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bankbook

noun · 2 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.

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