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bank

name · noun · verb · 62 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋk/
  • Australia, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: [ˈbæŋk]
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: /ˈbaŋk/
  • British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales: [ˈbaŋk]
  • New-Zealand: /ˈbɛŋk/
  • New-Zealand: [ˈbɛŋk]
  • Canada, US: /ˈbeɪ̯ŋk/
  • Canada, US: [ˈbeɪ̯ŋk]
  • Canada, US: /ˈbɛ̃ŋk/
  • Canada, US: [ˈbɛ̃ŋk]
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  • rhymes with -æŋk
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A major London Underground station in the City of London, named after the Bank of England and one of the busiest stations on the network (OS grid ref TQ3281)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A branch office of such an institution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Lombard house

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

An underwriter or controller of a card game.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banker, banque

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: gambling, games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Money; profit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

In certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, in-compounds

Examples

  • blood bank; data bank; sperm bank

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

A device used to store coins or currency.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

A collection of instrument data on a digital synthesizer.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Examples

  • All of the drum kits are on bank 1.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

An edge of river, lake, or other watercourse.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

An elevation under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, hydrology, natural-sciences, nautical, transport

Examples

  • the banks of Newfoundland

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bar

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

A slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

The incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

An incline, a hill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

A mass of clouds.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

The face of the coal at which miners are working.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

A deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

The ground at the top of a shaft.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, mining

Examples

  • Ores are brought to bank.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

A row or panel of items stored or grouped together.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a bank of switches
  • a bank of pay phones

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

A row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

A contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

A set of multiple adjacent drop targets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: pinball

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

27

noun

Meaning 27

A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

A bench or seat for judges in court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

The regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

A kind of table used by printers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

A bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

verb

Meaning 32

To deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Examples

  • He banked with Barclays.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

verb

Meaning 33

To put into a bank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I’m going to bank the money.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

verb

Meaning 34

To conceal in the rectum for use in prison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, transitive

Examples

  • Johnny banked some coke for me.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

verb

Meaning 35

To provide banking services to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • They proposed an ambitious plan to bank people in remote rural communities.
  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bank.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

verb

Meaning 36

To roll or incline laterally in order to turn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

verb

Meaning 37

To cause (an aircraft) to bank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

verb

Meaning 38

To form into a bank or heap, to bank up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to bank sand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

verb

Meaning 39

To form a bank; to gather in masses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bank up

Antonyms: none provided

40

verb

Meaning 40

To cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

verb

Meaning 41

To raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

verb

Meaning 42

To pass by the banks of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To arrange or order in a row.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Qualifier: order and arrangement

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

noun

Meaning 45

a flight maneuver; aircraft tips laterally about its longitudinal axis (especially in turning)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the plane went into a steep bank

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flight maneuver, airplane maneuver

Narrower terms: vertical bank

46

noun

Meaning 46

a building in which the business of banking transacted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the bank is on the corner of Nassau and Witherspoon

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bank building

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: depository, deposit, depositary, repository

47

noun

Meaning 47

a container (usually with a slot in the top) for keeping money at home

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the coin bank was empty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: savings bank, coin bank, money box

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: container

Narrower terms: piggy bank, penny bank

48

noun

Meaning 48

a financial institution that accepts deposits and channels the money into lending activities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he cashed a check at the bank
  • that bank holds the mortgage on my home

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depository financial institution, banking concern, banking company

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: financial institution, financial organization, financial organisation

Narrower terms: credit union, Federal Reserve Bank, reserve bank, agent bank, commercial bank, full service bank, state bank, lead bank, member bank, merchant bank, acquirer, thrift institution, Home Loan Bank

49

noun

Meaning 49

an arrangement of similar objects in a row or in tiers

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he operated a bank of switches

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: array

50

noun

Meaning 50

a long ridge or pile

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a huge bank of earth

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ridge

Narrower terms: bluff, sandbank

51

noun

Meaning 51

sloping land (especially the slope beside a body of water)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they pulled the canoe up on the bank
  • he sat on the bank of the river and watched the currents

