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English

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?nd, IPA^(key): /bænd/
• (æ-tensing) IPA^(key): [be?nd]
• Homophone: banned
• Rhymes: -ænd

Etymology 1

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

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
   1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
   2. 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

   3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
   4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
2. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

3. (architecture) A strip of decoration.
   1. A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.
   2. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.
4. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.
5. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
6. (in the plural) Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.
7. (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
8. (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

9. (obsolete) A bond.
10. (obsolete) Pledge; security.

    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

11. (especially US) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
12. (sciences) Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
13. (medicine) Short for band cell.
14. (slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) money

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (bando)
• ? Korean: ?? (baendeu)

Translations

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
2. (transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Translations

Etymology 2

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 *b?end?- (“to tie; bond, band”).

Noun

band (plural bands)

1. A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.
2. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.
3. A marching band.
4. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
   • 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V

     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, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23

     "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."

5. (anthropology) A small group of people living in a simple society, contrasted with tribes, chiefdoms, and states.
6. (Canada) A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Cantonese: band (Chinglish)
• ? German: Band (colloquial)
• ? Japanese: ??? (bando)
• ? Korean: ?? (baendeu)

Translations

Verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

1. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
   • 1611, Bible (King James Version), Acts xxiii. 12

     Certain of the Jews banded together.

2. (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

Derived terms

• band together

Translations

Etymology 3

Verb

band

1. (obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of bind

See also

• band on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
• band at OneLook Dictionary Search
• band in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• B-DNA, bDNA, bdna

Chinese

Etymology

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

Noun

band

1. (Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: ???)

   • ???????????Band [Cantonese, trad.]
     ???????????Band [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1987, ??? (Samuel Hui), ????Band

     kei⁴ mong⁶ faai³ faai³ sing⁴ wai⁴ sai³ gaai³ zeoi³ ging⁶ ge³ ben¹ [Jyutping]

     Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band

   • C???band??
     A??????????band? [Cantonese, trad.]
     C???band??
     A??????????band? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1998, ???1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)

     C: Bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ sin¹?
     A: Hai⁶ lo¹. mou⁵ gong² dou³ hai⁶ bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹. [Jyutping]

     C: So which band?
     A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.

   • ??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
     ??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2010, TVB-J2, K-ON????? (K-On!), season 1, episode 2

     taan⁴ git³ taa¹ go² go³ tung¹ soeng⁴ hai⁶ jat¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ ge³ zung¹ sam¹, biu² jin² go² zan⁶ jiu³ hou² ci⁵ li¹ daa⁴ gam² daai³ zyu⁶ deoi⁶ ben¹, hou² zi⁶ jin⁴ zau⁶ wui⁵ kap¹ jan⁵ dou^3-2 gun¹ zung³ ge³ muk⁶ gwong¹ gaa³ laa³. [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

• ????? (yuèduì)
• ????? (z?hé)

References

• English Loanwords in Hong Kong Cantonese

Danish

Etymology 1

From English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?nd/, [b?æ?nd?]

Noun

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

1. band

Inflection

Derived terms

• funkband

Etymology 2

From Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b?æn?]

Noun

band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)

1. (rare) excommunication

Etymology 3

From bande (“swear, curse”), from Old Norse banna (“ban, curse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban/, [b?æn?]

Noun

band c or n

1. (rare) swear word

Verb

band

1. imperative of bande

References

• “band” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bant. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nt/
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. connection, liaison, bond (attachment, as in a relation)
2. band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre)
4. tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
5. bank (the bank of a pool table)
6. belt (martial arts belt)
7. belt (conveyor belt)
8. (physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
   1. interval in the light spectrum
   2. range of energy levels in a solid state material
9. ribbon
10. bond, tie

Derived terms

Related terms

• verband

Descendants

• Afrikaans: band
• ? Indonesian: ban

Noun

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

1. ribbon

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nt/
• Hyphenation: band
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)

1. (music) band

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse band.

Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, plural bond)

1. (a piece of) rope, string
2. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations

Declension

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bant/
• Rhymes: -ant

Verb

band

1. past of binden

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pant]
• Rhymes: -ant

Noun

band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)

1. (a piece of) string
2. yarn
3. (figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations
4. binding (of a book)
5. (music) tie
6. (music, slang) a musical band

Declension

Synonyms

• (band): hljómsveit f

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• binda
• bundinn

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bande, bend
• bond, boond, bonde, bound

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??nd/, /ba?nd/, /b?nd/, /band/

Noun

band (plural bandes)

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

Descendants

• English: band, bend
• Scots: band, bend

References

• “b??nd, 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

From English band (in this sense)

Noun

band n (definite singular bandet, indefinite plural band, definite plural banda or bandene)

1. (music) a band; group of (rock) musicians

Derived terms

• rockeband
• samband

References

• “band” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse band, akin to English bond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?nd/

Noun

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

1. a tape
2. a ribbon
3. a band
4. a bond
5. a leash (for a dog)

Derived terms

• samband

Etymology 2

From English band (music)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bænd/, /b?nd/

Noun

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

1. (music) a band

References

• “band” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *band?.

