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union
English
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/
Noun
union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Synonyms
- junction, coalition, combination
Derived terms
Related terms
- reunion
- reunification
- unify
- unity
Translations
Verb
union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
- intersection
- Wikipedia article about unions in set theory
Anagrams
- iunno
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uni?o?n/
Noun
union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
- union
Inflection
Derived terms
- personalunion
- realunion
Further reading
- “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ni?on
Noun
union m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) A trade union.
- Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nj??/
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Union
Further reading
- “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??u?n/
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Related terms
- unir
References
- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Proper noun
union f (nominative singular union)
- Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
Synonyms
- Trinité
Descendants
- English: union
- French: union
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union
- union
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üniun
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?nju?/
Noun
union f (plural union)
- union
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
Derived terms
- unionsupplösning
See also
- fackförening
- federation
- förbund
- förening
- kår
- studentkår
Further reading
- union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?njo?/
Noun
union f (invariable)
- union
Related terms
- unir
Welsh
Etymology
un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nj?n/
- Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.
Adjective
union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- exact
Derived terms
- unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)
Mutation
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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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