see|Appendix:Variations of "ban"

English

Pronunciation
rhymes|æn

Etymology 1
Old English bannan

Verb
en-verb|bans|banning|banned|banned

1. To forbid.

#: Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

Translations
trans-top|forbid
Chinese: �止 (jìn zh�)
Finnish: kieltää
French: interdire, proscrire
trans-mid
Romanian: interzice
Slovenian: prepovedati
Spanish: prohibir
Swedish: banna
Telugu: నిష�ధి��� (nishaedhiMchu)
trans-bottom

Noun
en-noun

1. prohibition

Translations
Finnish: kielto
French: interdiction
Telugu: నిష�ధమ� (nishaedhamu)

Related terms
black ban
total fire ban

See also
banns

Etymology 2
From Romanian

Noun
en-noun|bani

1. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Romanian leu
2. A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Moldovan leu

Category:Currency
Category:English transitive verbs

Indonesian

Etymology
From w:Dutch language|Dutch band

Noun
infl|noun|lang=id

1. tyre / tire

Category:Indonesian nouns

Irish

Pronunciation
IPA|[ban]

Noun
ban

1. Genitive plural of bean#Irish|bean 'woman'

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=��

1. �: evening
2. �: guard
3. �: size
4. �: board, block, disc

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
ban

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, b�n, b�n, or bàn.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

O'odham

Noun
ban

1. coyote

Category:O'odham nouns

Old English

Etymology
From Germanic *baina-. Cognate with Old Frisian ben|b�n, Old Saxon ben|b�n (Dutch been �bone, leg�), Old High German bein (German Bein �leg�), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein �bone�).

Pronunciation
IPA|/ba:n/

Noun
unicode|b�n n (plural same)

1. bone; a bone

Category:Old English nouns

Romanian

Noun
ro-noun|gendm|plbani

1. money; coin

Declension
ro-noun-m|plbani|defbanul

Usage notes
Usually used in the plural form, bani

Volapük

Etymology
French bain

Noun
ban

1. bath

Category:Volapük language

Welsh

Noun
ban

1. peak

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