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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbæn]
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈban/
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• British, Southern, Standard: [ˈban]
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• Northern-England, Scotland: /ˈban/
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• Northern-England, Scotland: [ˈbän]
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• New-Zealand: /ˈbɛn/
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• New-Zealand: [ˈbɛn]
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• /ˈbæːn/ Australian, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
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• [ˈbæːn] Australian, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
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• [ˈbe̞ːn] Australian, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
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• /ˈbæn/ US, Canada, æ-raising
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• [ˈbeə̯n] ~ [ˈbɛə̯n] US, Canada, æ-raising
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• rhymes with -æn
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• CMU ARPABET: B AE1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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* As a Hungarian surname, from Bán. * As a Hungarian and Serbo-Croatian surname, from bán (“governor”), probably related to Avar баян (bajan, “rich man”). * As a Slovene, reduced from Urban. * As a German surname, spelling variant of Bann. * As a Japanese surname, from 坂 (Ban). * As a Korean surname, spelling variant of Pan. * As a Chinese surname, from 班 (Bān).

Inherited 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”). Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.

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.

184 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: ndalim — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Arabic: حَظْر (ḥaẓr) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Arabic: مَنْع (manʕ) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Bashkir: тыйыу (tıyıw) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Belarusian: забаро́на (zabaróna) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Bulgarian: забра́на (zabrána) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Bulgarian: запреще́ние (zaprešténie) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Czech: zákaz — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Danish: forbud — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Dutch: verbod — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Esperanto: malpermeso — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Finnish: kielto — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Finnish: esto — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Finnish: banni — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Finnish: bänni — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Finnish: banaani — prohibition — see also prohibition
• French: interdiction — prohibition — see also prohibition
• French: prohibition — prohibition — see also prohibition
• West-Frisian: ferbod — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Georgian: აკრძალვა (aḳrʒalva) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• German: Verbot — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Greek: απαγόρευση (apagórefsi) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Hindi: बहिष्कार (bahiṣkār) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Hungarian: tilalom — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Icelandic: bann — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Ilocano: parit — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Ingrian: keelto — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Italian: proibizione — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Italian: divieto — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Japanese: 禁止 (kinshi) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Khmer: បំរាម (bɑmraam) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Korean: 금지 (geumji) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Latin: vetitum — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Lithuanian: draudimas — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Luxembourgish: Verbuet — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Macedonian: забрана (zabrana) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Malayalam: നിരോധനം (nirōdhanaṁ) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Marathi: बंदी (bandī) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Mongolian: хориг (xorig) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Mongolian: цээр (ceer) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Norwegian Bokmål: forbud — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Plautdietsch: Baun — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Polish: zakaz — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Polish: ban (on the internet) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Portuguese: proibição — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Romanian: interdicție — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Russian: запре́т (zaprét) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Russian: запреще́ние (zapreščénije) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Russian: бан (ban) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Serbo-Croatian: за̑брана — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Serbo-Croatian: zȃbrana — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Slovak: zákaz — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Slovene: prepoved — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Spanish: vedamiento — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Spanish: baneo — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Swedish: förbud — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Tagalog: pagbabawal — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Telugu: నిషేధము (niṣēdhamu) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Thai: การห้าม (gaan-hâam) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Thai: ข้อห้าม (kɔ̂ɔ-hâam) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Turkish: yasak — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Ukrainian: заборо́на (zaboróna) — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Vietnamese: sự cấm — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Vietnamese: cấm chỉ — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Zazaki: tomet — prohibition — see also prohibition
• Zazaki: men — prohibition — see also prohibition
• German: Ban — a subdivision of currency
• Hungarian: bani — a subdivision of currency
• Polish: ban — a subdivision of currency
• Romanian: ban — a subdivision of currency
• Catalan: ban — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Esperanto: banuso — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Finnish: baani — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• German: Ban — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• German: Banus — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Hungarian: bán — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Italian: bano — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Polish: ban — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Romanian: ban — title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe
• Albanian: ndaloj — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Arabic: حَرَّمَ (ḥarrama) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Arabic: حَظَرَ (ḥaẓara) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Arabic: مَنَعَ (manaʕa) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Armenian: արգելել (argelel) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Bashkir: тыйыу (tıyıw) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Belarusian: забараня́ць (zabaranjácʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Belarusian: забарані́ць (zabaranícʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Bulgarian: забраня́вам (zabranjávam) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Bulgarian: забраня́ (zabranjá) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Burmese: တား (ta:) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Burmese: ပညတ် (pa.nyat) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Catalan: prohibir — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁止 (jìnzhǐ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Czech: zakazovat — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Czech: zakázat — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Danish: forbyde — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Dutch: verbieden — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Esperanto: malpermesi — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Estonian: keelama — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Finnish: kieltää — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Finnish: estää — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Finnish: bannata — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Finnish: bännätä — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• French: interdire — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• French: proscrire — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• French: bannir — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Georgian: აკრძალვა (aḳrʒalva) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• German: verbieten — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Greek: απαγορεύω (apagorévo) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Hindi: रोकना (roknā) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Hindi: मना करना (manā karnā) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Hungarian: tilt — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Hungarian: kitilt — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Icelandic: banna — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Indonesian: cekal — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Ingrian: keeltää — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Irish: coisc — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Italian: espellere — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Italian: vietare — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Italian: censurare — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Italian: bandire — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Italian: proibire — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Japanese: 禁止する (kinshi suru) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Japanese: 禁じる (kinjiru) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Japanese: 禁める (todomeru) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Khmer: ប្រាម (praam) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Khmer: អាយ័ត (ʼaayat) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Korean: 금지하다 (geumjihada) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Korean: 금하다 (geumhada) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Lao: ຫ້າມ (hām) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Lao: ປາມ (pām) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Latin: veto — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Latin: interdico — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Latvian: aizliegt — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Lithuanian: uždrausti — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Macedonian: забранува (zabranuva) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Macedonian: забрани (zabrani) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Malay: larang — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Malay: melarang — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Malayalam: നിരോധിക്കുക (nirōdhikkuka) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Māori: whakakati — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Māori: rāhui — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Marathi: बंदी आणणे (bandī āṇṇe) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Marathi: बंदी घालणे (bandī ghālṇe) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Mongolian: хориглох (xoriglox) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Norwegian Bokmål: forby — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Old English: forbēodan — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Old Norse: banna — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: zakazywać — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: zakazać — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: banować (on the internet) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: zbanować (on the internet) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: zabraniać — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Polish: zabronić — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Portuguese: proibir — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Portuguese: banir — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Romanian: interzice — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Russian: запреща́ть (zapreščátʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Russian: запрети́ть (zapretítʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Russian: ба́нить (bánitʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Russian: заба́нить (zabánitʹ) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Serbo-Croatian: забрањи́вати — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Serbo-Croatian: забра́нити — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Serbo-Croatian: zabranjívati — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Serbo-Croatian: zabrániti — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Slovak: zakazovať — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Slovak: zakázať — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Slovene: prepovedovati — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Slovene: prepovedati — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Spanish: vedar — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Spanish: banear — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Swedish: banna — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Swedish: förbjuda — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Tagalog: ipagbawal — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Tamil: தடை (taṭai) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Telugu: నిషేధించు (niṣēdhiñcu) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Thai: ห้าม (hâam) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Thai: ปราม (bpraam) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Ukrainian: забороня́ти (zaboronjáty) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Ukrainian: заборони́ти (zaboronýty) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Vietnamese: cấm — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Vietnamese: cấm chỉ — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict
• Yiddish: פֿאַרווערן (farvern) — forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict