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English

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  • IPA(key): /bæŋk/
    • (/æ/ raising) IPA(key): [beɪŋk]
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  • Rhymes: -æŋk

Etymology 1

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    Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.
    Proto-Germanic *bankiz
    Proto-West Germanic *banki
    Lombardic bankbor.
    Italian bancabor.
    Middle French banqueder.
    English bank
    The Bank of England is one of the first modern central banks (sense 1), established in 1694.

    From Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco.

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    bank (countable and uncountable, plural banks)

    2. (countable) An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
      • 2013 June 1, “End of the peer show”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 71:
        Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. […] Banks and credit-card firms are kept out of the picture. Talk to enough people in the field and someone is bound to mention the “democratisation of finance”.
    3. (countable) A branch office of such an institution.
      Synonym: (archaic) Lombard house
    4. (countable) An underwriter or controller of a card game.
      Synonyms: banker, banque
    5. (countable) A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
      • 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Usury”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
        Let it be no bank or common stock, but every man be master of his own money.
    6. (gambling, countable) The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
    7. (slang, uncountable) Money; profit.
      • 2010, Paul Bouchard, Enlistment, page 113:
        Military dude was working for a drug dealer, right? and making good bank with it—he was making good money.
    8. (countable) In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
    9. (countable, chiefly in combination) A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
      blood bank; data bank; sperm bank
    10. (countable) A device used to store coins or currency.
      If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.
    11. (countable) a natural elevation of mud and other material under sea, rising for instance from a continental shelf
    12. (countable) a mound or mass of cloud or fog
      a fogbank
    13. (uncountable) A group or collection of telephones.
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    Terms derived from bank (noun: financial institution; repository; etc)
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    Some may be via other European languages.

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    bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

    1. (intransitive) To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.
      He banked with Barclays.
      • 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:
        the sort of face you would happily bank with
    2. (transitive) To put into a bank.
      I’m going to bank the money.
    3. (transitive, slang) To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.
      Johnny banked some coke for me.
    4. (transitive, finance) To provide banking services to.
      They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.
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    Etymology 2

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      A river bank (sense 1)

      From Middle English bank, from Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).

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      bank (plural banks)

      2. (hydrology) An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
        • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
          Tiber trembled underneath her banks.
        • 1943 June 8, “Jap Remnants Suffer Heavy Casualties: Alerts In Chungking”, in The Bombay Chronicle‎[1], volume XXXI, number 134, page 1:
          On the opposite bank of the river other Chinese units attacked Taoshih and Yunmeng north-west of Hankow.
        • 2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian:
          Just upstream of Dryburgh Abbey, a reproduction of a classical Greek temple stands at the top of a wooded hillock on the river’s north bank.
      4. (nautical, hydrology) An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
        Synonym: bar
        the banks of Newfoundland
      5. (geography) A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.
      6. (aviation) The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.
      7. (rail transport) An incline, a hill.
        • 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:
          This is the hardest duty on the railway, for the trains are heavy and there are some long 1 in 40 banks.
      8. A mass noun for a quantity of clouds.
        The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.
      9. (mining) The face of the coal at which miners are working.
      10. (mining) A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.
      11. (mining) The ground at the top of a shaft.
        Ores are brought to bank.
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      bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

      1. (intransitive, aviation) To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.
      3. (transitive) To cause (an aircraft) to bank.
      4. (transitive) To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.
        to bank sand
      5. (transitive) To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.
      6. (transitive) To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.
      7. (transitive, obsolete) To pass by the banks of.
      8. (rail transport, UK) To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.
        • 1942 March, “Notes and News: Locomotive Notes”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
          Some interesting facts have recently been made known by the L.N.E.R. concerning the 178-ton Garratt 2-8-0 + 0-8-2 engine No. 2395, which since construction in 1925 has spent the whole of its working life banking coal trains up the 3 miles of 1 in 40 between Wentworth junction and West Silkstone, on the Worsborough branch, near Barnsley.
        • 1960 July, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 443:
          [...] the 4-4-0 unhappily stalled after a stop on Reading Old Bank with its eight-coach load and the Reading Up Line pilot, a "Hall", had to bank the train into Reading General.
        • 1960 September, P. Ransome-Wallis, “Modern motive power of the German Federal Railway: Part One”, in Trains Ilustrated, page 558:
          Soon after leaving Bebra the line rises, mostly at 1 in 74, for 7 miles to Cornberg and all trains of over 400 tons are banked.
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      Etymology 3

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      From Middle English bank (“bank”), banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *bank. Akin to Old English benc (“bench”).

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      bank (plural banks)

      1. A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.
        a bank of switches
        a bank of pay phones
        • 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBC Sport‎[2]:
          Wanderers were finally woken from their slumber when Kevin Davies brought a fine save out of Brad Guzan while, minutes after the restart, Klasnic was blocked out by a bank of Villa defenders.
      2. A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.
      3. (computing) A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.
      4. (pinball) A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.
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      bank (third-person singular simple present banks, present participle banking, simple past and past participle banked)

      1. (transitive, order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row.

