banca

Etymology

From Philippine Spanish banca, from Tagalog bangka.

Noun

banca (plural bancas)

1. (Philippines) A canoe; an outrigger canoe or dugout.
   • 1908, W. W. Pettit, “Fourth Grade Civics: 13th Meeting—Water Supply”, in Philippine Education‎, volume 5, number 1, Manila, page 29:

     In towns on plains near the sea it is difficult to secure good water. The rivers are salt and water has to be carried in bancas many miles. An open banca is neither a clean nor a safe way to carry water.

Alternative forms

• bancu

Noun

banca f (plural banques)

1. (large) bench
2. bank (building)
3. bank (institution)
4. trough
5. pot (of a lottery)

Etymology

From banc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbaŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbaŋ.ka]

Noun

banca f (plural banques)

1. low bench
2. banking system

Further reading

• “banca” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “banca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “banca” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “banca” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology

Of Germanic origin. Akin to Italian banca, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanka/

Noun

banca f (plural banche)

1. bank

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈban.ka/

• Audio:

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• Audio (una banca):

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• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: bàn‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lombardic bank (“bench”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend”). Cognates include Spanish banco and Portuguese banco. Doublet of banco and panca.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Milanese) IPA^(key): /ˈbaŋka/
• (Bergamasque) IPA^(key): /baŋk/

Etymology 1

From either Lombardic panch or Frankish.

Etymology 2

From Old Lombard panka, from Lombardic bank.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbanka]

Noun

banca f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bancă

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbanka/ [ˈbãŋ.ka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Syllabification: ban‧ca

Etymology 1

From banco.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Tagalog bangka.

Etymology 3

Further reading

• “banca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
• Abella, Venancio María de (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog. Seguido de un curioso Vocabulario de Modismos Manileños.‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, á cargo de C. Miralles., page 112