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Definitions and meaning of banda

banda

Etymology

From Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

Noun

banda (countable and uncountable, plural bandas)

1. (uncountable, music) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
2. (countable, music) An ensemble playing such music.

Further reading

• Banda music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• A band, aband

Acehnese

Etymology

From Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banᵈa/

Noun

banda

1. city
2. somebody who is being challenged to gamble by other gamblers

Bangi

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈban.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈban.da]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande, from Old French bende, from Frankish *binda. Doublet of bena.

Noun

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, sash
2. side

   Synonym: costat

3. (heraldry) bend

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, gang
2. (anthropology) band
3. (music) band (especially one consisting mainly of wind and percussion instruments)

Derived terms

• banda simfònica
• bandada

Related terms

• bandera

Further reading

• “banda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “banda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “banda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]

Noun

banda f

1. (informal) gang, crowd, band

Declension

Further reading

• banda in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• banda in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• banda in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

Verb

banda

1. third-person singular past historic of bander

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

14th century. From Old French bande, from Vulgar Latin *benda, from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz (“band”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, strip
2. (hydrology) bank
3. (heraldry) bend
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 129:

Derived terms

• Bandorrío

Etymology 2

15th century. Uncertain. Perhaps from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. organized group of people
2. band (musical group)

Derived terms

• bandada
• bandear
• bandexa

Related terms

• bandeira
• bando

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. side
2. bank; flank
3. (figurative) place; land

Derived terms

References

• “banda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “banda” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “banda” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “banda 'franxa, cinta'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “banda 'grupo'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “banda 'lado'” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “banda” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Gooniyandi

Noun

banda

1. the ground
2. dirt

References

• William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bàn.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bàn.dáː]

Noun

bàndā f (possessed form bàndar̃)

1. meat or fish dried over a fire

Hiligaynon

Noun

bánda

1. strap

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1787. Borrowed from Italian banda (“group”). Perhaps via German Bande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒndɒ]
• Hyphenation: ban‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

Noun

banda (plural bandák)

1. gang (group of criminals who band together)

   Synonyms: bűnbanda, bűnszövetkezet

2. (derogatory) band, crew, mob (unruly group of people)

   Synonyms: bagázs, brancs, galeri, kompánia

3. (colloquial, humorous) team, band (group of people being in some relation)

   Synonyms: brancs, csapat, csoport, kompánia, társaság

4. (colloquial, music) band (group of people playing popular music)

   Synonyms: együttes, zenekar

5. (dated, dialectal) workgroup, crew

   Synonyms: brigád, munkacsapat

6. (dialectal, music) gypsy orchestra

   Synonym: cigányzenekar
7. (card games) four cards of the same suit (in ferbli)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• banda in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• banda in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ban.da/

Noun

banda

1. orange (colour)

Adjective

banda

1. orange (colour)

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpanta/
• Rhymes: -anta

Verb

banda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bandaði, supine bandað)

1. (transitive, with dative) to beckon, to wave at

Conjugation

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

From Javanese bandha (ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

Noun

banda (first-person possessive bandaku, second-person possessive bandamu, third-person possessive bandanya)

1. (dialect, Java) wealth.

   Synonym: kekayaan

Alternative forms

• bandha

Etymology 2

From Javanese banda (ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ), from Old Javanese bandha, baddha (“band, tie, chain”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

Noun

banda (first-person possessive bandaku, second-person possessive bandamu, third-person possessive bandanya)

1. (dialect, Java) tape, ribbon, band.

   Synonym: pita

2. (dialect, Java) tie.

   Synonym: ikat

3. (dialect, Java) rope.

   Synonym: tali

Further reading

• “banda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Noun

banda (plural bandas)

1. cord, string, tendon
2. tape
3. band, strip

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠan̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English band.

Noun

banda m (genitive singular banda, nominative plural bandaí)

1. band (myriad senses)

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish banda, from ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -da.

Adjective

banda

1. womanly
2. feminine

Declension

Related terms

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 banda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: bàn‧da

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindan (“to tie, join, link”). Compare French bande.

Noun

banda f (plural bande)

1. side
2. tape or strip
3. (heraldry) bend

Derived terms

• sbandare

Etymology 2

From Medieval Latin banda, possibly of Gothic origin. See Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa) and 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō).

Noun

banda f (plural bande)

1. band (in all senses)
2. gang or group

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese banda.

Noun

banda

1. side

Kituba

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Lingala

Verb

banda

1. to begin

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian banda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda

Noun

banda f (plural bnadi)

1. side
2. (music) band

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bandene

Noun

banda n pl

1. definite plural of band

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

banda n

1. definite plural of band

Occitan

Etymology

Borrowed from French bande

Pronunciation

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (group of musicians)

Old Norse

Noun

banda

1. genitive plural of band

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese banda and Kabuverdianu banda.

Preposition

banda

1. next to
2. around

Noun

banda

1. surroundings
2. side

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bande.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda f

1. gang (group of criminals)

   Synonyms: gang, szajka

2. (colloquial) band, clique, crew (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)

   Synonym: paczka

3. (colloquial) mob (group of loud and rambunctious people)

   Synonym: zgraja

4. barrier (protective fence around a racetrack)
5. cushion (lip around a table in cue sports)

Declension

Further reading

• banda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.da/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”), from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, stripe
2. side
3. (heraldry) bend

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French bande (“group, gang”), from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandu or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (of people, musical, of frequencies)

Derived terms

• banda larga

Romanian

Alternative forms

• банда (banda) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Noun

banda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bandă

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bâːnda/
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Etymology 1

From Italian banda.

Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. gang

Declension

References

• “banda” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Etymology 2

From Italian banda (“side”).

Noun

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. (Chakavian) side

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon; group, gang”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈbãn̪.d̪a]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda f (plural bandas)

1. (music) band (musical group)
2. gang, band, group
3. band, sash
4. (heraldry) bend

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → English: banda

See also

• pandilla
• venda

Further reading

• “banda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

banda (ma class, plural mabanda)

1. shed (stable in a barn)

   banda la farasi ― stable

   banda la kuku ― chicken barn

   banda la ndege ― bird nest or hangar

Derived terms

• kibanda

Swedish

Etymology

band +‎ -a

Verb

banda (present bandar, preterite bandade, supine bandat, imperative banda)

1. to tape, to record to a magnetic tape

Conjugation

Related terms

• bandning

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish banda, from French bande.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/, [ˈban.dɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. band (of musicians)

2. group of people, animals, fowl, etc.
3. narrow strip of band (such as ribbon or metal bands)

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /banˈda/, [bɐnˈda]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Noun

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. direction; side; place

   Synonyms: dako, gawi

Derived terms

Preposition

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. around (of location or time)

See also

• dapit

Further reading

• “banda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Xhosa

Etymology

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Verb

-bânda

1. (intransitive) to be cold

Inflection

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Zulu

Etymology

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Verb

-banda^?

1. (intransitive) to be cold

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓanda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓanda (3.9)”

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