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bande.

band, strip

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɑ̃d/
  1. band, strip

    feminine
  2. stripe

    feminine
  3. strip (e.g. magnetic strip)

    feminine
  4. cushion

    feminine
  5. bend

    feminine
  6. soundtrack

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle French bande, from Old French bande, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”), cognate with English bind.

noun/bɑ̃d/
  1. band, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)

    feminine
  2. pack (of wolves)

    feminine
  3. pack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you

    feminine
    Bande de voyous!
Where this word comes from

From Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa), ultimately from the same source as Etymology 1 above.

verb/bɑ̃d/
  1. inflection of bander: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of bander: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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