band

Hoping that we'll quickly become the world's best band

kei⁴ mong⁶ faai³⁻² faai³ sing⁴ wai⁴ sai³ gaai³ zeoi³ ging⁶ ge³ ben¹

期望快快成為世界最勁嘅Band

期望快快成为世界最劲嘅Band

C: So which band?
A: Indeed, they didn't mention which band.

1998, 收音機1 (Radio 1), Hong Kong Cantonese Corpus (HKCanCor)

C: bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹ sin¹?
A: hai⁶ lo¹. mou⁵ gong² dou³ hai⁶ bin¹ deoi⁶ ben¹.

C：邊隊band先？
A：係囖。冇講到係邊隊band。

C：边队band先？
A：系𱕌。冇讲到系边队band。

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.

2010, TVB-J2, K-ON！輕音少女 (K-On!), season 1, episode 2

taan⁴ git³⁻⁶ 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.

彈結他嗰個通常係一隊band嘅中心，表演嗰陣要好似leader咁帶住隊band，好自然就會吸引到觀眾嘅目光㗎喇。

弹结他嗰个通常系一队band嘅中心，表演嗰阵要好似leader咁带住队band，好自然就会吸引到观众嘅目光㗎喇。

(Cantonese) band (group of musicians) (Classifier: 隊／队 c)


band

2014 July 5, “孫耀威冒解約危機為動物發聲”, in 東網, 繽FUN星網:

Eric waan⁴ tau³ lou⁶ zoeng¹ wui⁵ zeon² bei⁶ ceon⁴ wui⁴ jin² coeng³ wui⁶⁻², daan⁶ jyu⁶ zo² zai⁶, “ngo⁵ ji⁵ ging¹ bei⁶ wui⁶⁻² coeng⁴ ben¹ zo² 3 ci³, bat¹ gwo³ hou² ci⁵ tung¹ soeng⁴ dou¹ jiu³ ben¹ 5 ci³ sin¹ sing⁴ si⁶

Eric還透露將會準備巡迴演唱會，但遇阻滯，「我已經被會場band咗3次，不過好似通常都要band5次先成事

Eric还透露将会准备巡回演唱会，但遇阻滞，「我已经被会场band咗3次，不过好似通常都要band5次先成事

(Hong Kong Cantonese) Alternative form of ban


band

head

band n (singular definite bandet, plural indefinite band or bands)

bandet (definite singular)
band (indefinite plural)
bands (indefinite plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandet (definite nominative singular)
band (indefinite nominative plural)
bands (indefinite nominative plural)
bandene (definite nominative plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandets (definite genitive singular)
bands (genitive indefinite plural)
bands' (genitive indefinite plural)
bandenes (definite genitive plural)


band

band n (singular definite bandet, not used in plural form)

Derived from Old Norse bann (“ban, curse”).


band

From bande (“swear, curse”), from Old Norse banna (“ban, curse”).


band

Ik heb geen goede band met God.

I don't have a good relationship with God.

bond, connection, relationship, liaison, tie (attachment, as in a relation)

band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians)

ribbon or object of similar shape
tire / tyre (e.g., a car tyre)

ribbon or object of similar shape
tape (magnetic tape, video tape)

ribbon or object of similar shape
belt (martial arts belt)

ribbon or object of similar shape
belt (conveyor belt)

(physics) interval relating to frequency or wavelength in electromagnetic phenomena

range of energy levels in a solid state material

nl-noun

band m (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)

banden (plural)
bandje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: band

Negerhollands: band

→ Caribbean Javanese: ban

→ Indonesian: ban

→ Petjo: ban

→ Papiamentu: bant, banchi

→ Sranan Tongo: banti

→ Aukan: banti

→ Caribbean Hindustani: banti

→ Caribbean Javanese: banti (dated)

→ Saramaccan: bánti

Inherited from Middle Dutch bant, from Old Dutch *bant, from Proto-West Germanic *band, from Proto-Germanic *bandą. Compare Old High German bant, pant n, Old Saxon band, Old Frisian band n (and a closely related form Old English bænd, bend with umlaut from *bandiz). A verbal noun with ablaut to binden (“to bind”).


band

band n (plural banden, diminutive bandje n)


band

band m (plural bands, diminutive bandje n)

bands (plural)
bandje (diminutive neuter)

→ Sranan Tongo: bènt

→ Caribbean Javanese: bèn


band

The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter X, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

band and gusset and seam

1843, Thomas Hood, The Song of the Shirt:

A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

sandstone with bands of shale

[...] at each station the train times are not shown in one all-embracing chronological list, but in two separate sheets, one with a conspicuous band of yellow detailing westbound departures and the other with a similar band of blue the eastbound trains.

1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:

A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

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.

For that heroic band—those children of the furnace who, in regions like Texas and Tennessee, maintained their fidelity through terrible trials—we of the North felt for them, and profoundly we honor them.

1866, Herman Melville, Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War, Supplement:

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.

electromagnetic spectrum
electromagnetic spectrum

(physics) A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

valence band;  conduction band

(physics) A group of energy levels in a solid state material.

OLd Iohn of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaſter,
Haſt thou according to thy oath and band
Brought hither Henry Herford thy bold ſon:
Heere to make good yͤ boiſtrous late appeale,
Which then our leyſure would not let vs heare,
Againſt the Duke of Norfolke, Thomas Mowbray?

