# banda
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

### Noun

banda (countable and uncountable, plural bandas) (music)
* (uncountable) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
** 2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in New York Times‎:With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.
* (countable) An ensemble playing such music.

### Further reading

* Banda music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* A band, aband

## Acehnese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /banᵈa/

### Noun

banda
* city
* somebody who is being challenged to gamble by other gamblers

## Bangi
### Verb

banda
* to begin

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈban.də]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈban.da]
* Rhymes: -anda
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bindā, *bindu (“band, ribbon”). Doublet of bena.

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandes)
* band, sash
* side
    Synonym: costat
* (heraldry) bend

##### Derived terms

* a banda
* a banda i banda
* a totes bandes
* banda sonora
* bandada
* d'altra banda

### Etymology 2

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandes)
* band, gang
* (anthropology) band
* (music) band (especially one consisting mainly of wind and percussion instruments)

##### Derived terms

* banda simfònica
* bandada

##### Related terms

* bandera

### Further reading

* “banda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “banda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “banda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbanda]

### Noun

banda f
* (informal) gang, crowd, band

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “banda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “banda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “banda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

banda
* third-person singular past historic of bander

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
* Rhymes: -anda
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Etymology 1

14th century. From Old French bande, bende, from Frankish *bindā, bindu, from Proto-Germanic *bindō (“band”).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* band, strip
* (hydrology) bank
* (heraldry) bend
** c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 129:
    Pytagoras era moy bõo caualeyro et moy ardido, et tragia hũ escudo de argẽte et de vermello cõ bandas ao trauesPytagoras was a very good knight and very valiant, and he was wearing a shield of silver and red, with traversal bands

##### Derived terms

* Bandorrío

### Etymology 2

15th century. Uncertain. Perhaps from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* organized group of people
* band (musical group)

##### Derived terms

* bandada
* bandear
* bandexa

##### Related terms

* bandeira
* bando

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* side
** 1496, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 733:outra leyra jaz a caron de outra de Lourenço d'Alen, e da outra banda parte con outra de Gonçalo Carreirathe other field is by another of Lourenzo d'Alén, and on the other side it departs from another belonging to Gonzalo Carreira
* bank; flank
* (figurative) place; land

##### Derived terms

* Calabanda
* de banda a banda
* Desabanda
* Esabanda
* fala-en-banda
* por outra banda

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “banda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'franxa, cinta'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'grupo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'lado'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “banda I”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “banda II”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Gooniyandi
### Noun

banda
* the ground
* dirt

### References

* William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN

## Hausa
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bàn.dáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [bàn.dáː]

### Noun

bàndā f (possessed form bàndar̃)
* meat or fish dried over a fire

## Hiligaynon
### Noun

bánda
* strap

## Hungarian
### Etymology

First attested in 1787. Borrowed from Italian banda (“group”). Perhaps via German Bande.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɒndɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ban‧da
* Rhymes: -dɒ

### Noun

banda (plural bandák)
* gang (group of criminals who band together)
    Synonyms: bűnbanda, bűnszövetkezet
* (derogatory) band, crew, mob (unruly group of people)
    Synonyms: bagázs, brancs, galeri, kompánia
* (colloquial, humorous) team, band (group of people being in some relation)
    Synonyms: brancs, csapat, csoport, kompánia, társaság
* (colloquial, music) band (group of people playing popular music)
    Synonyms: együttes, zenekar
* (dated, dialectal) workgroup, crew
    Synonyms: brigád, munkacsapat
* (dialectal, music) gypsy orchestra
    Synonym: cigányzenekar
** 1851, János Arany, A nagyidai cigányok‎, canto 1:S legottan vitézlő férfiak menének, / Hogy kihoznák a port, ágyut töltenének. / Rárántá azonban Juhgége s a banda, / Megkezdé a táncot legelébb a vajda.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (card games) four cards of the same suit (in ferbli)

#### Derived terms

* bandafőnök
* bandaháború
* bandatag
* bandavezér
* rezesbanda

### References

* ↑ banda in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* banda 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
* banda 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).

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ban.da/

### Noun

banda
* orange (colour)

### Adjective

banda
* orange (colour)
Colors in Iban · chura (layout · text) :
| burak | engkari | chelum |
| mirah; [Term?] | banda; pirang | kuning; [Term?] |
| [Term?] | ijau, gadung | [Term?]; [Term?] |
| [Term?]; [Term?] | [Term?] | biru |
| [Term?]; [Term?] | [Term?]; engkodok | kalas |

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpanta/
* Rhymes: -anta

### Verb

banda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bandaði, supine bandað)
* to beckon, to wave at [with dative]

#### Conjugation
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.da/, [ˈban.da]
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ (bandha), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

#### Noun

banda (uncountable)
* (dialect, Java) wealth
    Synonym: kekayaan

##### Alternative forms

* bandha

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda), from Old Javanese bandha, baddha (“band, tie, chain”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

#### Noun

banda (uncountable) (dialect, Java)
* tape, ribbon, band
    Synonym: pita
* tie
    Synonym: ikat
* rope
    Synonym: tali

### Further reading

* “banda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Interlingua
### Noun

banda (plural bandas)
* cord, string, tendon
* tape
* band, strip

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbˠan̪ˠd̪ˠə/

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English band.

