| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| band | n | (musical group) musique | orchestre nm |
| She played the clarinet in the high school band. |
| Elle jouait de la clarinette dans l'orchestre de son école. |
| band | n | (strip) médecine | bandage nm |
| He tied a band of cotton around his arm to stop the bleeding. |
| Il mit un bandage de coton autour de son bras pour qu'il ne saigne plus. |
| band | n | (stripe) | bande nf |
| | | raie nf |
| Do you see the bands that he painted around his car? |
| Vous avez vu les bandes qu'il a peintes tout autour de sa voiture ? |
| Vous avez vu les raies qu'il a peintes tout autour de sa voiture ? |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| band | n | (of paper) | traduction non disponible |
| I'd like to buy three bands of your best quality paper. |
| band | n | (ring) bague | anneau nm |
| | mariage | alliance nf |
| They exchanged wedding bands during the ceremony. |
| Ils échangèrent les anneaux de mariage pendant la cérémonie. |
| band | n | (land) terre | bande nf |
| There is a thin band of land between the two rivers. |
| Il y a une étroite bande de terre entre les deux rivières. |
| band | n | (group of persons) groupe de personnes | bande nf |
| The band of kids must have gone into the movie theatre. |
| La bande de gosses a dû entrer dans la salle de cinéma. |
| band | n | (group of animals) animaux | troupeau nm |
| A band of sheep grazed in the meadow. |
| Un troupeau de moutons était en train de paître dans le pré. |
| band | n | (belt) | courroie nf |
| The leather band turned the flywheel. |
| La courroie de cuir entraînait le volant. |
| band | n | (strip of rubber, material) bande de caoutchouc | élastique nm |
| He put a rubber band around the papers. |
| Il mit un élastique autour des papiers. |
| band | n | (radio frequency) électricité : fréquence | bande nf |
| What band is that station on? |
| Quelle est la bande de fréquence de cette station ? |
| band | n | (ribbon) | ruban nm |
| She tied a band of ribbon around the post to help people find the party. |
| Elle attacha un ruban autour du poteau pour indiquer aux gens le chemin de la fête. |
| band | vtr | (tie) | attacher⇒, ficeler⇒ vtr |
| He banded the package with a thick string. |
| Il attacha (or: ficela) solidement le paquet. |
| band | vtr | (mark with a band) marquer avec une bague | baguer⇒ vtr |
| Band the stalks of the flowers you want to buy. |
| Baguez les tiges des fleurs que vous voulez acheter. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| absorption band | | | bande d'absorption |
| amateur band | | | orchestre amateur |
| back band | | | feuillure nf |
| band filter | | | filtre de bande |
| band leader | | | chef de bande nm |
| band practice | n | (musical group's rehearsal) | répétition (d'un groupe, d'un orchestre) nf |
| I have band practice after school from 4pm to 6pm. |
| band rehearsal | n | (musical group's practice session) | répétition nf |
| I sneaked into the hotel room to watch the band rehearsal of U2. |
| Le groupe est en répétition toute la journée avant le concert de ce soir. |
| | fam | répète nf |
| Tu viens à la répète ? On a besoin d'un deuxième guitariste. |
| band saw | n | (woodworking: cutting machine) | scie à ruban nf |
| A band saw allows you to cut free form shapes, which may not be possible with regular saws. |
| band spectrum | | (physics) physique | spectre de bandes nm |
| band together | vi | (unite, join forces) | se regrouper⇒ v pron |
| The inhabitants banded together to fight the insect invaders. |
| Plusieurs syndicats se sont regroupés pour dénoncer les pratiques douteuses de certaines entreprises. |
| | | se grouper⇒ v pron |
| Les activistes se groupent pour défendre leur cause. |
| band-aid | | | pansement adhésif |
| band-tailed | | | à queue barrée adj |
| belly-band | | | sangle ventrale nf |
| big band | n | (style of music: large dance band) anglicisme | big band nm |
| Big band leaders like Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, and Tommy Dorsey transformed jazz music into swing. |
| brass band | n | (music: band playing brass instruments) | fanfare nf |
| The Olympia Brass Band will lead the funeral procession down Bourbon Street. |
| broadcast band | | | bande de diffusion |
| concert band | n | (brass band, wind instrument group) | fanfare nf |
| Concert bands have brass, woodwind and percussion instruments but no stringed instruments. |
| dance band | | | orchestre de danse |
| dance band | | orchestre de bal familier | bastringue |
| dead-band | | | zone morte nf |
| Dixieland band | | | groupe Dixieland nm |
| elastic band | n | (rubber strip for binding items together) | élastique nm |
| Note: In the US called a "rubber band" |
| Robert used an elastic band to hold together all the pens and pencils he had on his desk. |
| four-piece band | | | quatuor nm |
| frequency band | | | bande de fréquence |
| guard band | | | bande de garde nf |
| hair band | n | (accessory for holding back hair) | bandeau (pour les cheveux) nm |
| Note: also: hairband |
| Her long tresses were held back by a simple hair band. |
| | | serre-tête nm |
| Je suis obligée de mettre un serre-tête avec tout ce vent ! |
| hair-band | | maintien les cheveux | serre-tête nm |
| jazz band | n | (musical group who play jazz) | orchestre de jazz nm |
| jug band | n | (music group playing improvised instruments) Mus | jug band nm |
| The first jug band was formed in Louisville, KY in the 1920s. |
| Les jug bands allaient de villages en villages. |
| marching band | n | (musical group that parades) | fanfare nf |
| I used to play clarinet in a marching band. |
| Quand j'étais jeune, je jouais de la clarinette dans une fanfare. |
| military band | n | (instrumental group that plays on military occasions) | fanfare militaire nf |
| The military band was called to play at the governor's funeral, since he was an ex-Marine. |
| one-man band | | | homme-orchestre nm |
| punk band | n | (group playing anarchic rock music) | groupe de punk (rock) nm |
| In the 1980s many young people dreamed of starting a punk band, just like the Sex Pistols. |
| Forus est un groupe de punk rock du sud-ouest de la France. |
| ragtime band | | | groupe de ragtime |
| rock band | n | (heavy pop music group) | groupe de rock nm |
| Le groupe de rock Van Halen doit son nom aux frères Alex et Eddie Van Halen, qui l'ont fondé. |
| rubber band | n | (elastic band) | élastique nm |
| The postman uses rubber bands to bundle together letters for the same address. |
| Le facteur attache les lettres libellées à la même adresse avec un élastique. |
| seven-band bracelet | | bracelet | semainier nm |
| steel band | | | ensemble musical |
| strike up the band | | (the band struck up with a waltz) pour un orchestre | commencer à jouer v |
| string band | | | orchestre à cordes |
| village band | | Musique | orphéon nm |
| watch band | n | (strap of a wristwatch) | bracelet de montre nm |
| I replaced my watch band with genuine leather. |
| Mon bracelet de montre est en cuir. |
| wave band | | | bande de fréquence |
| wind band | n | (musical group of wind instruments) | orchestre d'instruments à vent nm |
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