noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/
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CMU ARPABET:B AE1 N D IH0 JH
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
Examples
This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To apply a bandage to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1879, Samuel Clemens (as Mark Twain), A Tramp Abroad, https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w ...they ate...whilst they chatted, disputed and laughed. The door to the surgeon's room stood open, meantime, but the cutting, sewing, splicing, and bandaging going on in there in plain view did not seem to disturb anyone's appetite.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bind
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fasten, fix, secure
History
Etymology
Etymology tree French bande Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French bandagebor. English bandage Borrowed from French bandage.
Across languages
Translations
231 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
fashë
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Albanian:
fashaturë
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Western Apache:
bee bikʼídisdizí
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Arabic:
ضِمَادَة
(ḍimāda)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Arabic:
عِصَابَة
(ʕiṣāba)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Armenian:
վիրակապ
(virakap)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Armenian:
բինտ
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Aromanian:
fashi
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Aromanian:
fashe
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Azerbaijani:
bint
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Azerbaijani:
bandaj
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Azerbaijani:
sarğı
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Azerbaijani:
sarıq
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Bashkir:
бәйләүес
(bəyləwes)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Basque:
lotura
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Basque:
hesgailu
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Belarusian:
бінт
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Belarusian:
банда́ж
(bandáž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Belarusian:
павя́зка
(pavjázka)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Bengali:
পটি
(pṭi)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Bengali:
ব্যাণ্ডেজ
(bênḍej)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Bulgarian:
бинт
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Bulgarian:
бандаж
(bandaž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Burmese:
ပတ်တီး
(patti:)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Catalan:
bena
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Catalan:
embenat
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Cebuano:
haklop
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Chinese Mandarin:
繃帶 /绷带
(bēngdài)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Chinese Mandarin:
綁帶 /绑带
(bǎngdài)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Cimbrian:
béesa
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Coptic:
ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲛ
(seben)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Crimean Tatar:
bint
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Czech:
obvaz
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Czech:
fáč
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Czech:
obinadlo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Danish:
bandage
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Dutch:
verband
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Dutch:
bandage
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Dutch:
zwachtel
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Egyptian:
s-b-n:V6
(sbn)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Egyptian:
Aa2:t-D40
(wt)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ese:
panesia
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Esperanto:
bandaĝo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Estonian:
haavaside
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Estonian:
side
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Fijian:
vadreti-taka
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Finnish:
side
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
French:
bandage
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
French:
pansement
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Saterland Frisian:
Biende
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Galician:
venda
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Georgian:
ბანდი
(bandi)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Georgian:
სახვევი
(saxvevi)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
German:
Verband
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Gothic:
𐍆𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌾𐌰
(faskja)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Greek:
επίδεσμος
(epídesmos)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ancient Greek:
ἐπίδεσμος
(epídesmos)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ancient Greek:
κειρία
(keiría)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ancient Greek:
τελαμών
(telamṓn)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hawaiian:
wahīʻeha
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hebrew:
תַּחְבֹּשֶׁת
(takhbóshet)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hindi:
पट्टी
(paṭṭī)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hindi:
पट्टा
(paṭṭā)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hungarian:
kötszer
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Hungarian:
kötés
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Icelandic:
umbúðir
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Icelandic:
plástur
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ido:
bandajo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Indonesian:
barut
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Indonesian:
balut
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Indonesian:
balutan
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Indonesian:
bebat
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Indonesian:
bebatan
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ingrian:
bintta
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Irish:
bindealán
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Italian:
fasciatura
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Italian:
bendaggio
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Italian:
benda
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Italian:
benderella
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Italian:
fascia
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Japanese:
包帯
(hōtai)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Japanese:
繃帯
(hōtai)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Limos Kalinga:
bobod
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Kannada:
ಕಟ್ಟುಪಟ್ಟಿ
(kaṭṭupaṭṭi)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Kazakh:
жаратаңғыш
(jaratañğyş)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Khmer:
ប៉ង់សឺម៉ង់
(pɑngsəɨmɑng)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Khmer:
វណវេឋន៍
(vĕəʼnaʼveit)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Korean:
붕대
(bungdae)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Kyrgyz:
бинт
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Kyrgyz:
бандаж
(bandaj)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lao:
ພັນຜ້າ
(phan phā)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lao:
ຜ້າພັນແຜ
(phā phan phǣ)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lao:
ຜ້າພັນບາດ
(phā phan bāt)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lao:
ວະນະບັດ
(wa na bat)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lao:
ວະນະພັນ
(wa na phan)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Latin:
fascia
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Latin:
infula
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Latvian:
pārsējs
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lithuanian:
bintas
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Lithuanian:
tvarstis
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Macedonian:
завој
(zavoj)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Malay:
