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Pronunciation
audio|en-us-band.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ænd|-ænd

Noun
Image:Sin_Nada_060906a.jpg|thumb|right|A music band
en-noun

1. A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.
2. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.
3. A group of musicians, especially (a) wind and percussion players, or (b) rock musicians.
4. A type of orchestra originally playing janissary music; i.e. marching band.
5. A group of people loosely united for a common purpose (a band of thieves).
6. physics A part of radio spectrum.
7. physics A group of energy levels in a solid state material. Valence band, conduction band.
8. Canadian English A group of aboriginals that has official recognition as an organized unit by the federal government of Canada.

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from band
brass band
elastic band
gum band
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lacquer band
marching band
rubber band
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Translations
trans-top|a strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together
Dutch: t+|nl|band|m
Finnish: t+|fi|nauha
German: t+|de|Band|n
Greek: ζÏ�νη (zóni) f
Norwegian: t+|no|band|n, t-|no|bånd|n
Spanish: cinta f, franja f
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Polish: ta�ma f
Swedish: band#Swedish|band n, bindel c, snodd c, snöre n
Telugu: మ�ప�తాడ�
Korean: 묶��(�)
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trans-top|a strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached
Dutch: t+|nl|band|m
Finnish: selkämys
Korean: �� 고��(���)
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Norwegian: t-|no|bind|n
Polish: grzbiet m
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trans-top|a group of musicians
Croatian: t-|hr|bend|m
Czech: t-|cs|kapela|f
Dutch: t+|nl|band|m
Esperanto: t-|eo|bando|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: bänd, ansambel
Finnish: t+|fi|yhtye, t+|fi|bändi
German: Band f, Kapelle f, Musikkapelle f, Combo f
Hebrew: ��ק� (lehaqa) f
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Korean: t-|ko|밴�|scHang, t-|ko|그룹|scHang, t-|ko|��|sc=Hang
Norwegian: t+|no|band|n
Polish: zespó� muzyczny m, grupa muzyczna f
Romanian: t-|ro|formaţie|f
Spanish: t-|es|banda|f, t+|es|grupo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|band|n
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trans-top|an orchestra originally playing janissary music
Norwegian: t-|no|korps|n
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trans-top|a group of people loosely united for a common purpose
Dutch: t+|nl|bende
Esperanto: t-|eo|bando|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: joukko, joukkio
German: Bande f, Gruppe f, Stamm m, Trupp m, …-Gemeinde f, Mannschaft f
Hebrew: he-translation|�נ�פ��|k'nûfyah f
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Korean: t-|ko|�체|scHang, t-|ko|그룹|scHang
Norwegian: t-|no|bande|m
Polish: t+|pl|banda|f
Spanish: t-|es|banda|f
Swedish: t-|sv|band|n
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trans-top|physics: a part of radio spectrum
Dutch: t+|nl|band|m
Finnish: aallonpituusalue; bändi (radio amateur slang)
German: Frequenzspektrum n
Korean: t-|ko|밴�|scHang, t-|ko|���|scHang
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Norwegian: t-|no|bånd|n
Polish: t-|pl|pasmo|n
Spanish: t-|es|banda|f
Swedish: t-|sv|band|n
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trans-top|physics: a group of energy levels in a solid state material
Dutch: t+|nl|band|m
Finnish: t-|fi|vyö
Norwegian: t-|no|bånd|n
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Spanish: t-|es|pasmo|n
Swedish: t-|sv|band|n
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trans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Bulgarian: в��зка f (1), банда f (3, 5), г��па f (3, 5)
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Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To group together for a common purpose.
2. To fasten together with a band.
3. ornithology To fasten an identifying band around (a bird's) leg.

Translations
trans-top|(intransitive) to group together for a common purpose
Bulgarian: г��пи�ам
Finnish: t+|fi|liittyä, t-|fi|yhdistyä
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German: sich vereinigen
Swedish: förena sig, gadda ihop sig
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trans-top|to fasten together with a band
Finnish: t+|fi|sitoa
German: t+|de|binden
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Norwegian: t|no|binde
Swedish: t+|sv|binda
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trans-top|ornithology: to fasten an identifying band
Finnish: rengastaa
German: beringen
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Norwegian: t|no|ringmerke
Swedish: ringmärka
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checktrans-top|translations to be checked
ttbc|Bulgarian: �в��звам (1)
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Category:1000 English basic words

Dutch

Noun
band m (Plural: banden, diminutive: bandje)

1. connection, liaison, bond
2. band (all English senses, above, except for group of musicians)
3. tire/tyre (e.g. a car tyre)
4. tape (magnetic tape, video tape)
5. bank (the bank of a pool table)
6. belt (a martial arts belt)
7. ribbon
8. bond, tie

Related terms
verband, autoband (3)

Noun
band m (Plural: bands, diminutive: bandje)

1. band (group of musicians; word loaned from English and pronounced as in English)

German

Verb form
band

1. Past tense of binden.

Category:German verb forms

Icelandic
Icelandic declension hk sb 01 ö|b|nd
Noun
band n

1. a string
2. slang|lang=is a musical #English|band

Synonyms
i-c|band hljómsveit f

Derived terms
samband
bynda
símasamband
bundinn
myndband

Category:Icelandic nouns

Norwegian

Alternative spellings
bånd (see this word for common usages)

Noun
no-noun-n1

1. context|music|lang=no #English|band; group of (rock) musicians

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-n-zero
band n

1. #English|band; a strip of material
2. band; group of musicians
3. band; band of robbers
4. sv-physics band; part of radio spectrum
5. sv-physics band; group of energy levels
6. audio tape or video tape
7. cassette of audio or video tape
8. connection, relation; from a person to another person or to a place

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