noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbæŋkˌbʊk/
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CMU ARPABET:B AE1 NG K B UH2 K
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
wealth
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: transferred sense
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: passbook
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: record
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian bancabor. Middle French banqueder. English bank English book English bankbook From bank + book.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
دَفْتَر اِدِّخَار
(daftar iddiḵār)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Belarusian:
ашча́дная кні́жка
(aščádnaja knížka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Bulgarian:
ба́нкова кни́жка
(bánkova knížka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Catalan:
llibreta d'estalvis
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Chinese Mandarin:
存摺 /存折
(cúnzhé)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Czech:
vkladní knížka
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Danish:
bankbog
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Dutch:
spaarbankboekje
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Finnish:
vastakirja
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Finnish:
säästökirja
— booklet used to record bank transactions
French:
livret épargne
— booklet used to record bank transactions
German:
Kontobuch
— booklet used to record bank transactions
German:
Bankbuch
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Greek:
βιβλιάριο καταθέσεων
(vivliário katathéseon)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Greenlandic:
bankbogi
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Indonesian:
buku tabungan
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Indonesian:
buku rekening
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Japanese:
通帳
(tsūchō)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Khmer:
បញ្ជី
(bɑɑbɑñcii)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Korean:
통장
(tongjang)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Malay:
buku akaun
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Marathi:
पासबुक
(pāsbuk)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Norwegian Bokmål:
bankbok
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Polish:
książeczka oszczędnościowa
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Portuguese:
caderneta
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Portuguese:
livrete
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Russian:
сберега́тельная кни́жка
(sberegátelʹnaja knížka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Russian:
сберкни́жка
(sberknížka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Russian:
ба́нковская кни́жка
(bánkovskaja knížka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Serbo-Croatian:
штедна књижица
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Serbo-Croatian:
štedna knjižica
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Slovak:
vkladná knižka
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Swedish:
bankbok
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Tok Pisin:
pasbuk
— booklet used to record bank transactions
Ukrainian:
оща́дна кни́жка
(oščádna knýžka)
— booklet used to record bank transactions