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slope, incline, side

Narrower terms: riverbank, riverside, waterside

52

noun

Meaning 52

a slope in the turn of a road or track; the outside is higher than the inside in order to reduce the effects of centrifugal force

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cant, camber

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: slope, incline, side

53

noun

Meaning 53

the funds held by a gambling house or the dealer in some gambling games

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he tried to break the bank at Monte Carlo

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: funds, finances, monetary resource, cash in hand, pecuniary resource

54

noun

Meaning 54

a supply or stock held in reserve for future use (especially in emergencies)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: reserve, backlog, stockpile

Narrower terms: blood bank, eye bank, food bank, soil bank

55

verb

Meaning 55

have confidence or faith in

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • We can trust in God
  • Rely on your friends
  • bank on your good education
  • I swear by my grandmother's recipes

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trust, swear, rely

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: believe

Narrower terms: credit, lean, count, bet, depend, look, calculate, reckon

56

verb

Meaning 56

cover with ashes so to control the rate of burning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bank a fire

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cover

57

verb

Meaning 57

enclose with a bank

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • bank roads

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: enclose, close in, inclose, shut in

58

verb

Meaning 58

tip laterally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the pilot had to bank the aircraft

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tip

59

verb

Meaning 59

put into a bank account

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She deposits her paycheck every month

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: deposit

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: give

Narrower terms: redeposit

60

verb

Meaning 60

be in the banking business

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: work, do work

61

verb

Meaning 61

act as the banker in a game or in gambling

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act

62

verb

Meaning 62

do business with a bank or keep an account at a bank

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Where do you bank in this town?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transact

History

Etymology

From Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Various origins: * Borrowed from Dutch and German Bank (“bench”), a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer. * Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Bank, a topographic surname from bank (“sandbank”) or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from bank (“noise”).

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banqueder. English bank Inherited from Middle English banke, from Middle French banque, from Italian banca (“counter, moneychanger's bench or table”), from Lombardic bank (“bench, counter”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench, counter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheg- (“to turn, curve, bend, bow”). Doublet of bench, banc, and banco. For the bench-bank relation, compare typologically Russian ла́вка (lávka), прила́вок (prilávok).

From Middle English bank, banke, from Old English *banca (“bench”) (attested in Old English hōbanca (“couch”) and Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-West Germanic *bankō, from Proto-Germanic *bankô. Akin to Old Norse bakki (“elevation, hill”), Norwegian bakke (“slope, hill”).

From Middle English bank, banke, from Old French banc (“bench”), from Frankish *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”). Akin to Old English benċ (“bench”).

Probably from French banc. Of Germanic origin, and akin to English bench.

