bander

See also: Bänder

English

Etymology

band +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
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Noun

bander (plural banders)

  1. (birdwatching) Someone who bands birds.
    Synonym: birdbander
    • 1993 November 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader‎:
      He got a banding permit in the early 30s and was an active bander for the rest of his life.
  2. A device for putting metal bands around crates.
    • 2000, Dana Stabenow, Midnight Come Again, →ISBN, page 75:
      The metal banding he was currently winding round a loaded pallet twisted and snapped like a splinter of wood. He took a deep breath, removed the mangled end from the bander, and started over.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French bander, from Old French bander, bender, from Frankish *bandijan, from Proto-Germanic *bandijaną. Cognate with English bend.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bɑ̃.de/
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Verb

bander

  1. (transitive) to bandage
  2. (transitive) to flex, tighten the muscles, strain, tauten
  3. (intransitive, colloquial) to have a hard-on, to get a hard-on
    Je bande pour toi.
    I’ve got a hard-on for you.
    • 1972, Georges Brassens (lyrics and music), “Fernande”, in Fernande:
      Quand je pense à Fernande / Je bande, je bande
      When I think of Fernande / I get hard, I get hard
    • 1981, “Être une femme”, performed by Michel Sardou:
      Maîtriser à fond le système / Accéder au pouvoir suprême / S’installer à la Présidence / Et de là faire bander la France
      Completely controlling the system / Achieving supreme power / Installing myself as president / And giving all of France a hard-on

Conjugation
Conjugation of bander (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bander
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bandant
/bɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bandé
/bɑ̃.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandes
/bɑ̃d/		 bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandons
/bɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 bandez
/bɑ̃.de/		 bandent
/bɑ̃d/
imperfect bandais
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandais
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandait
/bɑ̃.dɛ/		 bandions
/bɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 bandiez
/bɑ̃.dje/		 bandaient
/bɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 bandai
/bɑ̃.de/		 bandas
/bɑ̃.da/		 banda
/bɑ̃.da/		 bandâmes
/bɑ̃.dam/		 bandâtes
/bɑ̃.dat/		 bandèrent
/bɑ̃.dɛʁ/
future banderai
/bɑ̃.dʁe/		 banderas
/bɑ̃.dʁa/		 bandera
/bɑ̃.dʁa/		 banderons
/bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 banderez
/bɑ̃.dʁe/		 banderont
/bɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional banderais
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderais
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderait
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 banderions
/bɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/		 banderiez
/bɑ̃.də.ʁje/		 banderaient
/bɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandes
/bɑ̃d/		 bande
/bɑ̃d/		 bandions
/bɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 bandiez
/bɑ̃.dje/		 bandent
/bɑ̃d/
imperfect2 bandasse
/bɑ̃.das/		 bandasses
/bɑ̃.das/		 bandât
/bɑ̃.da/		 bandassions
/bɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/		 bandassiez
/bɑ̃.da.sje/		 bandassent
/bɑ̃.das/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bande
/bɑ̃d/		 — bandons
/bɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 bandez
/bɑ̃.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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