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      Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench.

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      bank (plural banks)

      1. A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.
        • 1658, Edmund Waller, he Passion of Dido for Æneas:
          Placed on their banks, the lusty Trojans sweep / Neptune's smooth face, and cleave the yielding deep.
      2. A bench or seat for judges in court.
      3. The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc[1]
      4. (archaic, printing) A kind of table used by printers.
      5. (music) A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.[2]
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      References

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      1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “BANK”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volume (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
      2. ^ Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Bank”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.

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      Etymology 1

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      From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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      bank (plural banke, diminutive bankie)

      1. bench, couch
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      Etymology 2

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      From Dutch bank, from Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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      bank (plural banke, diminutive bankie)

      1. bank (financial institution)
      2. (games, gambling) bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling

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      bank (present bank, present participle bankende, past participle gebank)

      1. (transitive) to deposit, to bank
      2. (intransitive) to bank

      Azerbaijani

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      Borrowed from Russian банк (bank). Internationalism ultimately from French banque.

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      bank (definite accusative bankı, plural banklar)

      1. bank (financial institution)

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          Declension of bank
      singular plural
      nominative bank
      		 banklar
      definite accusative bankı
      		 bankları
      dative banka
      		 banklara
      locative bankda
      		 banklarda
      ablative bankdan
      		 banklardan
      definite genitive bankın
      		 bankların
          Possessive forms of bank
      nominative
      singular plural
      mənim (“my”) bankım banklarım
      sənin (“your”) bankın bankların
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankı bankları
      bizim (“our”) bankımız banklarımız
      sizin (“your”) bankınız banklarınız
      onların (“their”) bankı or bankları bankları
      accusative
      singular plural
      mənim (“my”) bankımı banklarımı
      sənin (“your”) bankını banklarını
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankını banklarını
      bizim (“our”) bankımızı banklarımızı
      sizin (“your”) bankınızı banklarınızı
      onların (“their”) bankını or banklarını banklarını
      dative
      singular plural
      mənim (“my”) bankıma banklarıma
      sənin (“your”) bankına banklarına
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankına banklarına
      bizim (“our”) bankımıza banklarımıza
      sizin (“your”) bankınıza banklarınıza
      onların (“their”) bankına or banklarına banklarına
      locative
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      mənim (“my”) bankımda banklarımda
      sənin (“your”) bankında banklarında
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankında banklarında
      bizim (“our”) bankımızda banklarımızda
      sizin (“your”) bankınızda banklarınızda
      onların (“their”) bankında or banklarında banklarında
      ablative
      singular plural
      mənim (“my”) bankımdan banklarımdan
      sənin (“your”) bankından banklarından
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankından banklarından
      bizim (“our”) bankımızdan banklarımızdan
      sizin (“your”) bankınızdan banklarınızdan
      onların (“their”) bankından or banklarından banklarından
      genitive
      singular plural
      mənim (“my”) bankımın banklarımın
      sənin (“your”) bankının banklarının
      onun (“his/her/its”) bankının banklarının
      bizim (“our”) bankımızın banklarımızın
      sizin (“your”) bankınızın banklarınızın
      onların (“their”) bankının or banklarının banklarının

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      • “bank” in Obastan.com.

      Breton

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      Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *banki.

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      bank m (plural bankeier or bankoù)

      1. bench
      2. bank
        Synonyms: arc'hanti, ti-bank

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      Crimean Tatar

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French banque.

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      bank (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

      1. bank (financial institution)

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      Declension of bank
      nominative bank
      genitive banknıñ
      dative bankqa
      accusative banknı
      locative bankta
      ablative banktan

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      Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”).

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      bank c (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)

      1. bank (financial institution, branch office, controller of a game, a safe and guaranteed place of storage)
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      Declension of bank
      common
      gender       		Singular Plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative bank banken banker bankerne
      genitive banks bankens bankers bankernes
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      Etymology 2

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      From German Bank (“bench”).

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      bank c

      1. only used in certain expressions
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      bank n (singular definite banket, plural indefinite bank)

      1. knock (an abrupt rapping sound)
      2. (pl) a beating
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      Declension of bank
      neuter
      gender       		Singular Plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative bank banket bank bankene
      genitive banks bankets banks bankenes
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      bank

      1. imperative of banke

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      Dutch

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      From Middle Dutch banc, from Old Dutch *bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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      bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

      1. bench
        Ik zit graag op die bank in het park. ― I like sitting on that bench in the park.
        Zet die bloemen op het bankje naast de deur. ― Put those flowers on the little bench next to the door.
        De oude mannen zaten op de banken en praatten. ― The old men sat on the benches and talked.
      2. (Netherlands) couch, sofa
        Synonym: sofa
        We hebben een nieuwe bank gekocht voor de woonkamer. ― We bought a new couch for the living room.
        Het bankje is perfect voor de kinderkamer. ― The little sofa is perfect for the kids' room.
        De banken in die winkel zijn erg comfortabel. ― The couches in that store are very comfortable.
      3. place where seashells are found
      4. shallow part of the sea near the coast
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      Etymology 2

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      From Middle Dutch banc, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, related to Etymology 1 above.

