banda

Borrowed from Spanish banda. Doublet of band.

banda (countable and uncountable, plural bandas) (music)

1. (uncountable) A style of Mexican brass band music, emerged in the 19th century.
   • 2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 January 2021:

     With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.

2. (countable) An ensemble playing such music.

• Banda music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• A band, aband

Borrowed from Persian بندر (bandar, “port, harbour”).

• IPA^(key): /banᵈa/

banda

1. city
2. somebody who is being challenged to gamble by other gamblers

banda

1. to begin

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈban.də]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈban.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Borrowed from French bande, from Old French bende, from Frankish *bindā, *bindu (“band, ribbon”). Doublet of bena.

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, sash
2. side

   Synonym: costat

3. (heraldry) bend

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

banda f (plural bandes)

1. band, gang
2. (anthropology) band
3. (music) band (especially one consisting mainly of wind and percussion instruments)

• banda simfònica
• bandada

• bandera

• “banda”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “banda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “banda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanda]

banda f

1. (informal) gang, crowd, band

• “banda”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “banda”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “banda”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

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banda

1. third-person singular past historic of bander

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

14th century. From Old French bande, bende, from Frankish *bindā, bindu, from Proto-Germanic *bindō (“band”).^[1]

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, strip
2. (hydrology) bank
3. (heraldry) bend
   • c. 1350, Kelvin M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto Padre Sarmiento, page 129:

     Pytagoras era moy bõo caualeyro et moy ardido, et tragia hũ escudo de argẽte et de vermello cõ bandas ao traues

     Pytagoras was a very good knight and very valiant, and he was wearing a shield of silver and red, with traversal bands

• Bandorrío

15th century. Uncertain. Perhaps from Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign”).^[2]

banda f (plural bandas)

1. organized group of people
2. band (musical group)

• bandada
• bandear
• bandexa

• bandeira
• bando

banda f (plural bandas)

1. side
   • 1496, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 733:

     outra leyra jaz a caron de outra de Lourenço d'Alen, e da outra banda parte con outra de Gonçalo Carreira

     the other field is by another of Lourenzo d'Alén, and on the other side it departs from another belonging to Gonzalo Carreira

2. bank; flank
3. (figurative) place; land

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “banda”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “banda”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'franxa, cinta'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'grupo'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banda 'lado'”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banda”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

banda

1. the ground
2. dirt

• William B. McGregor, A Functional Grammar of Gooniyandi (1990, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /bàn.dáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [bàn.dáː]

bàndā f (possessed form bàndar̃)

1. meat or fish dried over a fire

bánda

1. strap

First attested in 1787. Borrowed from Italian banda (“group”). Perhaps via German Bande.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒndɒ]

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• Hyphenation: ban‧da
• Rhymes: -dɒ

banda (plural bandák)

1. gang (group of criminals who band together)

   Synonyms: bűnbanda, bűnszövetkezet

2. (derogatory) band, crew, mob (unruly group of people)

   Synonyms: bagázs, brancs, galeri, kompánia

3. (colloquial, humorous) team, band (group of people being in some relation)

   Synonyms: brancs, csapat, csoport, kompánia, társaság

4. (colloquial, music) band (group of people playing popular music)

   Synonyms: együttes, zenekar

5. (dated, dialectal) workgroup, crew

   Synonyms: brigád, munkacsapat

6. (dialectal, music) gypsy orchestra

   Synonym: cigányzenekar

   • 1851, János Arany, A nagyidai cigányok‎^[2], canto 1:

     S legottan vitézlő férfiak menének, / Hogy kihoznák a port, ágyut töltenének. / Rárántá azonban Juhgége s a banda, / Megkezdé a táncot legelébb a vajda.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

7. (card games) four cards of the same suit (in ferbli)

• banda in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• banda in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• IPA^(key): /ban.da/

banda

1. orange (colour)

banda

1. orange (colour)

Colors in Iban · chura (layout · text)

burak	engkari	chelum
mirah; [Term?]	banda; pirang	kuning; [Term?]
[Term?]	ijau, gadung	[Term?]; [Term?]
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]	biru
[Term?]; [Term?]	[Term?]; engkodok	kalas

• IPA^(key): /ˈpanta/
• Rhymes: -anta

banda (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative bandaði, supine bandað)

1. to beckon, to wave at [with dative]

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban.da]
• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦝ (bandha), from Old Javanese bhāṇḍa (“goods, wares, merchandise”), from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa, “good”). Doublet of benda.

banda (plural banda-banda)

1. (dialect, Java) wealth

   Synonym: kekayaan

• bandha

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ (banda), from Old Javanese bandha, baddha (“band, tie, chain”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha, “binding, tying, fetter, bond”).

banda (plural banda-banda) (dialect, Java)

