banque
See also: banqué and bànque
English
Etymology
French banque (“bank”)
Noun
banque (plural banques)
- Alternative form of bank (“underwriter or controller of a card game”)
Anagrams
- Benuaq
French
Etymology
From Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ̃k/
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Noun
banque f (plural banques)
- bank
Derived terms
- banque centrale
- billet de banque
- compte en banque
- faire sauter la banque
- va banque
Related terms
- bancaire
Descendants
- Borrowings
Some may be via other European languages.
- Arabic: بنك (bank)
- Breton: bank
- Danish: bank (see there for further descendants)
- Dutch: bank (see there for further descendants)
- ⇒ Haitian Creole: labank (from la banque)
- Limburgish: bank
- Lingala: bánka
- Luxembourgish: Bank
- Ngazidja Comorian: banki
- Norwegian: bank
- Oriya: ବାଙ୍କ୍ (baṅk)
- Persian: بانک (bânk) (see there for further descendants)
- Turkish: banka
- Wolof: bank
- ⇒ Vietnamese: nhà băng
Further reading
- “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).
Noun
banque f (plural banques)
- bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)
Descendants
- French: banque (see there for further descendants)
- Norman: banque
- → Middle English: banke
- English: bank (see there for further descendants)
- Scots: baunk
- → Irish: banc
References
- Etymology and history of “banque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).
Noun
banque f (plural banques)
- (Jersey) bank
Derived terms
- bantchi1 (“to bank”)
- bantchi2 (“banker”)
Portuguese
Verb
banque
- inflection of bancar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
banque
- inflection of bancar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative