bande
French, noun
bande is spelled B-A-N-D-E (5 letters) and appears 91 times per million words in written French, the 922nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bande is a French feminine noun meaning “band, strip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of bander. With an accent, bandé is a different word: “bendy; made up of diagonal stripes”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de lien plat et large”.
What does bande mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineband, strip
- 2
femininestripe
- 3
femininestrip (e.g. magnetic strip)
- 4
femininecushion
- 5
femininebend
- 6
femininesoundtrack
noun
- 1
feminineband, group, gang, troupe (of people, etc)
- 2
femininepack (of wolves)
- 3
femininepack of, bunch of (used before epithets addressed to more than one person), you
Bande de voyous!
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
bendy; made up of diagonal stripes
verb
- 1
past participle of bander
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de lien plat et large. 2. Longue lanière de toile ou de coton qui est employée dans divers pansements. 3. Fer battu en long qui sert à lier ou à renforcer quelque chose. 4. Morceau d’étoffe, de cuir, de papier, etc. long et étroit.
noun: 1. Côté du navire. 2. Gite du navire. 3. Côté du navire où celui-ci gite.
noun: 1. Troupe ; compagnie. 2. Troupe ; compagnie. 3. Association informelle de jeunes. 4. Organisation criminelle de jeunes ou d’adultes ; gang.
adjective: 1. Couvert d’une bande ou d’un pansement. 2. Disposé en forme de bande. 3. Traversé par des bandes. 4. Tendu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bande
- bandes plural
- bandée feminine
- bandés masculine plural
- bandées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to bande
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bande in French?
bande appears 91 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).