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bancă

bank /ˈbaŋkə/

noun#803 most common

Also: bench, school desk

Example sentences

Merg la bancă.
I'm going to the bank.
Banca este deschisă.
The bank is open.
Am un cont la bancă.
I have an account at the bank.
Elevul stă în bancă în prima zi de școală.
The pupil sits at the desk on the first day of school.
Banca a majorat dobânda la credite.
The bank raised the interest rate on loans.
Guvernatorul Băncii Naționale a anunțat noi măsuri economice.
The governor of the National Bank announced new economic measures.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativebancăbănci
Genitivebăncibănci
Accusativebancăbănci
Vocativebancăbănci

Word family

bancarrelating to banking
bancnotăbanknote
bancherbanker
bancomatATM
băncuțăsmall bench or desk (diminutive)

Etymology

Bancă entered Romanian from French banque and Italian banca, both going back to a Germanic word for a bench or table, the kind moneylenders once sat behind to do business. That same root gave English both bank and bench. Romanian kept both senses: a bancă can be a financial bank or a plain bench or school desk.

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