Across languages

Translations

526 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: абанк (abankʼ) — institution
  • Afrikaans: bank — institution
  • Albanian: bankë — institution
  • Albanian: banka — institution
  • Amharic: ባንክ (bank) — institution
  • Western Apache: zhááli bikih — institution
  • Arabic: مَصْرِف (maṣrif) — institution
  • Arabic: بَنْك (bank) — institution
  • Armenian: բանկ (bank) — institution
  • Armenian: դրամատուն (dramatun) — institution
  • Assamese: বেংক (beṅko) — institution
  • Asturian: bancu — institution
  • Asturian: banca — institution
  • Australian Kriol: beingk — institution
  • Azerbaijani: bank — institution
  • Azerbaijani: sərrafxana — institution
  • South Azerbaijani: صرافخانه — institution
  • Basque: banku — institution
  • Belarusian: банк (bank) — institution
  • Bengali: ব্যাংক (bêṅko) — institution
  • Bislama: bang — institution
  • Bole: banki — institution
  • Breton: bank — institution
  • Bulgarian: ба́нка (bánka) — institution
  • Burmese: ဘဏ် (bhan) — institution
  • Carpathian Rusyn: ба́нка (bánka) — institution
  • Catalan: banc — institution
  • Chechen: банк (bank) — institution
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎳᏗᏗᎢ (adeladidii) — institution
  • Chichewa: banki — institution
  • Chinese Cantonese: 銀行 /银行 — institution
  • Chinese: йинхон (yinhon) — institution
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 銀行 /银行 (ngṳ̀ng-òng) — institution
  • Hakka Chinese: 銀行 /银行 (ngiùn-hòng) — institution
  • Chinese: 銀行 /银行 (gîn-hâng, gûn-hâng, gîrn-hâng) — institution
  • Jin Chinese: 銀行 /银行 (ing1 hon1) — institution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銀行 /银行 (yínháng) — institution
  • Wu Chinese: 銀行 /银行 — institution
  • West Circassian: ахъщэзэблэхъущ (aꭓśɛzɛblɛꭓwuś) — institution
  • Ngazidja Comorian: banki — institution
  • Crimean Tatar: bank — institution
  • Czech: banka — institution
  • Danish: bank — institution
  • Central Dusun: bank — institution
  • Dutch: bank — institution
  • Elfdalian: baunka — institution
  • Esperanto: banko — institution
  • Estonian: pank — institution
  • Faroese: banki — institution
  • Finnish: pankki — institution
  • French: banque — institution
  • West-Frisian: bank — institution
  • Fula: 𞤦𞤢𞤲𞤳𞤭 — institution
  • Fula: banki — institution
  • Galician: banco — institution
  • Galician: banca — institution
  • Georgian: ბანკი (banḳi) — institution
  • German: Bank — institution
  • Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza) — institution
  • Greenlandic: banki — institution
  • Gujarati: બેંક (beṅk) — institution
  • Hausa: banki — institution
  • Hawaiian: panakō — institution
  • Hebrew: בַּנְק (bank) — institution
  • Hiligaynon: bangko — institution
  • Hiligaynon: talagoan-pilak — institution
  • Hindi: बैंक (baiṅk) — institution
  • Hungarian: bank — institution
  • Icelandic: banki — institution
  • Ido: banko — institution
  • Indonesian: bank — institution
  • Interlingua: banca — institution
  • Irish: banc — institution
  • Italian: banca — institution
  • Italian: banco — institution
  • Japanese: 銀行 (ginkō) — institution
  • Japanese: バンク (banku) — institution
  • Javanese: bang — institution
  • Kamba: mbengi — institution
  • Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾಂಕ್ (byāṅk) — institution
  • Kazakh: банк (bank) — institution
  • Khmer: ធនាគារ (thĕəʼniəkiə) — institution
  • Kikuyu: fengi — institution
  • Korean: 은행 (eunhaeng) — institution
  • Northern Kurdish: banke — institution
  • Kven: pankko — institution
  • Kyrgyz: банк (bank) — institution
  • Lakota: mázaska thípi — institution
  • Lakota: mázaskaothi — institution
  • Lao: ທະນາຄານ (tha nā khān) — institution
  • Latin: argentāria — institution
  • Latvian: banka — institution
  • Lithuanian: bankas — institution
  • : ᦷᦣᧂᦵᦍᦇᦹᧃ (hongyenguen) — institution
  • Luhya: ebank — institution
  • Luxembourgish: Bank — institution
  • Macedonian: банка (banka) — institution
  • Malay: bank — institution
  • Malayalam: ബാങ്ക് (bāṅkŭ) — institution
  • Maltese: bank — institution
  • Māori: pēke — institution
  • Marathi: बँक (bĕṅka) — institution
