bande

Borrowed via German Bande from French bande, which is itself borrowed from a Germanic language (cf. Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”), from *bandwō).

• IPA^(key): /bandə/, [ˈb̥and̥ə]

bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)

1. gang (a group of people united for the purpose of crime or vandalism)

• “bande,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Borrowed via German Bande from French bande, which is borrowed from Frankish *binda (“join, link”) (cf. also German Binde (“bandage”), Danish bind).

• IPA^(key): /bandə/, [ˈb̥and̥ə]

bande c (singular definite banden, plural indefinite bander)

1. barrier, cushion (e.g. in billiards or hockey)

• “bande,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse banna, derived from the noun bann from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to order, ban”), cognate with Swedish banna, English ban, German bannen. Alternatively, the Scandinavian verbs are derived from the noun bann / band), which may be an early loan from Old Saxon ban.

• IPA^(key): /banə/, [ˈb̥anə]

bande (past tense bandede, past participle bandet)

1. to curse (to use offensive language)

• “bande,3” in Den Danske Ordbog

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bande

1. singular past indicative and subjunctive of bannen

• baden

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃d/

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From Frankish *binda (“join, link”), cognate with English bind, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”).

bande f (plural bandes)

1. band, strip
2. stripe
3. strip (e.g. magnetic strip)
4. (billiards) cushion
5. (heraldry) bend
6. soundtrack

• → Portuguese: banda
• → Turkish: bant

From Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

bande f (plural bandes)

1. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)
2. pack (of wolves)
   • 2018, Zaz, Nos vies

     On ne sera jamais seul autour de nous ; on est une meute solide, on est une bande de loups.

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3. (bande de) pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you

   Bande de voyous!

   You hooligans!

• chef de bande

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

bande

1. inflection of bander:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

bande f

1. plural of banda

• benda

bande

1. Alternative form of band

• IPA^(key): [ˈbande]

bande f

1. inflection of bandă:
   1. indefinite plural
   2. indefinite genitive/dative singular