/ˈbæːn/ Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
/ˈbæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈbɛn] (New-Zealand)
[ˈbeə̯n] ~ [ˈbɛə̯n] US, Canada, æ-raising
[ˈbæːn] Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
/ˈbæn/ US, Canada, æ-raising
/ˈban/ (British, Southern, Standard)
[ˈban] (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈban/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
[ˈbe̞ːn] Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).
Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.
Meanings
A prohibition.
That sacred fruit, sacred to abstinence,
Much more to taste it under ban to touch 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
California has been on the forefront of plastic bag bans. In 2007, Mr. Newsom, as mayor of San Francisco, signed a law that made the city the first in the nation to ban plastic bags in grocery stores. 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2024:
The community also has faced political setbacks in recent years as states passed a flurry of laws, including health care bans like the one at issue in the case and measures that prohibit trans students from participating on sports teams that are consistent with their gender identity. 2024 October 21, Devan Cole, “ACLU attorney will be the first openly transgender advocate to argue before Supreme Court”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2024:
A public proclamation or edict; also, a summons by public proclamation, and in early use especially a summons to arms.
Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any publike notice. 1641, John Rastell, translated by William Rastell, Termes de la Lay, 37b:
The gathering of the (French) king’s vassals for war; the whole body of vassals assembled this way, or liable to be summoned; originally the same as arriere-ban, but distinct since the 16th century, following French usage—see arriere-ban.
The ban was sometimes convoked, that is, the possessors of the fiefs were called upon for military service in subsequent ages; but with more of ostentation than real efficiency. 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, chapter II, part II:
The act of calling together the vassals in armed array, was entitled “convoking the ban”—“convoquer le ban.” 1874, Charles Boutell, chapter 7, in Arms And Armour In Antiquity And The Middle Ages, page 98:
France was at such a Pinch for Men, […] that they call’d their Ban and Arriere Ban, the assembling whereof had been long disus’ed, and in a Manner antiquated. 1683, William Temple, chapter I, in Memoirs of what past in Christendom, from the War begun 1672, to the Peace concluded 1679:
[…] he hath sente abroade to assemble his van and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; […] 1591, published 1847, Henry Unton, Correspondence of Sir Henry Unton, knt., Ambassador from Queen Elizabeth to Henry IV. King of France, in the years MDXCI. and MDXCII., page 54
[…] all the Ban and the Arrierban, are met arm’d in the field, to choose a King […] 1671, John Crowne, Juliana, or, The princess of Poland a tragicomedy, as it is acted at His Royal Highness the Duke of York's theatre, Act I, page 8:
(obsolete) A curse or anathema.
With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice infected c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
fi bänni (prohibition — see also prohibition) · zza tomet (prohibition — see also prohibition) · zh 禁止 (prohibition — see also prohibition) · km បំរាម (prohibition — see also prohibition) · pl zakaz (prohibition — see also prohibition) · la vetitum (prohibition — see also prohibition) · be забаро́на (prohibition — see also prohibition) · zza men (prohibition — see also prohibition) · izh keelto (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ko 금지 (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fy ferbod (prohibition — see also prohibition) · mn хориг (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fr interdiction (prohibition — see also prohibition) · el απαγόρευση (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ar مَنْع (prohibition — see also prohibition) · bg забра́на (prohibition — see also prohibition) · cs zákaz (prohibition — see also prohibition) · mn цээр (prohibition — see also prohibition) · pl ban (on the internet) (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ar حَظْر (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fi esto (prohibition — see also prohibition) · uk заборо́на (prohibition — see also prohibition) · tr yasak (prohibition — see also prohibition) · es vedamiento (prohibition — see also prohibition) · vi cấm chỉ (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sv förbud (prohibition — see also prohibition) · te నిషేధము (prohibition — see also prohibition) · hu tilalom (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sq ndalim (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fr prohibition (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sh за̑брана (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ro interdicție (prohibition — see also prohibition) · bg запреще́ние (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sk zákaz (prohibition — see also prohibition) · de Verbot (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ja 禁止 (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ru запреще́ние (prohibition — see also prohibition) · pdt Baun (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sl prepoved (prohibition — see also prohibition) · mk забрана (prohibition — see also prohibition) · nl verbod (prohibition — see also prohibition) · th ข้อห้าม (prohibition — see also prohibition) · da forbud (prohibition — see also prohibition) · mr बंदी (prohibition — see also prohibition) · es baneo (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fi kielto (prohibition — see also prohibition) · sh zȃbrana (prohibition — see also prohibition) · nb forbud (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ba тыйыу (prohibition — see also prohibition) · pt proibição (prohibition — see also prohibition) · it divieto (prohibition — see also prohibition) · vi sự cấm (prohibition — see also prohibition) · lb Verbuet (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ka აკრძალვა (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ml നിരോധനം (prohibition — see also prohibition) · hi बहिष्कार (prohibition — see also prohibition) · tl pagbabawal (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ilo parit (prohibition — see also prohibition) · lt draudimas (prohibition — see also prohibition) · is bann (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ru запре́т (prohibition — see also prohibition) · ru бан (prohibition — see also prohibition) · eo malpermeso (prohibition — see also prohibition) · it proibizione (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fi banni (prohibition — see also prohibition) · fi banaani (prohibition — see also prohibition) · th การห้าม (prohibition — see also prohibition)
/ˈbæːn/ Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
/ˈbæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[ˈbɛn] (New-Zealand)
[ˈbeə̯n] ~ [ˈbɛə̯n] US, Canada, æ-raising
[ˈbæːn] Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
/ˈbæn/ US, Canada, æ-raising
/ˈban/ (British, Southern, Standard)
[ˈban] (British, Southern, Standard)
/ˈban/ (Northern-England, Scotland)
[ˈbe̞ːn] Australia, bad–lad split, possible æ-raising
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”).
Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.
Meanings
(transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
Jailing her on Wednesday, magistrate Liz Clyne told Robins: "You have shown little remorse either for the death of the kitten or the trauma to your former friend Sarah Knutton." She was also banned from keeping animals for 10 years. 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2022:
Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again. 2013 August 10, “A new prescription”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023:
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation on Sunday banning the sale at grocery checkouts of all plastic bags, regardless of thickness. 2024 September 23, Soumya Karlamangla, “California Bans All Plastic Bags After Its First Effort Backfired”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2024:
To whom the goodly earth and air Are banned 1816, Lord Byron, The Prisoner of Chillon:
(obsolete, transitive) To summon; to call out.
(transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
(transitive) To curse; to execrate.
They will curse and ban[…]even into the deep pit of hell, all that gainsay their appetite. c. 1555, Hugh Latimer, a sermon
(ambitransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
:“I seldom ban, sir,” said he to the man; “but if you play any of your hound's-foot tricks, and leave puir Berwick before he's sorted, to rin after spuilzie, deil be wi' me if I do not give your craig a thraw” 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
te నిషేధించు (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · km អាយ័ត (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ta தடை (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mn хориглох (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · vi cấm (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · et keelama (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · vi cấm chỉ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ru запреща́ть (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · be забараня́ць (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ka აკრძალვა (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · hi रोकना (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fi bännätä (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ba тыйыу (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ar حَظَرَ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · la interdico (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · my တား (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · non banna (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · id cekal (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mi rāhui (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · th ปราม (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · bg забраня́вам (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ja 禁止する (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · hi मना करना (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · km ប្រាម (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · is banna (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ml നിരോധിക്കുക (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fr proscrire (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · de verbieten (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pt proibir (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ru заба́нить (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ja 禁める (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · es vedar (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ru ба́нить (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · la veto (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · it espellere (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mr बंदी आणणे (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · lv aizliegt (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl zakazać (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sk zakázať (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fi bannata (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ar مَنَعَ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · bg забраня́ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · yi פֿאַרווערן (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fr interdire (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sv banna (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ko 금하다 (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fi estää (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · lt uždrausti (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · my ပညတ် (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sq ndaloj (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · hy արգելել (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mi whakakati (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · cs zakazovat (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ko 금지하다 (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · it censurare (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · uk заборони́ти (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · da forbyde (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sh zabranjívati (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl banować (on the internet) (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ro interzice (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fr bannir (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl zbanować (on the internet) (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ang forbēodan (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · be забарані́ць (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · eo malpermesi (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mk забрани (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sv förbjuda (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl zakazywać (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · zh 禁止 (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · nb forby (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · hu kitilt (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sk zakazovať (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · cs zakázat (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ca prohibir (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · it proibire (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · es banear (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sl prepovedovati (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ja 禁じる (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mk забранува (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sl prepovedati (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · it vietare (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ms larang (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl zabraniać (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sh забра́нити (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ms melarang (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · th ห้าม (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sh zabrániti (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · el απαγορεύω (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · tl ipagbawal (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pt banir (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ga coisc (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · uk забороня́ти (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · izh keeltää (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · lo ຫ້າມ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · mr बंदी घालणे (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · sh забрањи́вати (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · nl verbieden (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · hu tilt (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ar حَرَّمَ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · it bandire (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · fi kieltää (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · lo ປາມ (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · pl zabronić (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict) · ru запрети́ть (forbid — see also forbid, prohibit, interdict)
it bano (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · eo banuso (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · ca ban (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · pl ban (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · de Banus (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · fi baani (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · de Ban (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · ro ban (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe) · hu bán (title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe)