# band
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: bănd, IPA: /bænd/
* (æ-tensing) IPA: [beənd]
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: banned
* Rhymes: -ænd

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

#### 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[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC: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.
** 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
** A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
** A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
* A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
    sandstone with bands of shale
** 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.
* (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.
** 1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War‎, Supplement:For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.
* 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.
    Hyponym: preaching band
* (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
* (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
    valence band;  conduction band
* (obsolete) A bond.
** 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter, Haſt thou according to thy oath and band Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon: Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale, Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare, Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?
* (obsolete) Pledge; security.
** 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.
* (especially 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
* (medicine) Short for band cell.
* (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money
** 2014, “Trap Queen”, performed by Fetty Wap:She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go

##### Hyponyms

* cam band
* elastic band
* gum band
* hairband
* lacquer band
* rubber band
* shadow band
* smart band
* wedding band

##### Derived terms

* A band
* absorption band
* airband
* Alexander's band
* Alexander's dark band
* Alice band
* awareness band
* backband
* bag and band
* band-aid
* band-aid solution
* band cup
* bandfish
* bandgap
* bandhead
* bandleader
* bandless
* bandlike
* bandlimited
* bandlimiting
* bandmixing
* bandog
* band-pass
* band plan
* band saw
* bandsaw
* band-saw
* bandshape
* band skyphos
* band spectrum
* bandspread
* band-stop
* bandstrength
* bandstring
* band structure
* bandstructure
* band-tailed antshrike
* band-tailed manakin
* bandwidth
* bandwing
* bandwork
* bantling
* baseband
* bellyband
* belly-band
* belly band
* blackband
* black band disease
* breastband
* broadband
* browband
* chest band
* chinband
* citizens' band
* citizens' band radio
* conduction band
* crossband
* cuffband
* currency band
* cytoband
* cytogenetic band
* dance band
* darwaza band
* dendroband
* deskband
* driving band
* dual-band
* endband
* footband
* freebander
* freebanding
* gastric band
* geoband
* germband
* ghost band
* greaseband
* green band
* guard band
* gumband
* hair band
* hairband
* haircut band
* hatband
* hayband
* headband
* head band
* heteroband
* hot band
* hyperband
* iliotibial band
* iliotibial band friction syndrome
* iliotibial band syndrome
* imband
* immunoband
* in-band signaling
* in-band signalling
* interband
* intraband
* IT band
* Ka-band
* K band
* knee-band
* kneeband
* Ku-band
* lacky band
* lap band
* loom band
* Lüders band
* Mach band
* macroband
* mesoband
* microband
* midband
* mini band
* miniband
* Mobius band
* Möbius band
* moderator band
* Moebius band
* monoband
* moorband
* multiband
* narrowband
* neckband
* noseband
* oligoclonal band
* onychodermal band
* orthodontic band
* out-of-band
* out-of-band signaling
* passband
* payband
* pentaband
* platband
* powerband
* quadband
* quadriband
* rainband
* red band
* reef-band
* resistance band
* ribband
* ridgeband
* ridged band
* rockband
* ropeband
* rubber-band
* rubber band airplane
* sand band
* s-band
* scatter band
* scramble band
* shag band
* sideband
* silver band
* skeletal eroding band
* spaceband
* stopband
* subband
* superband
* sweatband
* sweet band
* tailband
* throatband
* timeband
* tri-band
* triband
* valence band
* voiceband
* waistband
* warband
* watchband
* waveband
* wheelband
* wideband
* witherband
* wrist band
* wristband
* x-band

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: バンド (bando)
* → Korean: 밴드 (baendeu)

##### Translations
#### Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)
* (transitive) To fasten with a band.
** 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Poet’s Midnight”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 54:As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope." Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph.
* (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

##### Derived terms

* bander
* reband

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Etymology 2

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

#### 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, e.g., a band of thieves.
** 1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC: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.
** 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:"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."
* (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
* (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

##### Derived terms

* backing band
* band camp
* band chief
* bandfic
* bandhood
* band kid
* bandleading
* bandlike
* bandmaster
* bandmate
* bandmember
* band rotunda
* band sectional
* bandshell
* bandslash
* bandsman
* bandstand
* bandstrated
* bandstration
* band tee
* bandwagon
* big band
* boy band
* brass band
* concert band
* cover band
* Euroband
* foo-foo band
* garage band
* ghost band
* girl band
* glam band
* house band
* iron band
* jam band
* jazz band
* jug band
* marching band
* megaband
* one-man band
* one-woman band
* pipe band
* rock band
* school band
* scratchband
* session band
* showband
* spasm band
* steel band
* steelband
* string band
* superband
* to beat the band
* tribute band
* wind band

##### Descendants

* Cantonese: band
* → German: Band (colloquial)
* → Japanese: バンド (bando)
* → Korean: 밴드 (baendeu)

##### Translations
#### 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.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts xxiii:12:Certain of the Jews banded together.
* (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

##### Derived terms

* band together

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

band
* (obsolete) simple past and past participle of bind

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)
* Obsolete form of bandy.