  • Central Melanau: beng — institution
  • Meru: mbengi — institution
  • Mòcheno: pònk — institution
  • Mongolian: банк (bank) — institution
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠩᠺᠢ (bangki) — institution
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠩᠬᠢ (bangqi) — institution
  • Nepali: बैंक (baiṅka) — institution
  • Nivkh: ч’ӽасидыф (ț’ʼẋasidəf) — institution
  • Norman: banque — institution
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bank — institution
  • Occitan: banca — institution
  • Odia: ବାଙ୍କ୍ (bāṅk) — institution
  • Oromo: baankii — institution
  • Pali: dhanāgāra — institution
  • Pannonian Rusyn: банка (banka) — institution
  • Pashto: بانک (bānk) — institution
  • Dari: بَانْک (bānk) — institution
  • Iranian Persian: بانْک (bânk) — institution
  • Plautdietsch: Bank — institution
  • Polish: bank — institution
  • Portuguese: banco — institution
  • Punjabi: ਬੈਂਕ (baiṅk) — institution
  • Romanian: bancă — institution
  • Romansh: banca — institution
  • Russian: банк (bank) — institution
  • Northern Sami: báŋku — institution
  • Skolt-Sami: baŋkk — institution
  • Samoan: faletupe — institution
  • Sanskrit: धनागार (dhanāgāra) — institution
  • Sardinian: banca — institution
  • Scots: baunk — institution
  • Scottish Gaelic: banca — institution
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-malairt — institution
  • Scottish Gaelic: taigh-rèidh — institution
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̀нка — institution
  • Serbo-Croatian: bànka — institution
  • Shan: ယေးငိုၼ်း (yée ngúen) — institution
  • Sicilian: vancu — institution
  • Sinhalese: බැංකුව (bæṁkuwa) — institution
  • Slovak: banka — institution
  • Slovene: banka — institution
  • Lower Sorbian: banka — institution
  • Southern Altai: банк (bank) — institution
  • Spanish: banca — institution
  • Spanish: banco — institution
  • Sranan Tongo: bangi — institution
  • Swahili: benki — institution
  • Swedish: bank — institution
  • Tagalog: bangko — institution
  • Tahitian: fare moni — institution
  • Tajik: бонк (bonk) — institution
  • Tamil: வங்கி (vaṅki) — institution
  • Tamil: வைப்பகம் (vaippakam) — institution
  • Tatar: банк (bank) — institution
  • Telugu: బ్యాంకు (byāṅku) — institution
  • Thai: ธนาคาร (tá-naa-kaan) — institution
  • Tibetan: དངུལ་ཁང (dngul khang) — institution
  • Tigrinya: ባንክ (bank) — institution
  • Tok Pisin: beng — institution
  • Tok Pisin: haus moni — institution
  • Tongan: fale pa'anga — institution
  • Turkish: banka — institution
  • Ottoman Turkish: صرافخانه (serrāfḫāne) — institution
  • Ottoman Turkish: بانقه (bānḳa) — institution
  • Ottoman Turkish: بانك (bānk) — institution
  • Turkmen: bank — institution
  • Ukrainian: банк (bank) — institution
  • Unami: mpenk — institution
  • Urdu: بَینْک (baiṅk) — institution
  • Urdu: مَصْرِف (masrif) — institution
  • Uyghur: بانكا (banka) — institution
  • Uzbek: bank — institution
  • Venetan: banca — institution
  • Vietnamese: ngân hàng — institution
  • Vietnamese: nhà băng — institution
  • Volapük: bank — institution
  • Welsh: banc — institution
  • Yakut: баан (baan) — institution
  • Yiddish: באַנק (bank) — institution
  • Yup'ik: akiliurvik — institution
  • Zhuang: ngaenzhangz — institution
  • Zhuang: yinzhangz — institution
  • Afrikaans: banktak — branch office
  • Arabic: مَصْرِف (maṣrif) — branch office
  • Arabic: بَنْك (bank) — branch office
  • Armenian: բանկ (bank) — branch office
  • Armenian: դրամատուն (dramatun) — branch office
  • Asturian: bancu — branch office
  • Basque: banketxe — branch office
  • Breton: ti-bank — branch office
  • Bulgarian: банк (bank) — branch office
  • Burmese: ဘဏ်တိုက် (bhantuik) — branch office
  • Catalan: banc — branch office
  • Chinese Mandarin: 銀行 /银行 (yínháng) — branch office
  • Crimean Tatar: bank — branch office
  • Czech: banka — branch office
  • Danish: bank — branch office
  • Danish: bankfilial — branch office
  • Dutch: bank — branch office
  • Esperanto: banko — branch office
  • Estonian: pank — branch office
  • Finnish: pankki — branch office
  • French: banque — branch office
