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banco¹

  • /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/ UK
  • [ˈbæŋkʰəʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈbæŋkɵʊ̯/ UK
  • [ˈbæŋkʰɵ̞ʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/ US
  • [ˈbæŋkʰoʊ̯] US
  • /ˈbæŋkɔʊ̯/ US
  • [ˈbæŋkʰɔʊ̯] US
  • /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkoʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋkʰoʊ̯] ~ /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkɔʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋkʰɔʊ̯] Canada, US
  • /ˈbɛ̃ŋkoʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbɛ̃ŋkʰoʊ̯] ~ /ˈbɛ̃ŋkɔʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbɛ̃ŋkʰɔʊ̯] Canada, US

Rhymes with -æŋkəʊ

Where it comes from

From in banco, from Latin in banco.

adjective

  1. not comparable Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.

banco²

  • /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/ UK
  • [ˈbæŋkʰəʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈbæŋkɵʊ̯/ UK
  • [ˈbæŋkʰɵ̞ʊ̯] UK
  • /ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/ US
  • [ˈbæŋkʰoʊ̯] US
  • /ˈbæŋkɔʊ̯/ US
  • [ˈbæŋkʰɔʊ̯] US
  • /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkoʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋkʰoʊ̯] ~ /ˈbeɪ̯ŋkɔʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbeɪ̯ŋkʰɔʊ̯] Canada, US
  • /ˈbɛ̃ŋkoʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbɛ̃ŋkʰoʊ̯] ~ /ˈbɛ̃ŋkɔʊ̯/ Canada, US
  • [ˈbɛ̃ŋkʰɔʊ̯] Canada, US

Rhymes with -æŋkəʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Italian banco. Doublet of banc, bank, and bench.

noun bancos

  1. attributive A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated. banco money
  2. In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand. Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.

verb bancos · bancoing · bancoed

  1. In baccarat or chemin de fer, to bet an amount equal to the entire bankroll currently being offered by the banker. The then only hope, thought Bond, was to stamp on him now. Not to share the bank with the table, or to take some minor part of it, but to go the whole hog. This would really jolt Le Chiffre. He would hate to see more than ten or fifteen million of the stake covered, and he could not possibly expect

Banco³

proper noun

  1. A barangay of Palanas, Masbate, Philippines.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: banc, bank, banque, bangkok, judicial, curialistic, appellant, juridicial, judgely, judicatory, adjudicatory, bailival, justiciary, adjudicative, curial, barristerial

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"banco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/banco. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

banco. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/banco

Chicago

"banco." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/banco.

BibTeX
@misc{banco_2026,
  title = {banco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/banco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}