bander

See also: Bänder

English

Etymology

band +‎ -er.

Noun

bander (plural banders)

  1. (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds
    • 1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.
  2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.
    • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75:
      The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From bande.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃.de/
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Verb

bander

  1. (transitive) to bandage
  2. (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
  3. (intransitive, slang) To have a hard-on.
    Je bande pour toi.
    I’ve got a hard-on for you.

Conjugation
Conjugation of bander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle bandant
/bɑ̃.dɑ̃/
past participle bandé
/bɑ̃.de/
infinitive
simple bander
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple bandant
/bɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandes
/bɑ̃d/		 bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandons
/bɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 bandez
/bɑ̃.de/		 bandent
/bɑ̃d/
imperfect bandais
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandais
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandait
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandions
/bɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 bandiez
/bɑ̃.dje/		 bandaient
/bɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 bandai
/bɑ̃.de/		 bandas
/bɑ̃.da/		 banda
/bɑ̃.da/		 bandâmes
/bɑ̃.dam/		 bandâtes
/bɑ̃.dat/		 bandèrent
/bɑ̃.dɛʁ/
future banderai
/bɑ̃.dʁe/		 banderas
/bɑ̃.dʁa/		 bandera
/bɑ̃.dʁa/		 banderons
/bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 banderez
/bɑ̃.dʁe/		 banderont
/bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional banderais
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderais
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderait
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderions
/bɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 banderiez
/bɑ̃.də.ʁje/		 banderaient
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandes
/bɑ̃d/		 bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandions
/bɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 bandiez
/bɑ̃.dje/		 bandent
/bɑ̃d/
imperfect2 bandasse
/bɑ̃.das/		 bandasses
/bɑ̃.das/		 bandât
/bɑ̃.da/		 bandassions
/bɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/		 bandassiez
/bɑ̃.da.sje/		 bandassent
/bɑ̃.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bande
/bɑ̃d/		 — bandons
/bɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 bandez
/bɑ̃.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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