noun🔗ShareBanque, établissement bancaireAn institution where one can place and borrow money and take care of financial affairs."My parents opened a savings account at the bank for my college fund. "Mes parents ont ouvert un compte d'épargne à la banque pour mes études supérieures.businessfinanceeconomyorganizationessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSuccursaleA branch office of such an institution."My aunt works at the bank downtown. "Ma tante travaille à la succursale du centre-ville.buildingbusinessfinanceorganizationessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanquierAn underwriter or controller of a card game; also banque."The bank in our card game decided the next player would be Sarah. "Le banquier de notre jeu de cartes a décidé que Sarah serait la prochaine joueuse.gamebusinessessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanqueA fund from deposits or contributions, to be used in transacting business; a joint stock or capital."The school's building fund is a bank of money, available for new equipment and improvements. "Le fonds de construction de l'école est une banque d'argent, disponible pour de nouveaux équipements et des améliorations.businessfinanceeconomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLa somme d'argent, etc., que le commerçant ou le banquier possède comme fonds à partir duquel il tire les mises et paie les pertes.The sum of money etc. which the dealer or banker has as a fund from which to draw stakes and pay losses."The poker club's bank contained $500 for the evening's games. "La banque du club de poker contenait 500 $ pour les jeux de la soirée.businessfinanceessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareArgent, bénéficeMoney; profit"The family's savings account held a healthy bank of money, enough for a nice vacation. "Le compte d'épargne de la famille contenait une bonne somme d'argent, suffisante pour de belles vacances.financebusinesseconomyassetessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRéserve, piocheIn certain games, such as dominos, a fund of pieces from which the players are allowed to draw."The domino bank contained all the pieces for the game. "La pioche de dominos contenait toutes les pièces du jeu.gameessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCoffre-fort, lieu de stockage sûrA safe and guaranteed place of storage for and retrieval of important items or goods."blood bank; sperm bank; data bank"Banque de sang ; banque de sperme ; banque de donnéesfinancebusinessassetessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanqueA device used to store coins or currency."If you want to buy a bicycle, you need to put the money in your piggy bank."Si vous voulez acheter un vélo, vous devez mettre l'argent dans votre tirelire.itembusinessfinancedeviceeconomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEffectuer des opérations bancaires, être client d'une banqueTo deal with a bank or financial institution, or for an institution to provide financial services to a client."He banked with Barclays."Il était client de Barclays.businessfinanceeconomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDéposer à la banqueTo put into a bank."I banked the money I earned from my part-time job. "J'ai déposé à la banque l'argent que j'ai gagné grâce à mon travail à temps partiel.businessfinanceessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareCacher dans le rectumTo conceal in the rectum for use in prison."Johnny banked some coke for me."Johnny a caché de la coke pour moi dans son rectum.bodysexactionpoliceessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBerge, riveAn edge of river, lake, or other watercourse."The children played near the river bank, carefully avoiding the slippery stones. "Les enfants jouaient près de la berge de la rivière, en évitant soigneusement les pierres glissantes.geographynatureenvironmentplaceessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc, haut-fondAn elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shallow area of shifting sand, gravel, mud, and so forth (for example, a sandbank or mudbank)."the banks of Newfoundland"les bancs de Terre-NeuvegeologygeographyenvironmentnatureoceanessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBerge, talusA slope of earth, sand, etc.; an embankment."The river's bank was covered with wildflowers. "La berge de la rivière était couverte de fleurs sauvages.geologygeographyenvironmentessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareInclinaisonThe incline of an aircraft, especially during a turn."The pilot controlled the plane's bank during the turn to avoid hitting the mountain. "Le pilote a contrôlé l'inclinaison de l'avion pendant le virage pour éviter de heurter la montagne.technicalvehiclenauticalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBerge, talusAn incline, a hill."The hiking trail went up a steep bank. "Le sentier de randonnée montait une berge escarpée.geographynatureessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc de nuages, masse nuageuseA mass noun for a quantity of clouds."The bank of clouds on the horizon announced the arrival of the predicted storm front."Le banc de nuages à l'horizon annonçait l'arrivée du front orageux prévu.weathernaturemassessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTaille, front de tailleThe face of the coal at which miners are working."The miners worked hard at the coal bank. "Les mineurs ont travaillé dur à la taille.geologyindustryjobworkessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareGisementA deposit of ore or coal, worked by excavations above water level."The mine's coal bank is being actively worked by excavators. "Le gisement de charbon de la mine est