  • West-Frisian: bank — branch office
  • German: Bank — branch office
  • Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza) — branch office
  • Greek: υποκατάστημα (ypokatástima) — branch office
  • Hebrew: בַּנְק (bank) — branch office
  • Hungarian: bankfiók — branch office
  • Icelandic: banki — branch office
  • Icelandic: bankaútibú — branch office
  • Indonesian: bank — branch office
  • Interlingua: banca — branch office
  • Italian: banca — branch office
  • Japanese: 銀行 (ginkō) — branch office
  • Japanese: バンク (banku) — branch office
  • Japanese: 支店 (shiten) — branch office
  • Korean: 은행 (eunhaeng) — branch office
  • Macedonian: ба́нка (bánka) — branch office
  • Marathi: बँक (bĕṅka) — branch office
  • Norman: banque — branch office
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bank — branch office
  • Plautdietsch: Bank — branch office
  • Polish: bank — branch office
  • Portuguese: banco — branch office
  • Russian: банк (bank) — branch office
  • Serbo-Croatian: банка — branch office
  • Serbo-Croatian: banka — branch office
  • Sicilian: succursali — branch office
  • Slovak: banka — branch office
  • Slovak: pobočka — branch office
  • Slovene: banka — branch office
  • Lower Sorbian: banka — branch office
  • Spanish: banco — branch office
  • Spanish: sucursal — branch office
  • Swedish: bank — branch office
  • Swedish: bankkontor — branch office
  • Turkish: banka — branch office
  • Ukrainian: банк (bank) — branch office
  • Volapük: bank — branch office
  • Zhuang: ngaenzhangz — branch office
  • Afrikaans: bank — controller of a card game
  • Bulgarian: банка (banka) — controller of a card game
  • Czech: bank — controller of a card game
  • Czech: bankéř — controller of a card game
  • Finnish: pankki — controller of a card game
  • Finnish: pelinhoitaja — controller of a card game
  • Portuguese: banqueiro — controller of a card game
  • Russian: банк (bank) — controller of a card game
  • Russian: банкомёт (bankomjót) — controller of a card game
  • Sicilian: vancu — controller of a card game
  • Spanish: banca — controller of a card game
  • Afrikaans: bank — fund used in transacting business
  • Bulgarian: каса (kasa) — fund used in transacting business
  • Finnish: kassa — fund used in transacting business
  • Portuguese: caixa — fund used in transacting business
  • Sicilian: cascia — fund used in transacting business
  • Afrikaans: bank — gambling: banker's funds
  • Czech: bank — gambling: banker's funds
  • Finnish: pankki — gambling: banker's funds
  • German: Bank — gambling: banker's funds
  • Polish: bank — gambling: banker's funds
  • Portuguese: banca — gambling: banker's funds
  • Russian: банк (bank) — gambling: banker's funds
  • Slovak: bank — gambling: banker's funds
  • Afrikaans: bank — fund of pieces to draw from
  • Bulgarian: банка (banka) — fund of pieces to draw from
  • Finnish: nostokasa (dominos) — fund of pieces to draw from
  • Polish: bank — fund of pieces to draw from
  • Portuguese: monte — fund of pieces to draw from
  • Afrikaans: bank — storage for important goods
  • Armenian: բանկ (bank) — storage for important goods
  • Breton: bankad — storage for important goods
  • Bulgarian: храни́лище (hranílište) — storage for important goods
  • Catalan: banc — storage for important goods
  • Catalan: magatzem — storage for important goods
  • Czech: banka — storage for important goods
  • Danish: -bank — storage for important goods
  • Dutch: -bank — storage for important goods
  • Esperanto: deponejo — storage for important goods
  • Finnish: -pankki — storage for important goods
  • French: banque — storage for important goods
  • German: Bank — storage for important goods
  • Greek: τράπεζα (trápeza) — storage for important goods
  • Interlingua: banca — storage for important goods
  • Italian: banca — storage for important goods
  • Macedonian: ба́нка (bánka) — storage for important goods
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bank — storage for important goods
  • Persian: بانْک (bânk) — storage for important goods
  • Polish: bank — storage for important goods
  • Portuguese: banco — storage for important goods
