# banc
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bæŋk/
* Rhymes: -æŋk
* Homophone: bank

### Etymology 1

From Middle English bank, from Old French banc. Doublet of banco, bank, and bench.

#### Noun

banc (plural bancs)
* A bench; a high seat, or seat of distinction or judgment.
* 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, court in banc

##### Related terms

* banco

### Etymology 2

Respelling of bank.

#### Noun

banc (plural bancs)
* (US, business) Used to associate a non-banking affiliate of a bank with the bank's brand name without using the word bank

### Further reading

* “banc”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### References

* Texas Finance Code

### Anagrams

* NBCA, bacn

## Catalan
### Etymology

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbaŋ]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaŋk]

### Noun

banc m (plural bancs)
* bench
* bank (for money)
* bank (geographical feature)
* shoal (of fish)

#### Derived terms

* arquibanc
* banc central
* bancada
* bancal
* bancar
* bancari
* banquet
* caixabanc
* embancar

#### Descendants

* → Gallurese: bancu
* → Sardinian: bancu (Logudorese), → bangu (Campidanese)
* → Sassarese: bancu

### Further reading

* “banc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: ban, bancs, bans

### Noun

banc m (plural bancs)
* bench (seat)
* bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)
* bank, shoal, school (of fish)

#### Derived terms

* banc de fidèle
* banc de l’œuvre
* banc de neige
* banc de sable
* banc de touche
* banc d’église
* banc d’essai
* banc d’œuvre
* char à bancs
* en banc

#### Descendants

* → Breton: bank
* → English: banc
* → Romanian: bancă
* → Sango: bâan
* → Turkish: bank

### Further reading

* “banc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Irish
### Alternative forms

* bainc

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bˠaŋk/
* (Munster) IPA: /bˠɑʊŋk/
* (Aran) IPA: /bʲæŋk/ (as if spelled beanc)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed 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”). Doublet of binse.

#### Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)
* (banking, etc.) bank (financial institution; branch of such an institution; safe and guaranteed place of storage)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
banc
bainc
vocative
a bhainc
a bhanca
genitive
bainc
banc
dative
banc
bainc
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an banc
na bainc
genitive
an bhainc
na mbanc
dative
leis an mbanc don bhanc
leis na bainc :

##### Derived terms

* baincéir
* banc bia
* banc fola
* banc imréitithe
* banc lascaine
* banc speirme
* banc taisce
* bithbhanc
* cuntas bainc
* féile bainc
* giolla bainc
* leabhar bainc
* nóta bainc
* príomhbhanc
* ráiteas bainc
* saorlá bainc

##### Related terms

* panc

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

#### Noun

banc m (genitive singular bainc, nominative plural bainc or bancanna)
* (geography) bank (of a river or lake)

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
banc
bainc
vocative
a bhainc
a bhanca
genitive
bainc
banc
dative
banc
bainc
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an banc
na bainc
genitive
an bhainc
na mbanc
dative
leis an mbanc don bhanc
leis na bainc :

##### Derived terms

* bancán m (“(small) bank”) (of earth)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 199, page 100
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 262

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “banc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “banc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Noun

banc f or m
* bench, seat
* judicial bench

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Descendants

* Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
** Afrikaans: bank
* Limburgish: bank

### Further reading

* “banc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “banc”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Norman
### Etymology

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### Noun

banc m (plural bancs)
* (Jersey) seat, bench
* (Jersey, nautical) thwart

#### Derived terms

* banc d'sablion (“sandbank”)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French banc.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

banc n (plural bancuri)
* sand bank

#### Declension
## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baŋk/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English bank, 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-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of mainc.

#### Noun

banc m (plural banciau)
* bank (financial institution)

##### Derived terms

* banc canolog (“central bank”)
* bancio (“bank”)
* bancwr (“banker”)
* gŵyl y banc (“bank holiday”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle English banke, from Old English banca, from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

#### Noun

banc m (plural banciau)
* rising ground, hill, slope
* bank (in a sea or river, e.g. sandbank, mudbank)
* bank (of a river or lake)
    Synonym: glan

##### Derived terms

* banc tywod (“sandbank”)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* 1 2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banc”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies