"banc" meaning in French

See banc in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-banc.ogg Forms: bancs [plural]
Etymology: From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|goh|banc}} Old High German banc, {{der|fr|frk|-}} Frankish, {{der|fr|gmw-pro|*banki}} Proto-West Germanic *banki, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*bankiz||bench}} Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} banc m (plural bancs)
  1. bench (seat) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-banc-fr-noun-f-U2OpY0
  2. bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-banc-fr-noun-nB4FlDtm
  3. bank, shoal, school (of fish) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-banc-fr-noun-VKL28M6z Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Chairs, Furniture Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 64 Disambiguation of Chairs: 20 20 60 Disambiguation of Furniture: 24 24 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: banc de fidèle, banc de l’œuvre, banc de neige, banc de sable, banc de touche, banc d’église, banc d’essai, banc d’œuvre, char à bancs, en banc

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc de fidèle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc de l’œuvre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc de neige"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc de sable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc de touche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc d’église"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc d’essai"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "banc d’œuvre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "char à bancs"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "en banc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "bank",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: bank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: bank"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "banc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: banc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: banc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "bancă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: bancă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: bancă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sg",
            "2": "bâan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sango: bâan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sango: bâan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "bank",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: bank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: bank"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "banc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German banc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*banki"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *banki",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bankiz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bench"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bancs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "banc m (plural bancs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bench (seat)"
      ],
      "id": "en-banc-fr-noun-f-U2OpY0",
      "links": [
        [
          "bench",
          "bench"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)"
      ],
      "id": "en-banc-fr-noun-nB4FlDtm",
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 18 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 60",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Chairs",
          "orig": "fr:Chairs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 24 51",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Furniture",
          "orig": "fr:Furniture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bank, shoal, school (of fish)"
      ],
      "id": "en-banc-fr-noun-VKL28M6z",
      "links": [
        [
          "shoal",
          "shoal"
        ],
        [
          "school",
          "school"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-banc.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/Fr-banc.ogg/Fr-banc.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fr-banc.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ban"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bancs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bans"
    }
  ],
  "word": "banc"
}
{
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    "French 1-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French lemmas",
    "French masculine nouns",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms derived from Frankish",
    "French terms derived from Old High German",
    "French terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "French terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "French terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "fr:Chairs",
    "fr:Furniture"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "banc de fidèle"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc de l’œuvre"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc de neige"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc de sable"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc de touche"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc d’église"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc d’essai"
    },
    {
      "word": "banc d’œuvre"
    },
    {
      "word": "char à bancs"
    },
    {
      "word": "en banc"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "br",
            "2": "bank",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Breton: bank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Breton: bank"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "banc",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: banc",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: banc"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "bancă",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: bancă",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: bancă"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sg",
            "2": "bâan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sango: bâan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sango: bâan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "bank",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: bank",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: bank"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "banc"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German banc",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "frk",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Frankish",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*banki"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *banki",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bankiz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "bench"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old High German banc, from Frankish and Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Doublet of banque.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bancs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "banc m (plural bancs)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bench (seat)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bench",
          "bench"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank (mass of material, of cloud, fog, etc)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bank",
          "bank"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "bank, shoal, school (of fish)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shoal",
          "shoal"
        ],
        [
          "school",
          "school"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-banc.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b7/Fr-banc.ogg/Fr-banc.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Fr-banc.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "ban"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bancs"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "bans"
    }
  ],
  "word": "banc"
}

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