bank

bank
bank
A n
1 Fin, Games banque f ; the Bank of France/of England la Banque de France/d'Angleterre ; blood bank banque du sang ; to break the bank Games faire sauter la banque ; it won't break the bank fig ça ne ruinera personne ;
2 (border) (of river, lake) rive f ; (of canal) berge f ; the banks of the Nile/of the Thames les bords mpl du Nil/de la Tamise ; to break its banks [river] sortir de son lit ;
3 (mound) (of earth, mud) talus m ; (of snow) congère f ;
4 (slope) (by road, railway track) talus m ; (by racetrack) virage m incliné ; (by mineshaft) carreau m ;
5 (section of sea bed) banc m ; sand bank banc de sable ;
6 (mass) (of flowers) massif m ; (of fog, mist) banc m ; a bank of cloud un banc de nuages ;
7 Aviat virage m sur l'aile ;
8 (series) (of switches, oars, keys, floodlights) rangée f ;
9 Mining (face) front m de taille ;
10 (bench for rower) banc m de nage.
B modif [credit, debt] bancaire ; [employee, staff] de banque.
C vtr
1 Fin déposer [qch] à la banque [cheque, money] ;
2 (border) border [track, road] ; to be banked by être bordé par ;
3 Aviat incliner [qch] sur l'aile [plane] ;
4 (fuel) = bank up.
D vi
1 Fin to bank with avoir un compte à la ; who do you bank with? où as-tu ton compte? ;
2 Aviat [plane] virer sur l'aile.
Idiom
to be as safe as the Bank of England être à toute épreuve.
Phrasal verbs
■ bank on :
▶ bank on [sb/sth] compter sur [qn/qch] ; don't bank on it! n'y compte pas! ; to bank on doing escompter faire ; to bank on sb to do compter sur qn pour faire.
■ bank up :
▶ bank up [snow, earth, mud] s'amonceler ;
▶ bank [sth] up, bank up [sth]
1 (pile up) entasser [snow, earth, mud] ;
2 (cover with fuel) charger [fire] ;
3 (make a slope by) surhausser [road, racetrack].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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