#### Noun

banda m (genitive singular banda, nominative plural bandaí)
* band (myriad senses)

##### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
banda
bandaí
vocative
a bhanda
a bhandaí
genitive
banda
bandaí
dative
banda
bandaí
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an banda
na bandaí
genitive
an bhanda
na mbandaí
dative
leis an mbanda don bhanda
leis na bandaí :

##### Derived terms

* banda allais (“sweat-band”)
* banda bealaidh (“grease-band”)
* banda boilg (“belly-band”)
* banda coime (“waist-band”)
* banda coscáin (“brake-band”)
* banda minicíochta (“frequency band”)
* banda muinchille (“wrist-band”)
* banda muiníl (“neck-band”)
* bandach (“banded”, adjective)
* bandán (“bend”) (heraldry)
* bandearrach (“ring-tailed”, adjective)
* coscán banda (“band-brake”)
* iarann bandaí (“strip-iron”)

### Etymology 2

From Old Irish banda, from ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -da.

#### Adjective

banda
* womanly
* feminine

##### Declension

$^1$ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article. $^2$ When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

##### Related terms

* an cineál banda (“the fair sex”)
* bandacht (“womanliness, femininity”)
* bandáil (“company, assembly, of women”)

### Mutation

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

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 banda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.da/
* Rhymes: -anda
* Hyphenation: bàn‧da

### Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“tie, join, link”). Compare French bande.

#### Noun

banda f (plural bande)
* side
* tape or strip
* (heraldry) bend

##### Derived terms

* sbandare

### Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin banda, possibly of Gothic origin. See Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa) and 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bande)
* band (in all senses)
* gang or group

## Javanese
### Romanization

banda
* Romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ

## Kabuverdianu
### Etymology

From Portuguese banda.

### Noun

banda
* side

## Kituba
### Verb

banda
* to begin

## Lingala
### Verb

banda
* to begin

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.da/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)
* Rhymes: -anda

### Noun

banda f (plural bnadi)
* side
* (music) band

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* bandene

### Noun

banda n pl
* definite plural of band

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

banda n
* definite plural of band

## Occitan
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bande

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!
* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* band (group of musicians)

## Old Norse
### Noun

banda
* genitive plural of band

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese banda and Kabuverdianu banda.

### Preposition

banda
* next to
* around

### Noun

banda
* surroundings
* side

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bande.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.da/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: ban‧da

### Noun

banda f
* gang (group of criminals)
    Synonyms: gang, szajka
* (colloquial) band, clique, crew (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)
    Synonym: paczka
* (colloquial) mob (group of loud and rambunctious people)
    Synonym: zgraja
* barrier (protective fence around a racetrack)
* cushion (lip around a table in cue sports)

#### Declension
### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɐ̃.dɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɐ̃.da/
* Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”), from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* band, stripe
* side
* (heraldry) bend

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bande (“group, gang”), from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandu or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

#### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* band (of people, musical, of frequencies)

##### Derived terms

* banda larga

## Rohingya
### Etymology

Derived from Bengali বারান্দা (baranda), Borrowed from Portuguese varanda.

### Noun

banda
* veranda, balcony
* living room

## Romanian
### Alternative forms

* банда (banda) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈban.da/
* Rhymes: -anda
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Noun

banda f
* definite nominative/accusative singular of bandă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bâːnda/
* Hyphenation: ban‧da

### Etymology 1

From Italian banda.

#### Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)
* gang

##### Declension
#### References

* “banda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

### Etymology 2

From Italian banda (“side”).

#### Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)
* (Chakavian) side

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon; group, gang”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbanda/ [ˈbãn̪.d̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: ban‧da

### Noun

banda f (plural bandas)
* (music) band (musical group)
* gang, band, group
* band, sash
* (heraldry) bend

#### Hyponyms

* banda ancha
* banda de fluctuación
* banda de frecuencia
* Banda de los Cuatro
* banda de rodamiento
* banda de sonido
* Banda Oriental
* banda sonora

#### Derived terms

* ancho de banda
* arriar en banda
* arroz a banda
* banda de guerra
* bandera
* cerrarse en banda
* estar en banda
* línea de banda
* saque de banda
* soltar en banda

#### Related terms

* bandido
* bando
* bandolero

#### Descendants

* → English: banda

#### See also

* pandilla
* venda

### Further reading

* “banda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

banda class V (plural mabanda class VI)
* shed (stable in a barn)
    banda la farasi ― stable
    banda la kuku ― chicken barn
    banda la ndege ― bird nest or hangar

#### Derived terms

* kibanda

## Swedish
### Etymology

band +‎ -a

### Verb

banda (present bandar, preterite bandade, supine bandat, imperative banda)
* to tape, to record to a magnetic tape

#### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

#### Related terms

* bandning

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
** Audio:(file)
** Rhymes: -anda
* (dialectal) IPA: /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]
** Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ban‧da

#### Noun

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* band (of musicians)
    Maraming banda ang tutugtog sa palabas.Many bands will perform in the show.
* group of people, animals, fowl, etc.

##### Derived terms

* magbanda
* makipagbanda
* pagbabanda

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; sash”), from French bande, from Old French bande, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -anda
* Syllabification: ban‧da

#### Noun

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* narrow strip of band (such as ribbon or metal bands)

##### Related terms

* abanderado
* bandera
* bandereta
* banderilya
* banderin

### Etymology 3

Early borrowing from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”). Similar to etymology 1 but borrowed earlier, shown by the shift in stress.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ban‧da

#### Noun

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* direction; side; place
    Synonyms: dako, gawi

##### Derived terms

* banda sa
* sa kabilang banda

#### Preposition

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)
* around (of location or time)
    Aalis ako nang bandang alas kuwatro ng hapon.I'll leave at around four PM.
    Banda roon lang nakalagay ang susi.The keys have been placed just around there.
    Dito banda dumaan si Tatay.Father passed around here.

##### See also

* dapit

### Further reading

* “banda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 38

## Xhosa
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-bânda
* (intransitive) to be cold

#### Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

## Zulu
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Verb

-banda$^?$
* (intransitive) to be cold

#### Inflection
### References

* C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓanda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓanda (3.9)”