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Webster 1913 Edition

Ban

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Ban

(băn)
,
Noun.
A kind of fine muslin, made in the East Indies from the fiber of the banana leaf stalks.

Ban

(băn)
,
Noun.
[AS.
bann
command, edict; akin to D.
ban
, Icel.
bann
, Dan.
band
, OHG.
ban
, G.
bann
, a public proclamation, as of interdiction or excommunication, Gr.
φάναι
to say, L.
fari
to speak, Skr.
bhan
to speak; cf. F.
ban
, LL.
bannum
, of G. origin. √86. Cf.
Abandon
,
Fame
.]
1.
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
2.
(Feudal & Mil.)
A calling together of the king’s (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army.
3.
pl.
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See
Banns
(the common spelling in this sense).
4.
An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
“Under ban to touch.”
Milton.
5.
A curse or anathema.
“Hecate's ban.”
Shak.
6.
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
Ban of the empire
(German Hist.)
,
an imperial interdict by which political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.

Ban

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Banned
(bănd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Banning
.]
[OE.
bannen
,
bannien
, to summon, curse, AS.
bannan
to summon; akin to Dan.
bande
,
forbande
, to curse, Sw.
banna
to revile,
bannas
to curse. See
Ban
an edict, and cf.
Banish
.]
1.
To curse; to invoke evil upon.
Sir W. Scott.
2.
To forbid; to interdict.
Byron.

Ban

,
Verb.
I.
To curse; to swear.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Ban

,
Noun.
[Serv.
ban
; cf. Russ. & Pol.
pan
a master, lord, Per.
ban
.]
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ban

BAN

, n.
1.
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory.
In a more particular sense,
2.
Notice of a marriage proposed, or of a matrimonial contract, proclaimed in a church, that any person may object, if he knows of any kindred between the parties, of any precontract or other just cause, why the marriage should not take place.

Definition 2025

Bán

Bán

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Hungarian

Proper noun

Bán

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Bán Bánok
accusative Bánt Bánokat
dative Bánnak Bánoknak
instrumental Bánnal Bánokkal
causal-final Bánért Bánokért
translative Bánná Bánokká
terminative Bánig Bánokig
essive-formal Bánként Bánokként
essive-modal — —
inessive Bánban Bánokban
superessive Bánon Bánokon
adessive Bánnál Bánoknál
illative Bánba Bánokba
sublative Bánra Bánokra
allative Bánhoz Bánokhoz
elative Bánból Bánokból
delative Bánról Bánokról
ablative Bántól Bánoktól
Possessive forms of Bán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Bánom Bánjaim
2nd person sing. Bánod Bánjaid
3rd person sing. Bánja Bánjai
1st person plural Bánunk Bánjaink
2nd person plural Bánotok Bánjaitok
3rd person plural Bánjuk Bánjaik

bán

bán

See also: -ban and Appendix:Variations of "ban"

Hungarian

Noun

bán ‎(plural bánok)

  1. ban (title in the historical Kingdom of Croatia and the Kingdom of Hungary)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative bán bánok
accusative bánt bánokat
dative bánnak bánoknak
instrumental bánnal bánokkal
causal-final bánért bánokért
translative bánná bánokká
terminative bánig bánokig
essive-formal bánként bánokként
essive-modal — —
inessive bánban bánokban
superessive bánon bánokon
adessive bánnál bánoknál
illative bánba bánokba
sublative bánra bánokra
allative bánhoz bánokhoz
elative bánból bánokból
delative bánról bánokról
ablative bántól bánoktól
Possessive forms of bán
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. bánom bánjaim
2nd person sing. bánod bánjaid
3rd person sing. bánja bánjai
1st person plural bánunk bánjaink
2nd person plural bánotok bánjaitok
3rd person plural bánjuk bánjaik
Derived terms
  • báni
  • bánság
  • Bánság

Etymology 2

From a Turkic language.

Verb

bán

  1. (transitive) to regret
Conjugation
Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

See also

References

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish bán ‎(“white”), from Proto-Celtic *bānos ‎(“white”).

Adjective

bán ‎(genitive singular masculine báin, genitive singular feminine báine, plural bána, comparative báine)

  1. white
  2. (sexuality, LGBT) gay, homosexual
Declension
Derived terms

Noun

bán m ‎(genitive singular báin, nominative plural bána)

  1. white
Declension
Derived terms

Verb

bán ‎(present analytic bánann, future analytic bánfaidh, verbal noun bánadh, past participle bánta)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) Alternative form of bánaigh ‎(“whiten; bleach; blanch; dawn; clear out, empty; lay waste, devastate”)
Conjugation

Etymology 2

From Old Irish bán ‎(“untilled land, lea”), from the adjective bán ‎(“white”).

Noun

bán m ‎(genitive singular báin, nominative plural bánta)

  1. (geography) lea; grassland
  2. uncultivated land
Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

bán m ‎(genitive singular báin, nominative plural báin)

  1. Alternative form of bábhún ‎(“walled enclosure, bawn; bailey; bulwark, breakwater”)
Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bán bhán mbán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "bán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bānos ‎(“white”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbaːn/

Adjective

bán

  1. white
  2. pure

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
bán bán
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ 		mbán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “bán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 半 (“half”)

Prefix

bán

  1. half, semi-, hemi-
Compounds
  • bán cầu ‎(“hemisphere”)
  • bán công ‎(“semi-public”)
  • bán dẫn ‎(“semiconductor”)
  • bán đảo ‎(“peninsula”)
  • bán kính ‎(“radius”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Vietic *paːɲʔ

Verb

bán ‎(chữ Nôm 𧸝)

  1. to sell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːn]

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