book)
- (music) tie
- (music, slang) a musical band
Declension
Synonyms
- (band): hljómsveit f
Derived terms
Related terms
- binda
- bundinn
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- bånd (see this word for common usage)
Etymology
From English band (in this sense)
Noun
band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda or bandene)
Derived terms
References
- “band” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
band n
- a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material
- a band, an ensemble, an orchestra; group of musicians
- a band, a gang; band of robbers
- (physics) a band; a part of radio spectrum
- (physics) a band; a group of energy levels
- an audio tape or a video tape
- a cassette of audio or video tape
- a tie, a connection, a relation; from a person to another person or to a place
Declension
Inflection of band | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | band | bandet | band | banden |
Genitive | bands | bandets | bands | bandens |
Related terms
- banda
- bandning
Derived terms
- halsband
- kasettband
Verb
band
- past tense of binda.