ban

1 a decree that prohibits something [syn: prohibition, proscription]

2 100 bani equal 1 leu

3 100 bani equal 1 leu

4 an official prohibition or edict against something [syn: banning, forbiddance, forbidding]

5 a bachelor's degree in nursing [syn: Bachelor of Arts in Nursing]

1 prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"

2 forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) [syn: censor]

3 ban from a place of residence, as for punishment [syn: banish]

4 expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball] [also: banning, banned, bani (pl)]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -æn

Etymology 1

Old English bannan

Verb

1. To forbid.

   Bare feet are banned in this establishment.

Translations

Noun

1. prohibition

Translations

• Finnish: kielto
• French: interdiction
• Telugu: నిషేధము (nishaedhamu)

Related terms

• black ban
• total fire ban

See also

• banns

Etymology 2

From Romanian

Noun

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

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch band

Noun

1. tyre / tire

Irish

Pronunciation

[ban]

Noun

ban

1. Genitive plural of bean 'woman'

Japanese

Noun

1. 晩: evening
2. 番: guard
3. 判: size
4. 盤: 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, bān, bǎn, 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.

O'odham

Noun

ban

1. coyote

Old English

Etymology

From Germanic *baina-. Cognate with Old Frisian bēn, Old Saxon bēn (Dutch been ‘bone, leg’), Old High German bein (German Bein ‘leg’), Old Norse bein (Icelandic bein ‘bone’).

Pronunciation

• /ba:n/

Noun

(plural same)

1. bone; a bone

Romanian

Noun

1. money; coin

Declension

Usage notes

Usually used in the plural form, bani

Volapük

Etymology

French bain

Noun

ban

1. bath

Welsh

Noun

ban

1. peak

Ban may refer to:

• BAN, Base Area Network (United States Air Force)
• British Approved Name, a commonly accepted generic name for pharmaceuticals in Britain
• Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General
• Ban (law), a decree that prohibits something, sometimes a form of censorship
• The Imperial Ban, a form of outlawry in the medieval Holy Roman Empire
• Ban (information), a logarithmic unit of information or weight of evidence
• Ban (instrument) (板), a wooden clapper used as a musical instrument in traditional Chinese music
• Ban (mythology), a king from Arthurian legend
• Ban (title), a noble title which was used in various Balkan countries
• Ban (deodorant), a brand name deodorant & antiperspirant
• Ban, a fictional character in the Bleach franchise.
• Ban Mido, a main character of the GetBackers series.
• Ban (cabbage), a brand of cabbage
• The Basel Action Network, a non-governmental organization focused on compliance with the Basel Convention
• Ban (Chinese:班), a Chinese surname
• Ban (plural: bani), a coin, the 1/100 part of a leu in Romania and the Republic of Moldova
• Ban et arrière ban, collection of nobles summoned for military service in Medieval France
• Burrows-Abadi-Needham logic (BAN logic)
• Bans, Jura, a commune in eastern France

Fictional characters

• Akaza BanBan nicknamed Ban a charecter in Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

People

• Shigeru Ban, a japanese architect

See also

• BAN
• Bann
• Banner
• Banning
• Block (internet)
• Banhammer

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