ban
A prohibitionA prohibition.
» You are banned from entering this place.
Тобі заборонено сюди заходити.
Meaning
9 sensesA prohibition.
Verbot
запре́тzaprét, запреще́ниеzapreščénije, банban
заборо́наzaboróna
an official prohibition or edict against something
A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
Ban
100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
Ban, Banus
(obsolete)A curse or anathema.
Examples
350 sentencesYou are banned from entering this place.
Тобі заборонено сюди заходити.
Tom is banned from entering this building.
Тому заборонено заходити в цю будівлю.
ruТому запрещено входить в это здание.
deTom hat in diesem Gebäude Hausverbot.
Why was I banned?
Чому мене забанили?
ruПочему меня забанили?
deWarum bin ich gesperrt worden?
I think that Tom got banned.
You're banned from entering this place.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old EInherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).
Borrowed from Romanian ban of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân.
From Banburismus; coined by Alan Turing.
From South Slavic (compare Serbo-Croatian bȃn), from Proto-Slavic *banъ; see there for more.
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Forms
plural: bans / baniSynonyms
10 synonyms- an official prohibition or edict against something:banningforbiddanceforbidding
- a decree that prohibits something:prohibitionproscription
- a bachelor's degree in nursing:Bachelor of Arts in Nursing
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.:Harthartleydit
Word family
31 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular