different between ribbon vs bandeau

English

Etymology

From Middle English riban, ryban, ryband, from Old French riban, ruban ( > modern French ruban), of uncertain origin. Likely from a Germanic compound whose second element is cognate with English band. Compare Middle Dutch ringhband (“necklace”, literally “ring-band”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?n

Noun

ribbon (countable and uncountable, plural ribbons)

1. A long, narrow strip of material used for decoration of clothing or the hair or gift wrapping.
2. An awareness ribbon.
3. An inked strip of material against which type is pressed to print letters in a typewriter or printer.
4. A narrow strip or shred.

   a steel or magnesium ribbon

   sails torn to ribbons

   1. (cooking) In ice cream and similar confections, an ingredient (often chocolate, butterscotch, caramel, or fudge) added in a long narrow strip.
5. (shipbuilding) Alternative form of ribband
6. (nautical) A painted moulding on the side of a ship.
7. A watchspring.
8. A bandsaw.
9. (slang, dated, in the plural) Reins for a horse.
   • 1887, James Inglis, Our New Zealand Cousins

     "Here, sir, hold the ribbons." This to me, throwing me the reins. Jack got down from his perch, and after a little search in the bush was rewarded by the capture of the poor dazed pigeon, who was consigned to safe custody in the boot.

10. (heraldry) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
11. (spinning) A sliver.
12. (journalism) A subheadline presented above its parent headline.
13. (computing, graphical user interface) A toolbar that incorporates tabs and menus.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ??? (ribon)
• ? Korean: ?? (ribon)

Translations

See also

• riband

Verb

ribbon (third-person singular simple present ribbons, present participle ribboning, simple past and past participle ribboned)

1. (transitive) To decorate with ribbon.

   Synonym: beribbon

2. (transitive) To stripe or streak.

Anagrams

• Robbin, robbin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bandeau, from Old French bandel, diminutive form of bande. Doublet of bendel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bænd??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?band??/

or as in French

• Homophone: bandeaux

Noun

bandeau (plural bandeaux or bandeaus)

1. A band for the hair.

   She wore a bandeau in her hair.

   • 2002, Raoul d'Harcourt, Textiles of Ancient Peru and Their Techniques

     Fragment of a wool cap, of which only the bandeau is well preserved. It is made in square knotting in alternate directions (see Fig. 79).

2. (medicine) A band.
   • 1998, AANS Publications Committee: Setti S. Rengachary, MD, and Edward C. Benzel, MD, Calvarial and Dural Reconstruction: Neurosurgical Topics

     The frontal bandeau is then elevated en bloc. A Bi on BC1 (Midas Rex) bit is used to create the osteotomies circumferentially.

   • 1999, Bill C. Terry, Maxime Champy, Franz Härle, et al, Atlas of Craniomaxillofacial Osteosynthesis: miniplates, microplates, and screws

     The supraorbital bandeau is fixed to the nasal structure by a titanium [...]

     This bandeau is fixed by microplates. The median bone strip is fixed to the [...]

3. A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
   • 2016, Jess Cartner-Morley, The Guardian, 13 December:

     At Paris fashion week, a few weeks later, Kim’s sister Kendall wore a minimalist black bandeau top that echoed Kim’s look.

Translations

French

Etymology

Old French bandel, from bande + -el.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??.do/

Noun

bandeau m (plural bandeaux)

1. headband, bandeau
2. bandage
3. blindfold
4. (Toulouse, now historical) A tight headband worn for a long time, usually from youth, for the ancient folk custom of cranial deformation.

Descendants

• ? English: bandeau

Further reading

• “bandeau” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• endauba