bank
An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairsAn institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
» How late is the bank open?
Wie lange hat die Bank geöffnet?
До скольких открыт банк?
До скольки банк работает?
До которого часа банк работает?
О котрій годині відкривається банк?
Meaning
28 senses(countable)An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.
a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities
(countable)A branch office of such an institution.
Bank, Bank
банкbank, банкbank
банкbank, банкbank
(countable)An underwriter or controller of a card game.
банкbank, банкомётbankomjót
(countable)A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.
(countable)The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.
Bank
банкbank
(slang, uncountable)Money; profit.
(countable)In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.
(countable, in compounds)A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.
blood bank; data bank; sperm bank
Bank
банкbank, храни́лищеxranílišče, складsklad
(countable)A device used to store coins or currency.
If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.
Sparschwein
(countable)A collection of instrument data on a digital synthesizer.
All of the drum kits are on bank 1.
An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.
Ufer
бе́регbéreg, брегbreg
бе́рігbérih, бе́регbéreh
An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth
the banks of Newfoundland
Bank
о́тмельótmelʹ, ба́нкаbánka
Examples
1555 sentencesHow late is the bank open?
О котрій годині відкривається банк? — deniko
ruДо скольких открыт банк? — odexed
deWie lange hat die Bank geöffnet? — Kuraimegami
You can easily find the bank.
Банк можна легко знайти. — deniko
ruБанк очень легко найти. — Biga
deDie Bank kannst du leicht finden. — dima555
Is the bank far from here?
Банк звідси далеко? — deniko
ruБанк далеко отсюда? — Tonari
deIst die Bank weit von hier? — Manfredo
Is there a bank near here?
Тут є банк десь недалеко? — aandrusiak
ruЗдесь поблизости есть банк? — Balamax
deGibt es eine Bank hier in der Nähe? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My brother works in a bank.
Мій брат працює в банку. — deniko
ruМой брат работает в банке. — marafon
deMein Bruder arbeitet in einer Bank. — MUIRIEL
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 7
By meaning 3
Origin
Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“countInherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco.
From Middle English bank, banke, from Old English *banca (“bench”) (attested in Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).
Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench.
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Forms
plural: banksSynonyms
19 synonyms- a building in which the business of banking is transacted:bank building
- a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force:cantcamber
- a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities:depository financial institutionbanking concernbanking company
- a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home:savings bankcoin bankmoney box
Word family
169 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- in the bank
- to the bank
- bank account
- rob a bank
- from the bank
- a bank clerk
- robbed the bank
- at the bank
- in a bank
- a bank account
- of the bank
- the bank robbers