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      bank f (plural banken, diminutive bankje n)

      1. a bank (financial institution)
        Ik moet naar de bank om wat geld op te nemen. ― I need to go to the bank to withdraw some money.
        Het bankje in het dorp is elke zondag gesloten. ― The small bank in the village is closed every Sunday.
        De banken zijn gesloten op nationale feestdagen. ― The banks are closed on national holidays.
      2. (games, gambling) the bank, a player who controls a deposit in some card games or board games and in gambling
      3. a banknote, especially 100 Dutch guilders (also in the diminutives bankie or bankje.)
      4. a bank, collection and/or repository
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      financial
      other
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      Hungarian

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      From German Bank, from Italian banca.[1]

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      bank (plural bankok)

      1. bank (financial institution)
        Synonym: pénzintézet
      2. (gambling) bank (the sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses)

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      Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative bank bankok
      accusative bankot bankokat
      dative banknak bankoknak
      instrumental bankkal bankokkal
      causal-final bankért bankokért
      translative bankká bankokká
      terminative bankig bankokig
      essive-formal bankként bankokként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive bankban bankokban
      superessive bankon bankokon
      adessive banknál bankoknál
      illative bankba bankokba
      sublative bankra bankokra
      allative bankhoz bankokhoz
      elative bankból bankokból
      delative bankról bankokról
      ablative banktól bankoktól
      non-attributive
      possessive - singular             		banké bankoké
      non-attributive
      possessive - plural             		bankéi bankokéi
      Possessive forms of bank
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. bankom bankjaim
      2nd person sing. bankod bankjaid
      3rd person sing. bankja bankjai
      1st person plural bankunk bankjaink
      2nd person plural bankotok bankjaitok
      3rd person plural bankjuk bankjaik

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      1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

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      • bank in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
      • bank in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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      Back-formation from banka (“to knock, to beat”).

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      bank n (genitive singular banks, no plural)

      1. knock, blow

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      Declension of bank (sg-only neuter)
      singular
      indefinite definite
      nominative bank bankið
      accusative bank bankið
      dative banki bankinu
      genitive banks banksins

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      Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Unadapted borrowing from Dutch bank (“bank”). Doublet of bangku.

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      bank

      1. bank:
        1. (banking, finance) an institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
        2. a safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

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      Malay

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      Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Unadapted borrowing from English bank, spelled earlier as beng and بيڠک.[1][2] Doublet of bangku.

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      bank (Jawi spelling بڠک, plural bank-bank, informal 1st possessive bankku, 2nd possessive bankmu, 3rd possessive banknya)

      1. A bank:
        1. An institution that offers various financial services.
        2. A stock or reserve of something for use when it is needed.
          bank darah ― blood bank

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      1. ^ Shellabear, W. G. (1916). An English-Malay Dictionary. Internet Archive. Retrieved February 22, 2024, from https://archive.org/details/englishmalaydict00shelrich/page/38/mode/2up
      2. ^ Ahmad, Z. A. & salawati282. (1964, February 1). Koleksi kamus ZA’BA. AnyFlip. Retrieved February 22, 2024, from https://anyflip.com/mnzoo/mfcf/basic

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      Maltese

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      Borrowed from Italian banco.

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      bank m (plural banek)

      1. bank (financial building or institution)
        Synonym: mislef
      2. bank (an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank)

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      bank m (plural bankijiet, diminutive bnajjak or banketta)

      1. bench
      2. counter (table or board on which business is transacted)
      3. worktable
      4. judge's seat
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      From Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).

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      bank (plural banks)

      1. the bank of a river or lake

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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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      Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”), banca.

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      bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural banker, definite plural bankene)

      1. a bank (financial institution)
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      From the verb banke.

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      bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural banker, definite plural bankene)

      1. a beat, knock, throb
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      bank

      1. imperative of banke

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nn

      Etymology

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      Borrowed from French banque, from Italian banco (“bench”), banca.

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      bank m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural bankar, definite plural bankane)

      1. a bank (financial institution)

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      Old High German

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        From Proto-West Germanic *banki.

