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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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host
English
Alternative forms
- hoast (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /h??st/
- (US) IPA(key): /ho?st/
- Rhymes: -??st
Etymology 1
From Middle English hoste, from Old French oste (French: hôte), from Latin hospitem, accusative of hospes (“a host, also a sojourner, visitor, guest; hence, a foreigner, a stranger”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?ostipotis (“master of guests”), from *g?óstis (“stranger, guest, enemy”) and *pótis (“owner, master, host, husband”). Used in English since 13th century. Doublet of guest.
Noun
host (plural hosts, feminine hostess)
- One which receives or entertains a guest, socially, commercially, or officially.
- One that provides a facility for an event.
- A person or organization responsible for running an event.
- A moderator or master of ceremonies for a performance.
- (computing, Internet) Any computer attached to a network.
- (ecology) A cell or organism which harbors another organism or biological entity, usually a parasite.
- (evolution, genetics) An organism bearing certain genetic material.
- A paid male companion offering conversation and in some cases sex, as in certain types of bar in Japan.
Hyponyms
- (computing): localhost
Synonyms
- presenter (UK)
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
host (third-person singular simple present hosts, present participle hosting, simple past and past participle hosted)
- To perform the role of a host.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To lodge at an inn.
- (computing, Internet) To run software made available to a remote user or process.
- 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
- CMU/TEK TCP/IP software uses an excessive amount of cpu resources for terminal support both outbound, when accessing another system, and inbound, when the local system is hosting a session.
- 1987 May 7, Selden E. Ball, Jr., Re: Ethernet Terminal Concentrators, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, Usenet
Translations
See also
- compere
- guest
- event
- master of ceremonies
Etymology 2
From Middle English oost, borrowed from Old French ost, oste, hoste, from Latin hostis (“foreign enemy”) (as opposed to inimicus (“personal enemy”)); cognate with etymology 1 through an Indo-European root.
Noun
host (plural hosts)
- A multitude of people arrayed as an army; used also in religious senses, as: Heavenly host (of angels)
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- Why, Plugson, even thy own host is all in mutiny: Cotton is conquered; but the ‘bare backs’ — are worse covered than ever!
- 1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, book 2, chapter 4, The Field of Cormallen
- All about the hosts of Mordor raged.
- 2001, Carlos Parada, Hesione 2, Greek Mythology Link
- the invading host that had sailed from Hellas in more than one thousand ships was of an unprecedented size.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 3, ch. X, Plugson of Undershot
- A large number of items; a large inventory.
- The dealer stocks a host of parts for my Model A.
- 1802, William Wordsworth, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils; […]
- I wandered lonely as a cloud
- 1836, The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction
- A short time since, some friends drinking tea one summer evening at their residence near Maidenhead, with all the windows of the drawing-room open, there suddenly burst in a host of small flies, which covered the table and the furniture […]
Derived terms
- heavenly host
- Lord of Hosts
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English host, oist, ost, from Old French hoiste, from Latin hostia (“sacrificial victim”). Doublet of hostie.
Noun
host (plural hosts)
- (Christianity) The consecrated bread or wafer of the Eucharist.
Translations
See also
- hostage
Anagrams
- HOTs, TOSH, Thos., Tosh, hots, oths, shot, tosh
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan òst, from Latin hostem, singular accusative of hostis, from Proto-Italic *hostis, from Proto-Indo-European *g?óstis (“guest, stranger”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /??st/
Noun
host f (plural hosts)
- army, troops
See also
- exèrcit
Czech
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gost?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??ost]
Noun
host m
- guest
- Host do domu, B?h do domu. ("A guest into the house, God into the house") — old proverb, meaning: respect should be shown to guests
- Host a ryba t?etí den smrdí. - The guest and the fish smell the third day.
Declension
Related terms
- hostit
- hostitel
- hostina
- hostinec
- nehostinný
- pohostinství
Further reading
- host in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- host in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Etymology 1
From English host.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?st/.
- Rhymes: -?st
Noun
host m (plural hosts, diminutive hostje n)
- (computing) host
Derived terms
- hosten
Etymology 2
From hossen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??st/
Verb
host
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of hossen
- (archaic) plural imperative of hossen
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Related to hoste ("to cough").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hust/
- Rhymes: -ust
Noun
host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta or hostene)
- a single cough expulsion
Usage notes
- Prior to a 2020 spelling revision, this noun was also considered masculine.
Etymology 2
From English host.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?ust/
- Rhymes: -?ust
Noun
host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hoster, definite plural hostene)
- (computing) host
Synonyms
- vertsmaskin
Etymology 3
Verb
host
- imperative of hoste
References
- “host” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Related to hosta, hoste ("to cough").
Noun
host n (definite singular hostet, indefinite plural host, definite plural hosta)
- a single cough expulsion
Etymology 2
From English host.
Noun
host m (definite singular hosten, indefinite plural hostar, definite plural hostane)
- (computing) host
Synonyms
- vertsmaskin
Etymology 3
Verb
host
- imperative of hosta and hoste
References
- “host” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English host.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?howst??/
Noun
host m (plural hosts)
- (networking) host (computer attached to a network)
Slovene
Noun
hóst
- genitive dual/plural of h??sta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English host. Doublet of huésped.
Noun
host m or f (plural hosts)
- (computing, Internet) host (any computer attached to a network)
- Synonym: anfitrión
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