different between banke vs banker

English

Noun

banke (plural bankes)

1. Obsolete spelling of bank
   • 19th century, Jean Ingelow - The Brides of Enderby

     And rearing Lindis backward press'd

     Shook all her trembling bankes amaine;

Anagrams

• baken, e-bank

Afrikaans

Noun

banke

1. plural of bank

Danish

Etymology 1

From the noun bakke

Noun

banke c (singular definite banken, plural indefinite banker)

1. a bank (underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank)
2. a bank (of clouds or fog)

Derived terms

• fiskebanke
• sandbanke
• tågebanke

Etymology 2

From Old Norse banga

Verb

banke (imperative bank, present tense banker, simple past and past participle banka or banket, present tense bankende)

1. to knock (rap one's knuckles against something, such as a door)
2. to hammer (strike with a hammer)
3. to beat (heart)
4. to throb (pain, headache, pulse)

Derived terms

• banker

Lithuanian

Noun

banke m

1. locative singular of bankas
2. vocative singular of bankas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From the noun bakke

Noun

banke m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural banker, definite plural bankene)

1. a bank (underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank)
2. a bank (of clouds or fog)

Derived terms

• fiskebanke
• sandbanke
• tåkebanke

Etymology 2

From Old Norse banga

Verb

banke (imperative bank, present tense banker, simple past and past participle banka or banket, present tense bankende)

1. to knock (rap one's knuckles against something, such as a door)
2. to hammer (strike with a hammer)
3. to beat (heart)
4. to throb (pain, headache, pulse)

Derived terms

• banker

References

• “banke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun bakke

Noun

banke m (definite singular banken, indefinite plural bankar, definite plural bankane)

1. a bank (underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank)
2. a bank (of clouds or fog)

Derived terms

• fiskebanke
• sandbanke
• tåkebanke

References

• “banke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?k?/

Noun

banke

1. dative singular of banka
2. locative singular of banka

Slovene

Noun

bánke

1. genitive singular of bánka
2. nominative plural of bánka
3. accusative plural of bánka

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæ?k?/
• Rhymes: -æ?k?(r)

Etymology 1

bank +? -er, after French banquier.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
2. The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
3. (obsolete) A money changer.
4. The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.

Hyponyms

• usurer (offering loans, esp. at very high interest); loan shark (independent, offering loans at high interest); saraf (early modern Middle East & India); shroff (early modern India & SE Asia)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bank
• banking

Translations

Etymology 2

From bank (“an elevation, or rising ground”) + +? -er

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
2. (Britain, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
   • 1941, Ernestine Hill, My Love Must Wait, A&R Classics 2013, p. 6:

     But this was no storm, the bankers could have told him. It was break of the year.

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3. (mining) A banksman.

Translations

Etymology 3

From bank (“an incline or hill”) +? -er.

Noun

banker (plural bankers)

1. (rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.

Synonyms

• (railway locomotive): bank engine (UK), helper, helper engine (US)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• barken

Danish

Noun

banker c pl

1. indefinite plural of bank

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

Ladino

Noun

banker m (Latin spelling)

1. banker

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From banke +? -er

Noun

banker m (definite singular bankeren, indefinite plural bankere, definite plural bankerne)

1. a beater (implement used for beating)

Derived terms

• teppebanker

Etymology 2

Noun

banker m pl

1. indefinite plural of bank.
2. indefinite plural of banke

Etymology 3

Verb

banker

1. present of banke

References

• “banker_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Swedish

Noun

banker

1. indefinite plural of bank.

Anagrams

• barken