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        bank f

        1. bench

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        • Middle High German: banc, bank
        • → Old French: banc
          • French: banc (see there for further descendants)
          • Norman: banc
          • → Middle English: bank, banke
            • English: bank (see there for further descendants)
          • → Galician: banco
          • → Spanish: banco (see there for further descendants)
        • → Old Italian: banco, banca
          • Italian: banco, banca (see there for further descendants)
            • ⇒ Italian: banchetto (see there for further descendants)
          • → Byzantine Greek: πάγκος (pánkos)
          • → Middle French: banque (see there for further descendants)
          • → German: Bank (see there for further descendants)
        • → Medieval Latin: bancus, banca

        Polish

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        Etymology

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        Internationalism; compare English bank, French banque, German Bank, ultimately from Lombardic bank.[1][2]

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        bank m inan

        1. bank (financial building, institution, or staff)
          bank centralny ― central bank
          bank emisyjny ― issuing bank
          bank hipoteczny ― mortgage bank
          bank inwestycyjny ― investment bank
          bank komercyjny ― commercial bank
        2. bank (a safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods)
          bank danych ― databank
          bank genów ― gene bank
          bank czasu ― time bank
          bank energii/powerbank ― powerbank
          bank spermy ― sperm bank
        3. (gambling, card games) bank (a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw)
          trzymać bank ― to keep bank

        Declension

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        Declension of bank
        singular plural
        nominative bank banki
        genitive banku banków
        dative bankowi bankom
        accusative bank banki
        instrumental bankiem bankami
        locative banku bankach
        vocative banku banki

        Derived terms

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        adjective/adverb
        adjectives
        adverb
        noun
        particle
        verbs

        References

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        1. ^ Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “bank”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “z włosk. banco, ‘stół wekslarski’, a to z niem. Bank”
        2. ^ Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “bank”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)

        Further reading

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        • bank in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • bank in Polish dictionaries at PWN

        Slovene

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        Noun

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        bánk

        1. inflection of bánka:
          1. genitive dual
          2. genitive plural

        Swedish

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        Etymology

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        From Dutch bank, German Bank or Low German bank, all from Italian banco, from Old High German banc, from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz.

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        bank c

        1. a bank (financial institution, branch of such an institution)
        2. a bank (place of storage)
        3. a bank (of a river of lake)
        4. a sandbank

        Declension

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        Declension of bank
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite bank banks
        definite banken bankens
        plural indefinite banker bankers
        definite bankerna bankernas

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        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from French banc.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈbaŋk/
        • Hyphenation: bank

        Noun

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        bank (definite accusative bankı, plural banklar)

        1. bench (long seat)

        Declension

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        Inflection
        Nominative bank
        Definite accusative bankı
        Singular Plural
        Nominative bank banklar
        Definite accusative bankı bankları
        Dative banka banklara
        Locative bankta banklarda
        Ablative banktan banklardan
        Genitive bankın bankların
        Possessive forms
        Nominative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankım banklarım
        2nd singular bankın bankların
        3rd singular bankı bankları
        1st plural bankımız banklarımız
        2nd plural bankınız banklarınız
        3rd plural bankları bankları
        Definite accusative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankımı banklarımı
        2nd singular bankını banklarını
        3rd singular bankını banklarını
        1st plural bankımızı banklarımızı
        2nd plural bankınızı banklarınızı
        3rd plural banklarını banklarını
        Dative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankıma banklarıma
        2nd singular bankına banklarına
        3rd singular bankına banklarına
        1st plural bankımıza banklarımıza
        2nd plural bankınıza banklarınıza
        3rd plural banklarına banklarına
        Locative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankımda banklarımda
        2nd singular bankında banklarında
        3rd singular bankında banklarında
        1st plural bankımızda banklarımızda
        2nd plural bankınızda banklarınızda
        3rd plural banklarında banklarında
        Ablative
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankımdan banklarımdan
        2nd singular bankından banklarından
        3rd singular bankından banklarından
        1st plural bankımızdan banklarımızdan
        2nd plural bankınızdan banklarınızdan
        3rd plural banklarından banklarından
        Genitive
        Singular Plural
        1st singular bankımın banklarımın
        2nd singular bankının banklarının
        3rd singular bankının banklarının
        1st plural bankımızın banklarımızın
        2nd plural bankınızın banklarınızın
        3rd plural banklarının banklarının

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        Noun

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        bank (definite accusative banky, plural banklar)

        1. bank

        Declension

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        Declension of bank
        singular plural
        nominative bank banklar
        accusative banky banklary
        genitive bankyň banklaryň
        dative banka banklara
        locative bankda banklarda
        ablative bankdan banklardan

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        Volapük

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        Noun

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        bank (nominative plural banks)

        1. bank (financial institution)

        Declension

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        declension of bank
        singular plural
        nominative bank banks
        genitive banka bankas
        dative banke bankes
        accusative banki bankis
        vocative 1 o bank! o banks!
        predicative 2 banku bankus
        • 1 status as a case is disputed
        • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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