  • Russian: банк (bank) — storage for important goods
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — storage for important goods
  • Russian: склад (sklad) — storage for important goods
  • Sicilian: dammusu — storage for important goods
  • Slovak: banka — storage for important goods
  • Spanish: banco — storage for important goods
  • Spanish: almacén — storage for important goods
  • Swedish: bank — storage for important goods
  • Tamil: வங்கி (vaṅki) — storage for important goods
  • Tamil: வைப்பகம் (vaippakam) — storage for important goods
  • Catalan: guardiola — device used to store coins or currency
  • Czech: pokladnička — device used to store coins or currency
  • Finnish: säästöpossu — device used to store coins or currency
  • German: Sparschwein — device used to store coins or currency
  • Japanese: 貯金箱 (chokinbako) — device used to store coins or currency
  • Portuguese: cofre — device used to store coins or currency
  • Sicilian: caruseḍḍu — device used to store coins or currency
  • Spanish: hucha — device used to store coins or currency
  • Thai: กระปุกออมสิน (grà-bpùk-ɔɔm-sǐn) — device used to store coins or currency
  • Arabic: ضِفَّة (ḍiffa) — edge of river or lake
  • Armenian: ափ (apʻ) — edge of river or lake
  • West Coast Bajau: sedi suang — edge of river or lake
  • West Coast Bajau: timbang — edge of river or lake
  • Bashkir: яр (yar) — edge of river or lake
  • Belarusian: бе́раг (bjérah) — edge of river or lake
  • Bau Bidayuh: tobing — edge of river or lake
  • Breton: ribl — edge of river or lake
  • Bulgarian: бряг (brjag) — edge of river or lake
  • Burmese: ကမ်း (kam:) — edge of river or lake
  • Catalan: riba — edge of river or lake
  • Chamicuro: ijlapi — edge of river or lake
  • Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏳᏟᏗ (amayutlidi) — edge of river or lake
  • Chinese Mandarin: 岸 (àn) — edge of river or lake
  • Czech: břeh — edge of river or lake
  • Danish: bred — edge of river or lake
  • Dutch: oever — edge of river or lake
  • Esperanto: bordo — edge of river or lake
  • Estonian: pank — edge of river or lake
  • Estonian: kallas — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: penkka — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: törmä — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: äyräs — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: töyräs — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: ranta — edge of river or lake
  • Finnish: rantapenger — edge of river or lake
  • French: rive — edge of river or lake
  • West-Frisian: wâl — edge of river or lake
  • Galician: ribeira — edge of river or lake
  • Galician: riba — edge of river or lake
  • German: Ufer — edge of river or lake
  • Greek: όχθη (óchthi) — edge of river or lake
  • Ancient Greek: ὄχθη (ókhthē) — edge of river or lake
  • Haitian Creole: bò (rivyè) — edge of river or lake
  • Hebrew: גדה (gada) — edge of river or lake
  • Hungarian: part — edge of river or lake
  • Icelandic: bakki — edge of river or lake
  • Icelandic: árbakki — edge of river or lake
  • Interlingua: ripa — edge of river or lake
  • Iranun: pangebah — edge of river or lake
  • Irish: bruach — edge of river or lake
  • Old Irish: bruach — edge of river or lake
  • Italian: riva — edge of river or lake
  • Italian: sponda — edge of river or lake
  • Italian: argine — edge of river or lake
  • Italian: ripa — edge of river or lake
  • Japanese: 岸 (kishi) — edge of river or lake
  • Japanese: バンク (banku) — edge of river or lake
  • Javanese: pinggir — edge of river or lake
  • Kannada: ದಡ (daḍa) — edge of river or lake
  • Khmer: មាត់ (mŏət) — edge of river or lake
  • Korean: 둑 (duk) — edge of river or lake
  • Lao: ຕະລິ່ງ (ta ling) — edge of river or lake
  • Lao: ຕະຫຼິ່ງ (ta ling) — edge of river or lake
  • Lao: ຫຼິ່ງ (ling) — edge of river or lake
  • Lao: ຝັ່ງ (fang) — edge of river or lake
  • Latin: rīpa — edge of river or lake
  • Latvian: krasts — edge of river or lake
  • Lithuanian: krantas — edge of river or lake
  • Macedonian: брег (breg) — edge of river or lake
  • Malay: tebing — edge of river or lake