activement exploité par des excavateurs.geologymaterialessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBord, bergeThe ground at the top of a shaft."Ores are brought to bank."Les minerais sont amenés au bord.technicalgeologyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareS'incliner, se pencherTo roll or incline laterally in order to turn."The cyclist had to bank the bicycle sharply to make the turn. "Le cycliste a dû incliner vivement le vélo pour prendre le virage.vehiclenauticalsailingessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareInclinerTo cause (an aircraft) to bank."The pilot banked the airplane to the right to avoid the storm clouds. "Le pilote a incliné l'avion vers la droite pour éviter les nuages d'orage.vehiclenauticalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareFormer un talus, entasserTo form into a bank or heap, to bank up."to bank sand"Former un talus de sableenvironmentgeologyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareRecouvrir de cendresTo cover the embers of a fire with ashes in order to retain heat."Before leaving for the weekend, Mom banked the fire in the fireplace to keep it warm until she returned. "Avant de partir pour le week-end, maman a recouvert de cendres le feu dans la cheminée pour le garder au chaud jusqu'à son retour.utilitynatureenergyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBanqueter, endiguerTo raise a mound or dike about; to enclose, defend, or fortify with a bank; to embank."The farmers banked the river to protect their fields from flooding. "Les agriculteurs ont banqué la rivière pour protéger leurs champs des inondations.environmentgeologyagriculturebuildingessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareBordurerTo pass by the banks of."The hikers banked the river on their way to the campsite. "Les randonneurs ont borduré la rivière en se rendant au camping.geographynauticalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAssister, aiderTo provide additional power for a train ascending a bank (incline) by attaching another locomotive."The engineers had to bank another engine onto the train to help it climb the steep hill. "Les ingénieurs ont dû assister le train avec une autre locomotive pour l'aider à gravir la colline escarpée.vehicletechnicalenergyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRangée, sérieA row or panel of items stored or grouped together."a bank of pay phones"une rangée de cabines téléphoniquesgroupitemstructureessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRangée, clavierA row of keys on a musical keyboard or the equivalent on a typewriter keyboard."The piano teacher pointed to the bank of keys in the center of the keyboard. "Le professeur de piano a pointé du doigt la rangée de touches au centre du clavier.musictechnologycomputingmachineessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBloc de mémoireA contiguous block of memory that is of fixed, hardware-dependent size, but often larger than a page and partitioning the memory such that two distinct banks do not overlap."The computer's RAM was organized into four memory banks to improve processing speed. "La mémoire vive de l'ordinateur était organisée en quatre blocs de mémoire pour améliorer la vitesse de traitement.computingelectronicstechnologysystemmachinedevicestructurepartessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEnsemble de ciblesA set of multiple adjacent drop targets."The video game had a bank of five targets for the player to hit. "Le jeu vidéo avait un ensemble de cinq cibles que le joueur devait atteindre.gametechnicalmachineessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAligner, ranger(order and arrangement) To arrange or order in a row."The children banked their books neatly on the shelf. "Les enfants ont rangé leurs livres proprement sur l'étagère.structureessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc, rangée de rameursA bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars."The galley's rowers rested on the low bank of oars before their next turn. "Les rameurs de la galère se reposèrent sur le banc bas des rames avant leur prochain tour.nauticalvehiclepartessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc, siègeA bench or seat for judges in court."The judge sat on the bank in the courtroom. "Le juge était assis sur le banc dans la salle d'audience.lawgovernmentessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTribunal, cour plénièreThe regular term of a court of law, or the full court sitting to hear arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius, or a court held for jury trials. See banc."The appeals court held a bank to hear the case about the student's expulsion. "La cour d'appel a siégé en tribunal pour entendre l'affaire concernant l'expulsion de l'étudiant.lawgovernmentessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc de typographeA kind of table used by printers."The printer used the special bank to feed the paper smoothly. "L'imprimeur utilisait le banc de typographe spécial pour alimenter le papier en douceur.machinewritingindustrytechnicalessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBanc, rangéeA bench, or row of keys belonging to a keyboard, as in an organ."The organist carefully placed her fingers on the bank of ivory keys. "L'organiste posa soigneusement ses doigts sur la rangée de touches en ivoire.musicpartmachineessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFric, argentSlang for money"My friend said he needed some extra bank to buy a new video game. "Mon ami a dit qu'il avait besoin de fric supplémentaire pour acheter un nouveau jeu vidéo.financebusinesseconomyessentialtoeicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading