• Finnish: heimo

• Bulgarian: групирам
• Finnish: liittyä, yhdistyä
• German: sich vereinigen
• Swedish: förena sig, gadda ihop sig

• Finnish: sitoa
• German: binden
• Norwegian: binde
• Swedish: binda

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• ttbc Bulgarian: свързвам (1)

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.

Icelandic

Noun

band (band-s, bönd)

1. a string
2. yarn
3. ties
4. (of a book) binding
5. a musical band

Synonyms

• i-c band hljómsveit

Derived terms

• vera á bandi
• vinna á sitt band
• samband
• bynda
• símasamband
• bundinn
• myndband

Norwegian

Alternative spellings

• bånd (see this word for common usages)

Noun

1. In the context of "music|lang=no": band; group of (rock) musicians

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

band

1. band; a strip of material
2. band; group of musicians
3. band; band of robbers
4. band; part of radio spectrum
5. 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

Band may refer to a specific group:

• Band (music), a company of musicians
• Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission
• Band (algebra), an idempotent semigroup
• Band society, a small group of humans in a simple form of society
• Band (First Nations Canada), the primary unit of First Nations Government in Canada
• The primary unit of Tribal Government (United States)
• A herd or flock of animals, such as gorillas or coyotes

Band can refer to a thin strip of material in a loop:

• such as a rubber band or a wedding ring
• Bands (neckwear), two pieces of cloth fitted around the neck as part of formal clothing for clergy, academics and lawyers
• Bird banding, placing a numbered bands of metal on birds' legs for identification
• Bandolier - ammunition belt
• A paper strip placed around a book for promotional purposes.

In metals and semiconductors, band can refer to:

• Valence band
• Conduction band
• Band gap

Band can also refer to:

• Band, Mureş in Romania
• Bánd, a village in Hungary
• The Band, a Canadian-American rock and roll group
  • The Band (album), its eponymous album released in 1969
• Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes
• Spectral bands are part of optical spectra of polyatomic systems
• Band cells, a type of white blood cell

See also

• Banding

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