  • Māori: parenga — edge of river or lake
  • Māori: pareparenga — edge of river or lake
  • Māori: tarawāhi — edge of river or lake
  • Central Melanau: pegak — edge of river or lake
  • Central Melanau: tebieng — edge of river or lake
  • Middle English: bank — edge of river or lake
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bredd — edge of river or lake
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bredd — edge of river or lake
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: breidd — edge of river or lake
  • Old Church Slavonic: брѣгъ (brěgŭ) — edge of river or lake
  • Old East Slavic: берегъ (beregŭ) — edge of river or lake
  • Old East Slavic: брѣгъ (brěgŭ) — edge of river or lake
  • Old English: ōfer — edge of river or lake
  • Old Norse: bakki — edge of river or lake
  • Pali: tīra — edge of river or lake
  • Pali: kūla — edge of river or lake
  • Plautdietsch: Eewa — edge of river or lake
  • Polabian: brig — edge of river or lake
  • Polish: brzeg — edge of river or lake
  • Portuguese: margem — edge of river or lake
  • Portuguese: ribeira — edge of river or lake
  • Romanian: mal — edge of river or lake
  • Romanian: țărm — edge of river or lake
  • Russian: бе́рег (béreg) — edge of river or lake
  • Russian: брег (breg) — edge of river or lake
  • Scottish Gaelic: bruach — edge of river or lake
  • Serbo-Croatian: бре̑г — edge of river or lake
  • Serbo-Croatian: брије̑г — edge of river or lake
  • Serbo-Croatian: brȇg — edge of river or lake
  • Serbo-Croatian: brijȇg — edge of river or lake
  • Slovak: breh — edge of river or lake
  • Slovene: breg — edge of river or lake
  • Slovene: nabrežje — edge of river or lake
  • Slovincian: brzég — edge of river or lake
  • Lower Sorbian: brjog — edge of river or lake
  • Upper Sorbian: brjóh — edge of river or lake
  • Spanish: ribera — edge of river or lake
  • Spanish: orilla — edge of river or lake
  • Swedish: bank — edge of river or lake
  • Thai: ตลิ่ง (dtà-lìng) — edge of river or lake
  • Thai: ฝั่ง (fàng) — edge of river or lake
  • Ukrainian: бе́ріг (bérih) — edge of river or lake
  • Ukrainian: бе́рег (béreh) — edge of river or lake
  • Uzbek: bank — edge of river or lake
  • Vietnamese: bờ — edge of river or lake
  • Yiddish: ברעג (breg) — edge of river or lake
  • Yup'ik: ekvik — edge of river or lake
  • Bulgarian: плитчина (plitčina) — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Danish: banke — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Finnish: matalikko — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Finnish: hiekkasärkkä — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Finnish: särkkä — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • French: banc — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • German: Bank — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Greek: αμμοσύρτις (ammosýrtis) — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Indonesian: gosong — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Italian: banco — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Māori: tāhuna — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Norwegian: banke — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Portuguese: banco — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Russian: о́тмель (ótmelʹ) — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Russian: ба́нка (bánka) — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Slovak: plytčina — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Spanish: banco — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Spanish: bajío — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Swedish: bank — an underwater area of higher elevation, a sandbank
  • Bulgarian: рид (rid) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Danish: vold — embankment, an earth slope
  • Egyptian: i-x-m-t-N36 (jḫmt) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Esperanto: teramaso — embankment, an earth slope
  • Finnish: valli — embankment, an earth slope
  • Finnish: pengerrys — embankment, an earth slope
  • Finnish: penger — embankment, an earth slope
  • Finnish: töyräs — embankment, an earth slope