### See also

* band on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
* “band”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “band”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

### Anagrams

* B-DNA, bDNA, bdna

## Chinese
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ben$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ben$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛːn⁵⁵/

#### Noun

band
* (Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: 隊／队 c)
    From: 1987, 許冠傑 (Samuel Hui), 潮流興夾Band
    kei$^4$ mong$^6$ faai$^{3-2}$ faai$^3$ sing$^4$ wai$^4$ sai$^3$ gaai$^3$ zeoi$^3$ ging$^6$ ge$^3$ ben$^1$ [Jyutping]
    Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band
    From: 1998, 收音機1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)
    C: bin$^1$ deoi$^6$ ben$^1$ sin$^1$? A: hai$^6$ lo$^1$. mou$^5$ gong$^2$ dou$^3$ hai$^6$ bin$^1$ deoi$^6$ ben$^1$. [Jyutping]
    C: So which band? A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.
    From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON！輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 2
    taan$^4$ git$^{3-6}$ taa$^1$ go$^2$ go$^3$ tung$^1$ soeng$^4$ hai$^6$ jat$^1$ deoi$^6$ ben$^1$ ge$^3$ zung$^1$ sam$^1$, biu$^2$ jin$^2$ go$^2$ zan$^6$ jiu$^3$ hou$^2$ ci$^5$ li$^1$ daa$^4$ gam$^2$ daai$^3$ zyu$^6$ deoi$^6$ ben$^1$, hou$^2$ zi$^6$ jin$^4$ zau$^6$ wui$^5$ kap$^1$ jan$^5$ dou$^{3-2}$ gun$^1$ zung$^3$ ge$^3$ muk$^6$ gwong$^1$ gaa$^3$ laa$^3$. [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.

##### Synonyms

* 樂隊／乐队 (yuèduì)
* 組合／组合 (zǔhé)

##### Derived terms

* 夾band / 夹band (gaap$^3$ ben$^1$)
* 打band
* 散band (saan$^3$ ben$^1$)
* 開band / 开band (hoi$^1$ ben$^1$)

### Etymology 2

Perhaps influenced by banned.

#### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): ben$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ben$^1$
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ben$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pɛːn⁵⁵/

#### Verb

band
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of ban
** 2014 July 5, “孫耀威冒解約危機為動物發聲”, in 東網‎, 繽FUN星網:
       Eric waan$^4$ tau$^3$ lou$^6$ zoeng$^1$ wui$^5$ zeon$^2$ bei$^6$ ceon$^4$ wui$^4$ jin$^2$ coeng$^3$ wui$^{6-2}$, daan$^6$ jyu$^6$ zo$^2$ zai$^6$, “ngo$^5$ ji$^5$ ging$^1$ bei$^6$ wui$^{6-2}$ coeng$^4$ ben$^1$ zo$^2$ 3 ci$^3$, bat$^1$ gwo$^3$ hou$^2$ ci$^5$ tung$^1$ soeng$^4$ dou$^1$ jiu$^3$ ben$^1$ 5 ci$^3$ sin$^1$ sing$^4$ si$^6$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

### References

* English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

## Danish
### Etymology 1

Derived from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baːnd/, [b̥æːnd̥]

#### Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)
* band

##### Derived terms

* funkband

### Etymology 2

Derived from Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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: /ban/, [b̥ænˀ]

#### Noun

band c or n
* (rare) swear word

#### Verb

band
* imperative of bande

### References

* “band” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle Dutch bant, from Old Dutch *bant, from Proto-West Germanic *band, from Proto-Germanic *bandą. Compare Old High German bant, pant n, Old Saxon band, Old Frisian band n (and a closely related form Old English bænd, bend with umlaut from *bandiz). A verbal noun with ablaut to binden (“to bind”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: band
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

#### Noun

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)
* bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation)
    Ik heb geen goede band met God. ― I don't have a good relationship with God.
* band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)
* ribbon or object of similar shape
** tire / tyre (e.g., a car tyre)
** tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
** belt (martial arts belt)
** belt (conveyor belt)
* (physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
** range of energy levels in a solid state material
** interval in the light spectrum
* bank (the bank of a pool table)

##### Derived terms

* armband
* autoband
* bandafnemer
* bandbreedte
* banddikte
* banddoorlaatfilter
* bandeloos
* bandenlichter
* bandenloos
* bandenspanning
* bandnagel
* bandopname
* bandrecorder
* bandsnelheid
* bandsperfilter
* cassetteband
* enkelband
* fietsband
* geelbandhoningeter
* halsband
* lopende band
* losbandig
* refoband
* stormband
* videoband
* zwemband

##### Related terms

* verband

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: band
* Negerhollands: band
* → Caribbean Javanese: ban
* → Indonesian: ban
** → Petjo: ban
* → Papiamentu: bant, banchi
* → Sranan Tongo: banti
** → Aukan: banti
** → Caribbean Hindustani: banti
** → Caribbean Javanese: banti (dated)
** → Saramaccan: bánti

