different between legion vs band

English

Etymology

Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legi?, legionem, from leg? (“to gather, collect”); akin to legend, lecture.

Generalized sense of “a large number” is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?li?d??n/
• Rhymes: -i?d??n

Adjective

legion (not comparable)

1. Numerous; vast; very great in number

   Synonyms: multitudinous, numerous

Translations

Noun

legion (plural legions)

1. (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or division of the Roman army, usually comprising 3000 to 6000 infantry soldiers and 100 to 200 cavalry troops.

   Meronyms: cohort, maniple, century

2. (military, obsolete) A combined arms major military unit featuring cavalry, infantry, and artillery.

   Coordinate terms: combat team, regimental combat team, brigade combat team

3. (military) A large military or semi-military unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.
4. (often Legion or the Legion) A national organization or association of former servicemen, such as the American Legion.
5. A large number of people; a multitude.

   Synonyms: host, mass, multitude, sea, throng

6. (often plural) A great number.
7. (dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.

Coordinate terms

• (military unit): fireteam, section, troop, squad, platoon, company, battalion, regiment, brigade, division, corps, wing, army, army group

Related terms

• legionary
• legionnaire

Derived terms

• superlegion
• sublegion
• infralegion

Translations

Verb

legion (third-person singular simple present legions, present participle legioning, simple past and past participle legioned)

1. (transitive) To form into legions.

Quotations

Further reading

• Roman legion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• legion (taxonomy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• legion (demons) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• legion in popular culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• eloign, longie, ogle-in

Danish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.

Noun

legion c (singular definite legionen, plural indefinite legioner)

1. legion

Declension

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??ion/
• Hyphenation: le?gi?on
• Rhymes: -ion

Noun

legion

1. accusative singular of legio

Middle French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le??jõ?/

Noun

legion f (plural legions)

1. (military) legion

Descendants

• French: légion

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.

Noun

legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legioner, definite plural legionene)

1. legion

Further reading

• “legion” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.

Noun

legion m (definite singular legionen, indefinite plural legionar, definite plural legionane)

1. legion

Further reading

• “legion” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l???.j?n/

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

legion m inan

1. legion

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin l?gi?.

Noun

legion c

1. legion

Declension

Anagrams

• logien

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