bebat
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Malay:
barut
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Malay:
balut
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Maltese:
faxxa
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Māori:
takai
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Māori:
tākaikai
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Māori:
tāpi
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Marathi:
मलमपट्टी
(malampaṭṭī)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Mokilese:
ohdai
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Norman:
bandage
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Norwegian Bokmål:
bandasje
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bandasje
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Occitan:
pensament
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Pashto:
پټۍ
(paṭəj)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Persian:
بانداژ
(bândâž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Polish:
bandaż
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Portuguese:
bandagem
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Portuguese:
atadura
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Portuguese:
curativo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Portuguese:
penso
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Rohingya:
faththi
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Romagnol:
ziròt
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Romanian:
bandaj
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Romanian:
fașă
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Romanian:
pansament
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Russian:
бинт
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Russian:
банда́ж
(bandáž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Russian:
повя́зка
(povjázka)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Sanskrit:
पट्टिका
(paṭṭikā)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Sanskrit:
पट्टी
(paṭṭī)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Scottish Gaelic:
bann
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Serbo-Croatian:
завој
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Serbo-Croatian:
zavoj
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Slovak:
obväz
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Slovak:
ovíjadlo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Slovak:
ovínadlo
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Slovene:
obveza
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Spanish:
venda
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Spanish:
vendaje
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Swahili:
bendeji
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Swahili:
plasta
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Swedish:
plåster
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Swedish:
bandage
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Swedish:
förband
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tagalog:
bendahan
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tajik:
дока
(doka)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tajik:
бандаж
(bandaž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tajik:
бинт
(bint)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tatar:
бәйләвеч
(bäyläweç)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Telugu:
కట్టు
(kaṭṭu)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Thai:
ผ้าพัน
(pâa-pan)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Thai:
ผ้าพันแผล
(pâa-pan-plɛ̌ɛ)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tibetan:
སྨན་རས
(sman ras)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tibetan:
རྨ་རས
(rma ras)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Tocharian B:
śwele
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Turkish:
bandaj
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Turkish:
sargı
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Turkish:
pansuman
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ottoman Turkish:
صارغی
(sargı)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Turkmen:
sarag
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ukrainian:
бинт
(bynt)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ukrainian:
банда́ж
(bandáž)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Ukrainian:
пов'я́зка
(povʺjázka)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Urdu:
پٹی
(paṭṭī)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Uyghur:
تېڭىق
(të'ngiq)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Uzbek:
bint
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Uzbek:
bandaj
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Veps:
sideg
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Vietnamese:
băng
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Vietnamese:
băng giữ
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Vietnamese:
băng bó
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Võro:
sidõ
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Welsh:
rhwymyn
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Yiddish:
באַנדאַזש
(bandazh)
— medical binding made with strip of gauze or similar
Finnish:
side
— strip of cloth bound blindfold
Russian:
повязка
(povjazka)
— strip of cloth bound blindfold
Finnish:
laastari
— figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution
Norwegian Bokmål:
plaster
— figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution
Russian:
костыль
(kostylʹ)
— figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution
Russian:
припарка
(priparka)
— figuratively: provisional or makeshift solution
Albanian:
fashim
— to apply a bandage to something
Armenian:
վիրակապել
(virakapel)
— to apply a bandage to something
Bulgarian:
бинтовам
(bintovam)
— to apply a bandage to something
Bulgarian:
превързвам
(prevǎrzvam)
— to apply a bandage to something
Catalan:
embenar
— to apply a bandage to something
Chinese Mandarin:
包紮 /包扎
(bāozā, bāozhā)
— to apply a bandage to something
Czech:
obvazovat
— to apply a bandage to something
Danish:
forbinde
— to apply a bandage to something
Danish:
bandagere
— to apply a bandage to something
Esperanto:
vindi
— to apply a bandage to something
Finnish:
sitoa
— to apply a bandage to something
Finnish:
laastaroida
— to apply a bandage to something
French:
panser
— to apply a bandage to something
Friulian:
infassâ
— to apply a bandage to something
German:
bandagieren
— to apply a bandage to something
German:
verbinden
— to apply a bandage to something
Hebrew:
חָבַשׁ
(khavásh)
— to apply a bandage to something
Ido:
bandajizar
— to apply a bandage to something
Istriot:
infasà
— to apply a bandage to something
Italian:
fasciare
— to apply a bandage to something
Latin:
alligō
— to apply a bandage to something
Lithuanian:
aprišti
— to apply a bandage to something
Lithuanian:
bintúoti
— to apply a bandage to something
Māori:
takai
— to apply a bandage to something
Māori:
tākaikai
— to apply a bandage to something
Māori:
tāpi
— to apply a bandage to something
Norman:
panser
— to apply a bandage to something
Norman:
bandagi
— to apply a bandage to something
Norwegian Bokmål:
bandasjere
— to apply a bandage to something
Polish:
bandażować
— to apply a bandage to something
Polish:
obandażować
— to apply a bandage to something
Polish:
zabandażować
— to apply a bandage to something
Portuguese:
pensar
— to apply a bandage to something
Russian:
бинтова́ть
(bintovátʹ)
— to apply a bandage to something
Russian:
забинтова́ть
(zabintovátʹ)
— to apply a bandage to something
Russian:
перебинтова́ть
(perebintovátʹ)
— to apply a bandage to something
Russian:
перевя́зывать
(perevjázyvatʹ)
— to apply a bandage to something
Russian:
перевяза́ть
(perevjazátʹ)
— to apply a bandage to something
Slovak:
obväziť
— to apply a bandage to something
Spanish:
vendar
— to apply a bandage to something
Swedish:
förbinda
— to apply a bandage to something
Swedish:
plåstra
— to apply a bandage to something
Swedish:
lägga om
— to apply a bandage to something
Swedish:
bandagera
— to apply a bandage to something
Ukrainian:
бинтува́ти
(byntuváty)
— to apply a bandage to something
Ukrainian:
забинтува́ти
(zabyntuváty)
— to apply a bandage to something
Ukrainian:
перев'я́зувати
(perevʺjázuvaty)
— to apply a bandage to something
Ukrainian:
перев'яза́ти
(perevʺjazáty)
— to apply a bandage to something
Venetan:
infasar
— to apply a bandage to something