#### Noun

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)
* ribbon

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: band
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

#### Noun

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)
* (music) band

##### Descendants

* → Sranan Tongo: bènt
** → Caribbean Javanese: bèn

## Faroese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse band.

### Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, plural bond)
* (a piece of) rope, string
* (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations

#### Declension
## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

### Verb

band
* preterite of binden

## Icelandic
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Norse band.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [pant]
* Rhymes: -ant

### Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)
* (a piece of) string
* yarn
* (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations
* binding (of a book)
* (music) tie
* (music, slang) a musical band
    Synonym: hljómsveit f

#### Derived terms

* myndband
* samband
* vera á bandi
* vinna á sitt band

#### Related terms

* binda
* bundinn

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* bande, bend
* bond, boond, bonde, bound

### Etymology

Inherited from Old English bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz; vocalism is influenced by Old Norse band and Old French bande.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɔ(ː)nd/, /ba(ː)nd/

### Noun

band (plural bandes)
* That which obstructs one's free will and free action; a restraint.
** A chain or other object used to restrain a captive.
** Captivity; the condition of being jailed.
** A compact, directive or binding pact (either reciprocal or from one unto another)
* A strip of a material used to tie or bind; a band:
** A rope or piece of twine used to tie or bind.
** A headband (a band that surrounds the head)
** A metal band that surrounds an object in order to strengthen it.
** (anatomy, rare) A joint or sinew.
** (heraldry, rare) A diagonal stripe or band.
* (rare) A strip of a material not used to tie or bind.
* Something used to join or connect; a link.
** (figurative) A metaphorical connection or linkage.
* A collection or group of bound items.

#### Descendants

* English: band, bend, bond
* Scots: band, bend

#### References

* “bō̆nd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-25.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bånd (see this word for common usage)

### Etymology

Derived from English band (in this sense).

### Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda or bandene)
* (music) a band; group of rock musicians

#### Derived terms

* rockeband
* samband

### References

* “band” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* bainn (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse band, akin to English bond.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑnd/

#### Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)
* tape
* ribbon
* band
* bond
* leash (for a dog)

##### Derived terms

* samband

### Etymology 2

Derived from English band (music).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bænd/, /bɑnd/

#### Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda)
* (music) band

### References

* “band” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɑnd/

### Verb

band
* first/third-person singular preterite indicative of bindan

## Old Norse
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *bandą.

### Noun

band n (genitive bands, plural bǫnd)
* the act of binding or settling
    Antonym: lausn
    lausn ok band allra vandamálthe decision in all difficult cases
* band, cord, fetter
* (plural only) bond, confederacy
* (plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods
** c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21
    Svá skyldi goð gjalda, · gram reki bǫnd af lǫndum, reið sé rǫgn ok Óðinn, · rǫ́n míns féar hǫ́num; […]So shall the Gods repay him—may the Divinities drive the ruler from the land; may the Powers and Odin be wroth—for the plunder of my wealth.

#### Derived terms

* bandamaðr m (“confederate”)
* bandingi m (“prisoner”)

#### Related terms

* binda (“to bind”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: band
* Faroese: band
* Norwegian Nynorsk: band
** → Norwegian Bokmål: band
* Swedish: band
* Danish: bånd
** Norwegian Bokmål: bånd

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “band”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 42; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnt
* Syllabification: band

#### Noun

band m inan
* (music) pop or jazz band playing mostly wind instruments
    Synonyms: kapela, zespół

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbant/
* Rhymes: -ant
* Syllabification: band
* Homophone: bant

#### Noun

band f
* genitive plural of banda

### Further reading

* band in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* band in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Etymology 1

Derived from Old Norse band.

#### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

band n
* band
** ribbon, tape, strip of material
** ensemble, orchestra, group of musicians
** gang, band of robbers
** (physics) part of radio spectrum
** (physics) group of energy levels
* a binding (of a book)
* a volume (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia)
    en encyklopedi i 30 bandan encyclopedia in 30 volumes
* belt (used for transporting material or objects between two places); conveyor belt
    Synonym: transportband
* caterpillar track; a belt or band fitted instead of wheels to off-road vehicles
    Synonym: larvfötter
* audio tape or video tape
* cassette (of audio or video tape)
* tie, connection, relation; from a person to another person or to a place

##### Derived terms

* halsband
* kasettband
* lägga band på

##### Related terms

* banda
* bandning

### Etymology 2

Derived from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈband/

#### Noun

band n
* (music) band

##### Declension
#### Verb

band
* past indicative of binda

### References

* band in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* band in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* band in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Welsh
### Etymology

Borrowed from English band.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /band/
* Rhymes: -and

### Noun

band m (plural bandiau)
* band (group of musicians)
* band (strip of material)
* (physics) band

#### Derived terms

* band arian (“silver band”)
* band eang (“broadband”)
* band lastig (“elastic band”)
* band llydan (“broadband”)
* band pres (“brass band”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

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