1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], page 23, column 1:

He sent to her his basenet as a faithfull band.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(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

She my trap queen, let her hit the bando / We be countin' up, watch how far them bands go

2014, “Trap Queen”, performed by Fetty Wap:

(slang, hiphop, often in the plural) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money

→ Japanese: バンド (bando)

→ Korean: 밴드 (baendeu)

kötelék

that which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie — see also tie

band

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande. Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.


band

As he spake, his eyes rested on the graves below. "Yes," muttered the youth, "they are sufficient answer; they are indeed the end of all human hope."
Mechanically he turned from one to another. Some were recently banded down with osiers, and the grass was varied with primrose roots; on some the foxglove grew luxuriantly, while others had a tombstone, carved with a name and a brief epitaph.

1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Poet’s Midnight”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 54:

(transitive, ornithology) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

en-verb

band (third-person singular simple present bands, present participle banding, simple past and past participle banded)

bands (present singular third-person)
banding (participle present)
banded (participle past)
banded (past)

rengastaa

ornithology: fasten an identifying band around the leg of


band

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble, usually for a professional recording artist.

A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music.

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.

1883, Howard Pyle, chapter V, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:

"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."

1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:

A group of people loosely united for a common purpose, e.g., a band of thieves.

(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.

Cantonese: band

→ German: Band (colloquial)

→ Japanese: バンド (bando)

→ Korean: 밴드 (baendeu)

banda

anthropology: small group of people living in a simple society

Derived 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 *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).


band

Certain of the Jews banded together.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts xxiii:12:

(intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.

(transitive, education) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

групирам

(intransitive) group together for a common purpose


band

(obsolete) simple past and past participle of bind


band

Band in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)


band

(figuratively, in the plural) ties, connection, relations

fo-noun

band n (genitive singular bands, plural bond)

bands (genitive singular)
bond (plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandið (definite nominative singular)
bond (indefinite nominative plural)
bondini (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandið (accusative definite singular)
bond (accusative indefinite plural)
bondini (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinum (dative definite singular)
bondum (dative indefinite plural)
bondunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)


band

is-noun

band n (genitive singular bands, nominative plural bönd)

bands (genitive singular)
bönd (nominative plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandið (definite nominative singular)
bönd (indefinite nominative plural)
böndin (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandið (accusative definite singular)
bönd (accusative indefinite plural)
böndin (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinu (dative definite singular)
böndum (dative indefinite plural)
böndunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)


band

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.

(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.

(figurative) A metaphorical connection or linkage.

English: band, bend, bond

Scots: band, bend

Inherited from Old English bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz; vocalism is influenced by Old Norse band and Old French bande.


band

bandet (definite singular)
band (indefinite plural)
banda (definite plural)
bandene (definite plural)

Derived from English band (in this sense).


band

bandet (definite singular)
band (indefinite plural)
banda (definite plural)

Inherited from Old Norse band, akin to English bond.


band

first/third-person singular preterite indicative of bindan


band

lausn ok band allra vandamál

Svá skyldi goð gjalda, · gram reki bǫnd af lǫndum,
reið sé rǫgn ok Óðinn, · rǫ́n míns féar hǫ́num;[…]

c. 930, Egill Skallagrímsson, loose verse 21

So shall the Gods repay him—may the Divinities drive the ruler from the land; may the Powers and Odin be wroth—for the plunder of my wealth.

(plural only, heiti, Germanic paganism) the gods

bands (genitive)
bǫnd (plural)
band (indefinite nominative singular)
bandit (definite nominative singular)
bǫnd (indefinite nominative plural)
bǫndin (definite nominative plural)
band (accusative indefinite singular)
bandit (accusative definite singular)
bǫnd (accusative indefinite plural)
bǫndin (accusative definite plural)
bandi (dative indefinite singular)
bandinu (dative definite singular)
bǫndum (dative indefinite plural)
bǫndunum (dative definite plural)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandsins (definite genitive singular)
banda (genitive indefinite plural)
bandanna (definite genitive plural)

non-decl-blank-full

band

Icelandic: band

Faroese: band

Norwegian Nynorsk: band

→ Norwegian Bokmål: band

Swedish: band

Danish: bånd

Norwegian Bokmål: bånd


band

(music) pop or jazz band playing mostly wind instruments

band (nominative singular)
bandy (nominative plural)
bandu (genitive singular)
bandów (genitive plural)
bandowi (dative singular)
bandom (dative plural)
band (accusative singular)
bandy (accusative plural)
bandem (instrumental singular)
bandami (instrumental plural)
bandzie (locative singular)
bandach (locative plural)
bandzie (singular vocative)
bandy (plural vocative)


band

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


band

band
ensemble, orchestra, group of musicians

en encyklopedi i 30 band

a volume (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia)

belt (used for transporting material or objects between two places); conveyor belt

caterpillar track; a belt or band fitted instead of wheels to off-road vehicles

tie, connection, relation; from a person to another person or to a place

band (indefinite nominative singular)
bands (genitive indefinite singular)
bandet (definite nominative singular)
bandets (definite genitive singular)
band (indefinite nominative plural)
bands (genitive indefinite plural)
banden (definite nominative plural)
bandens (definite genitive plural)