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band
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)
- A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- 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
- 1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt
- A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
- A belt or strap that is part of a machine.
- A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
- A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
- (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.
- 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.
- (physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- (physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.
- (obsolete) A bond.
- (obsolete) Pledge; security.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
- (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) 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)
- (transitive) To fasten with a band.
- (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)
- 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 (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."
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (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
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)
- (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Acts xxiii. 12
- Certain of the Jews banded together.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Acts xxiii. 12
- (transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.
Derived terms
- band together
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
band
- (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
- (Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: ???)
- ???????????Band [Cantonese, trad.]
- 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
???????????Band [Cantonese, simp.]- C???band??
- 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.
A??????????band? [Cantonese, trad.]
C???band??
A??????????band? [Cantonese, simp.]- ??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, trad.]
- 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 dou3-2 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.
??????????band???????????leader????band????????????????? [Cantonese, simp.]
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)
- 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)
- (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
- (rare) swear word
Verb
band
- 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)
- connection, liaison, bond (attachment, as in a relation)
- band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians) (clarification of this definition is needed)
- tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre)
- tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
- bank (the bank of a pool table)
- belt (martial arts belt)
- belt (conveyor belt)
- (physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena
- interval in the light spectrum
- range of energy levels in a solid state material
- ribbon
- bond, tie
Derived terms
Related terms
- verband
Descendants
- Afrikaans: band
- ? Indonesian: ban
Noun
band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)
- ribbon
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English band.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?nt/
- Hyphenation: band
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)
- (music) band
Faroese
Etymology
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(key): /bant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Verb
band
- past of binden
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse band.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [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
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)
- 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.
- (figuratively) A metaphorical connection or linkage.
- 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)
- (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)
- a tape
- a ribbon
- a band
- a bond
- 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)
- (music) a band
References
- “band” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *band?.
Noun
band n (genitive bands, plural b?nd)
- the act of binding or settling
- Antonym: lausn
- band, cord
- (plural only) bonds, fetters
- (plural only) bond, confederacy
- (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
- a band, a ribbon, a tape; a strip of material
- a band, an ensemble, an orchestra; group of musicians
- a band, a gang; band of robbers
- (physics) a band; a part of radio spectrum
- (physics) a band; a group of energy levels
- an audio tape or a video tape
- a cassette of audio or video tape
- 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
- (music) a band
Declension
Verb
band
- past tense of binda.
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from English band.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /band/
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
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
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number
English
Alternative forms
- nummer (dialectal)
- numbre (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Middle English number, nombre, numbre, noumbre, from Anglo-Norman noumbre, Old French nombre, from Latin numerus (“number”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to divide”). Compare Saterland Frisian Nummer, Nuumer, West Frisian nûmer, Dutch nummer (“number”), German Nummer (“number”), Danish nummer (“number”), Swedish nummer (“number”), Icelandic númer (“number”). Replaced Middle English ?etæl and rime, more at tell, tale and rhyme.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- (General American) enPR: n?m?b?r, IPA(key): /?n?mb?/
- Rhymes: -?mb?(?)
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Noun
number (plural numbers)
- (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.
- (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.
- Synonyms: scalar, (obsolete) rime
- (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.
- (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or ?). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.
- Quantity.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- A sequence of digits and letters used to register people, automobiles, and various other items.
- (countable, informal) A telephone number.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- “[...] I wonder if you could get hold of him and have him call me here at Interior. I’m in my office, do you have my number?”
- 2007, Lindsey Nicole Isham, No Sex in the City: One Virgin's Confessions on Love, Lust, Dating, and Waiting, Kregel Publications, page 111:
- When I agreed to go surfing with him he said, “Great, can I have your number?” Well, I don’t give my number to guys I don’t know.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- Marsha's work number is 555-8986.
- 2001, E. Forrest Hein, The Ruach Project, Xulon Press, page 86:
- (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.
- Synonym: numeral
- (now rare, in the plural) Poetic metres; verses, rhymes.
- (countable) A performance; especially, a single song or song and dance routine within a larger show.
- (countable, informal) A person.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- I laughed. "Don't doubt that. She's a saucy little number."
- 1988, Erica Jong, Serenissima, Dell, page 214:
- "Signorina Jessica," says the maid, a saucy little number, "your father has gone to his prayers and demands that you come to the synagogue at once [...]"
- 2005, Denise A. Agnew, Kate Hill & Arianna Hart, By Honor Bound, Ellora's Cave Publishing, page 207:
- He had to focus on the mission, staying alive and getting out, not on the sexy number rubbing up against him.
- 1968, Janet Burroway, The dancer from the dance: a novel, Little, Brown, page 40:
- (countable, informal) An item of clothing, particularly a stylish one.
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- The trouble was I was wearing my backless glittering number from the night before underneath, so unless I could persuade the office it was National Fancy Dress Day I was doomed to sweat profusely in bottle blue.
- 2007, Lorelei James, Running with the Devil, Samhain Publishing, Ltd, page 46:
- "I doubt the sexy number you wore earlier tonight fell from the sky."
- 2007, Cesca Martin, Agony Angel: So You Think You've Got Problems..., Troubador Publishing Ltd, page 134:
- (slang, chiefly US) A marijuana cigarette, or joint; also, a quantity of marijuana bought form a dealer.
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- Back at his place again, Doc rolled a number, put on a late movie, found an old T-shirt, and sat tearing it up into short strips […]
- 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, page 12:
- (dated) An issue of a periodical publication.
- the latest number of a magazine
- A large amount, in contrast to a smaller amount; numerical preponderance.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- Despite last week's woes, the Braves still sport numbers that would make Christie Brinkley blush.
- 1980, May 10, Al King "Braves travel to New England with reputation", The Indiana Gazette
- (informal, always indefinite) A large amount of damage
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
Translations
Verb
number (third-person singular simple present numbers, present participle numbering, simple past and past participle numbered)
- (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).
- Number the baskets so that we can find them easily.
- (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.
- I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands.
See also
- (grammatical numbers): singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural
References
- number on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Derived terms
- number among
Translations
See also
- Wiktionary’s Appendix of numbers
Etymology 2
From numb + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?m'?, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- (US): enPR: n?m'?r, IPA(key): /?n?m?/
- Hyphenation: num?ber
Adjective
number
- comparative form of numb: more numb
Anagrams
- numbre, renumb
Estonian
Etymology
From German Nummer. The added -b- is analoguous to kamber and klamber.
Noun
number (genitive numbri, partitive numbrit)
- number
Declension
Middle English
Noun
number
- Alternative form of nombre
Papiamentu
Etymology
From English number.
An analogy of the Papiamentu word nòmber "name".
Noun
number
- number
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