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bandă
band (a strip, tape, or group) /banˈdə/
noun#1949 most common
Also: tape, gang, belt (conveyor), frequency band
Example sentences
Am nevoie de o bandă adezivă.
I need a piece of adhesive tape.
Banda rulantă din aeroport s-a defectat.
The moving walkway at the airport broke down.
Poliția a arestat o bandă de hoți.
The police arrested a gang of thieves.
Fabrica folosește o bandă de producție automatizată.
The factory uses an automated production line.
Radioul recepționează semnalul pe o bandă de frecvență îngustă.
The radio picks up the signal on a narrow frequency band.
Muzicienii au înregistrat concertul pe o bandă magnetică veche, păstrând un sunet cald și analogic.
The musicians recorded the concert on an old magnetic tape, keeping a warm, analog sound.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bandă | benzi |
| Genitive | benzi | benzi |
| Accusative | bandă | benzi |
| Vocative | bandă | benzi |
Word family
bandajbandage
a bandajato bandage
banderolăpaper wrapper strip
banditbandit, outlaw
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bandă" from French "bande", which itself came from Old Italian "banda" and ultimately from a Germanic word for a binding strip or tie. The core sense of "something that binds or wraps around" gave rise to both the physical meaning (tape, strip) and the social meaning (a group bound together, a gang). English "band" comes from the same Germanic family, which is why the two words overlap so closely in meaning.
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