  • German: Bank — embankment, an earth slope
  • Greek: ανάχωμα (anáchoma) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Greek: πλαγιά (plagiá) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Hawaiian: kuāuna — embankment, an earth slope
  • Italian: cumulo — embankment, an earth slope
  • Latin: agger — embankment, an earth slope
  • Māori: tahataha — embankment, an earth slope
  • Portuguese: talude — embankment, an earth slope
  • Romanian: pantă — embankment, an earth slope
  • Russian: вал (val) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Russian: на́сыпь (násypʹ) — embankment, an earth slope
  • Slovene: breg — embankment, an earth slope
  • Spanish: talud — embankment, an earth slope
  • Spanish: terraplén — embankment, an earth slope
  • Swedish: bank — embankment, an earth slope
  • Welsh: tyle — embankment, an earth slope
  • Bulgarian: вира́ж (viráž) — incline of an aircraft
  • Dutch: helling — incline of an aircraft
  • Finnish: kallistus — incline of an aircraft
  • Italian: sbandamento — incline of an aircraft
  • Russian: вира́ж (viráž) — incline of an aircraft
  • Spanish: ladeo — incline of an aircraft
  • Catalan: filera — row or panel of items
  • Danish: række — row or panel of items
  • Danish: batteri — row or panel of items
  • Finnish: rivi — row or panel of items
  • Finnish: kenttä — row or panel of items
  • Finnish: asema — row or panel of items
  • French: rang — row or panel of items
  • Greek: συστοιχία (systoichía) — row or panel of items
  • Irish: múr — row or panel of items
  • Slovak: rad — row or panel of items
  • Spanish: hilera — row or panel of items
  • Catalan: teclat — row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
  • Finnish: kosketinrivi — row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
  • Finnish: näppäinrivi — row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
  • Spanish: hilera — row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
  • Spanish: teclado — row of keys on a musical or typewriter keyboard
  • Finnish: olla pankin asiakas — to deal with a bank or financial institution
  • Spanish: tener la cuenta en — to deal with a bank or financial institution
  • Bulgarian: внасям (vnasjam) — to put into bank
  • Bulgarian: влагам (vlagam) — to put into bank
  • Finnish: tallettaa — to put into bank
  • Greek: καταθέτω (katathéto) — to put into bank
  • Italian: depositare — to put into bank
  • Norman: bantchi — to put into bank
  • Portuguese: depositar — to put into bank
  • Romanian: depune — to put into bank
  • Russian: класть в банк (klastʹ v bank) — to put into bank
  • Spanish: ahorrar — to put into bank
  • Spanish: depositar — to put into bank
  • Spanish: ingresar — to put into bank
  • Swedish: sätta in — to put into bank
  • Bulgarian: наклонявам се (naklonjavam se) — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Catalan: inclinar — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Dutch: doen hellen — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Dutch: rollen — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Finnish: kallistua — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Russian: накреня́ться (nakrenjátʹsja) — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Spanish: ladearse — to incline laterally in order to turn
  • Catalan: decantar — to make incline in turn
  • Finnish: kallistaa — to make incline in turn
  • Spanish: ladear — to make incline in turn
  • Spanish: peraltar — to make incline in turn
  • Bulgarian: натрупвам (natrupvam) — to form into a bank
  • Bulgarian: правя насип (pravja nasip) — to form into a bank
  • Catalan: apilar — to form into a bank
  • Finnish: kasata — to form into a bank
  • Spanish: amontonar — to form into a bank
  • Spanish: apilar — to form into a bank
  • Spanish: recoger — to form into a bank
  • Spanish: juntar — to form into a bank
  • Catalan: encendrar — to cover in ashes
  • Finnish: peittää tuhkalla — to cover in ashes
  • Māori: kāpui — to cover in ashes
  • Māori: whakapopō — to cover in ashes
  • Māori: tāmou — to cover in ashes
  • Māori: kōmou — to cover in ashes
  • Māori: kōmau — to cover in ashes