1. tape, ribbon, band

   Synonym: pita

2. tie

   Synonym: ikat

3. rope

   Synonym: tali

• “banda” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

banda (plural bandas)

1. cord, string, tendon
2. tape
3. band, strip

• IPA^(key): /ˈbˠan̪ˠd̪ˠə/

Borrowed from English band.

banda m (genitive singular banda, nominative plural bandaí)

1. band (myriad senses)

From Old Irish banda, from ben (“woman”). By surface analysis, ban- +‎ -da.

banda

1. womanly
2. feminine

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “banda”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 banda”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: bàn‧da

From Old Occitan, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *bindā (“tie, join, link”). Compare French bande.

banda f (plural bande)

1. side
2. tape or strip
3. (heraldry) bend

• sbandare

From Medieval Latin banda, possibly of Gothic origin. See Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa) and 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō).

banda f (plural bande)

1. band (in all senses)
2. gang or group

banda

1. romanization of ꦧꦤ꧀ꦢ

From Portuguese banda.

banda

1. side

banda

1. cattle

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 10

banda

1. to begin

banda

1. to begin

Borrowed from Italian banda.

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/

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• Rhymes: -anda

banda f (plural bnadi)

1. side
2. (music) band

• bandene

banda n pl

1. definite plural of band

banda n

1. definite plural of band

Borrowed from French bande

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banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (group of musicians)

banda

1. genitive plural of band

From Portuguese banda and Kabuverdianu banda.

banda

1. next to
2. around

banda

1. surroundings
2. side

Borrowed from French bande.

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

banda f

1. gang (group of criminals)

   Synonyms: gang, szajka

2. (colloquial) band, clique, crew (group of people loosely united for a common purpose)

   Synonym: paczka

3. (colloquial) mob (group of loud and rambunctious people)

   Synonym: zgraja

4. barrier (protective fence around a racetrack)
5. cushion (lip around a table in cue sports)

• banda in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banda in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbɐ̃.da/
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃dɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon”), from Frankish *bindā (“join, link”).

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band, stripe
2. side
3. (heraldry) bend
4. (nautical) list

Borrowed from French bande (“group, gang”), from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *bandu or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa).

banda f (plural bandas)

1. band (of people, musical, of frequencies)

• banda larga

Derived from Bengali বারান্দা (baranda), Borrowed from Portuguese varanda.

banda

1. veranda, balcony
2. living room

• банда (banda) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.da/
• Rhymes: -anda
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

banda f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bandă

• IPA^(key): /bâːnda/
• Hyphenation: ban‧da

From Italian banda.

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. gang

• “banda”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From Italian banda (“side”).

bȃnda f (Cyrillic spelling ба̑нда)

1. (Chakavian) side

Borrowed from French bande (“ribbon; group, gang”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈbãn̪.d̪a]

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

banda f (plural bandas)

1. (music) band (musical group)
2. gang, band, group
3. band, sash
4. (heraldry) bend

• → English: banda

• pandilla
• venda

• “banda”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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banda class V (plural mabanda class VI)

1. shed (stable in a barn)

   banda la farasi ― stable

   banda la kuku ― chicken barn

   banda la ndege ― bird nest or hangar

• kibanda

band +‎ -a

banda (present bandar, preterite bandade, supine bandat, imperative banda)

1. to tape, to record to a magnetic tape

• bandning

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]

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  • Rhymes: -anda
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]
  • Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ban‧da

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. band (of musicians)

   Maraming banda ang tutugtog sa palabas.

   Many bands will perform in the show.

2. group of people, animals, fowl, etc.

Borrowed from Spanish banda (“band; sash”), from French bande, from Old French bande, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *binda (“join, link”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbanda/ [ˈban̪.d̪ɐ]

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• Rhymes: -anda
• Syllabification: ban‧da

banda (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. narrow strip of band (such as ribbon or metal bands)

Early borrowing from Spanish banda (“band; gang; bank; border; edge; side of a ship”), from French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), from Proto-West Germanic *banda or Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐌰 (bandwa, “sign; inidication; flag”). Similar to etymology 1 but borrowed earlier, shown by the shift in stress.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /banˈda/ [bɐn̪ˈd̪a]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ban‧da

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. direction; side; place

   Synonyms: dako, gawi

bandá (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜈ᜔ᜇ)

1. around (of location or time)

   Aalis ako nang bandang alas kuwatro ng hapon.

   I'll leave at around four PM.

   Banda roon lang nakalagay ang susi.

   The keys have been placed just around there.

   Dito banda dumaan si Tatay.

   Father passed around here.

• dapit

• “banda”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 38

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-bânda

1. (intransitive) to be cold

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-banda^?

1. (intransitive) to be cold

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ɓanda”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ɓanda (3.9)”