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feminine
bɑ̃k
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Translation
bank
Word origin
From Italian banca ('bench, money-changer's table'), of Germanic origin (Frankish bank, 'bench'); medieval money-changers worked at benches. English bank and bench share this Germanic root.
- Origin
- Frankish
- Root
- bank
- English cognates
- bank, bench
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Pluralbanques
Examples
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I have to go to the bank this morning.
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The bank is closed on Sundays.
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He requested a loan from his bank.
' courrier.
The bank sent me a new code by post.
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I have been working at a bank for ten years.
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