Noun

band n (genitive bands, plural b?nd)

1. the act of binding or settling

   Antonym: lausn
2. band, cord
3. (plural only) bonds, fetters
4. (plural only) bond, confederacy
5. (plural only, poetic) the gods

Declension

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• binda (“to bind”)

Descendants

References

• band in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse band.

Pronunciation

Noun

band n

1. a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material
2. a band, an ensemble, an orchestra; group of musicians
3. a band, a gang; band of robbers
4. (physics) a band; a part of radio spectrum
5. (physics) a band; a group of energy levels
6. an audio tape or a video tape
7. a cassette of audio or video tape
8. a tie, a connection, a relation; from a person to another person or to a place

Declension

Derived terms

• halsband
• kasettband

Related terms

• banda
• bandning

Etymology 2

From English band

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?band/

Noun

band n

1. (music) a band

Declension

Verb

band

1. past tense of binda.

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /band/

Noun

band m (plural bandiau)

1. band (group of musicians)
2. band (strip of material)
3. (physics) band

Derived terms

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

Mutation

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

English

Etymology

From Middle English cluster, from Old English cluster, clyster (“cluster, bunch, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *klus-, *klas- (“to clump, lump together”) + Proto-Germanic *-þr? (instrumental suffix), related to Low German Kluuster (“cluster”), dialectal Dutch klister (“cluster”), Swedish kluster (“cluster”), Icelandic klasi (“cluster; bunch of grapes”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kl?st?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?kl?st?/
• Rhymes: -?st?(r)

Noun

cluster (plural clusters)

1. A group or bunch of several discrete items that are close to each other.

   a cluster of islands

   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Colin Clouts Come Home Againe

     Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, / Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine.

2. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

3. (astronomy) A group of galaxies or stars that appear near each other.

4. (linguistics, education) A sequence of two or more words that occur in language with high frequency but are not idiomatic; a chunk, bundle, or lexical bundle.

   examples of clusters would include "in accordance with", "the results of" and "so far"

5. (music) A secundal chord of three or more notes.
6. (phonetics) A group of consonants.

7. (computing) A group of computers that work together.
8. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see block).
9. (statistics, cluster analysis) A subset of a population whose members are sufficiently similar to each other and distinct from others as to be considered a distinct group; such a grouping in a set of observed data that is statistically significant.
10. (military) A set of bombs or mines released as part of the same blast.
11. (army) A small metal design that indicates that a medal has been awarded to the same person before.
12. (slang, euphemistic) A clusterfuck.
13. (chemistry) An ensemble of bound atoms or molecules, intermediate in size between a molecule and a bulk solid.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

cluster (third-person singular simple present clusters, present participle clustering, simple past and past participle clustered)

1. (intransitive) To form a cluster or group.

   The children clustered around the puppy.

   • ?, Alfred Tennyson, Oenone

     His sunny hair / Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's.

   • 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments

     the princes of the country […] clustering together

   • 1997, Lynn Keller, Forms of Expansion: Recent Long Poems by Women, University of Chicago Press, ?ISBN, chapter 6, 281:

     On the page, “Me” is irregular but—except for a prominent drawing of a two-toned hieroglyphic eye—not radically unusual: the lines are consistently left-justified; their length varies from one to a dozen syllables; they cluster in stanzalike units anywhere from one to six lines long that are separated by consistent spaces.

2. (transitive) To collect into clusters.
3. (transitive) To cover with clusters.

Translations

Anagrams

• culters, curlest, custrel, cutlers, relucts

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cluster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl?s.t?r/
• Hyphenation: clus?ter
• Rhymes: -?st?r

Noun

cluster f or m or m (plural clusters, diminutive clustertje n)

1. cluster
2. (astronomy) star cluster

   Synonyms: sterrencluster, sterrenhoop, sterrenzwerm

Derived terms

• sterrencluster

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English cluster.

Noun

cluster m (plural clusters)

1. cluster

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English cluster.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?kl?s.te?/

Noun

cluster m (plural clusters)

1. (music) cluster (chord of three or more notes)
2. (computing) cluster (group of computers working concurrently)

Spanish

Noun

cluster m (plural clusters or cluster)

1. Alternative spelling of clúster