different between bangs vs banns

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bæ?z/

Etymology 1

Noun

bangs pl (normally plural, singular bang)

1. plural of bang
2. (chiefly US) Hair hanging over the forehead.
3. (chiefly US) A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.

Synonyms

• (hair): forelocks; fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)
• (hairstyle): fringe (UK); bang (archaic US)

Translations

Verb

bangs

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bang

Etymology 2

Shortened from Bang's disease.

Noun

bangs (uncountable)

1. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English bangs, plural of bang, from Middle English *bangen, from Old English *bangian, *bangan or Old Norse banga (“to pound, hammer”); both from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?en- (“to beat, hit, injure”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bangs

Noun

bangs

1. bang; a fringe of hair cut across the forehead

French

Noun

bangs m

1. plural of bang

English

Etymology

Alteration of bans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bænz/
• Rhymes: -ænz
• Homophone: bans

Noun

banns pl (plural only)

1. The announcement of a forthcoming marriage (legally required for a church wedding in England and Wales and read on the three Sundays preceding the marriage).
   • 1766, George Colman & David Garrick, The Clandestine Marriage, Act II, Scene ii.

     Sir John. Why the banns have been publi?hed, and nobody has forbidden them, 'tis true—but you know either of the parties may change their minds even after they enter the church.

2. Historically, any public announcement of a coming event.
   • The Banes which are reade beefore the beginninge of the playes of Chester, 4 June, 1600.

Synonyms

• banns of marriage

Translations

Icelandic

Noun

banns

1. indefinite genitive singular of bann