banque

From Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃k/

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banque f (plural banques)

1. bank

• bancaire

• “banque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's table”), from Old High German bank, banch, banc (“counter, bench”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

banque f (plural banques)

1. bank (establishment where financial transactions take place)

• “banque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”).

banque f (plural banques)

1. (Jersey) bank

• bantchi¹ (“to bank”)
• bantchi² (“banker”)

banque

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of bancar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of bancar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of bancar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of bancar

banque

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bancar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bancar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of bancar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bancar.