banjo
English
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Etymology
From the pronunciation of African slaves, of unknown ultimate origin. Possibly a corruption of bandore, alternatively from a West African language such as Mandinka banjul, or Kimbundu mbanza. [1]
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo (plural banjos or banjoes)
- A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
- I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee...
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:banjo.
- Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
- (slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
- (UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
- 1963, Peter Willmott, The Evolution of a Community, page 75:
- They all came back here — we cleared the room and put up tables for the reception — and then we went to another house on the banjo for a "knees-up".
- 2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London:
- Billy Tower lived in the far left house in the banjo that was Dagenham's version of cul de sacs. The trouble was you could be seen from the house and, in the time it took to walk along the Banjo, drugs could be flushed away.
- 2013, Martin Crookston, Garden Suburbs of Tomorrow?:
- The banjo format is not an unalloyed success these days: kids playing noisily on the quite narrow common green […]
- (mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.
Derived terms
- banjitar
- banjo bolt
- banjo catfish
- banjo clock
- banjo dulcimer
- banjo enclosure
- banjo eyes, banjo-eyes, banjo-eyed
- banjo fitting
- banjo frog
- banjo hit
- banjo hitter
- banjoist
- banjolike
- banjo-mandolin, banjo mandolin, banjolin, mandolin-banjo
- banjo string
- banjouke
- banjo ukelele
- banjo ukulele, banjolele, banjo uke
- banjo union
- dulcijo
- eastern banjo frog
- egg banjo
- four-string banjo
- giant banjo frog
- guitjo
- Irish banjo
- not hit a cow's arse with a banjo
- play the cat and banjo with
- southern banjo frog
- tenor banjo
Descendants
- → Esperanto: banĝo
- → Irish: bainseo
- → Japanese: バンジョー
- → Macedonian: бенџо (bendžo)
- → Mongolian: банжо (banžo)
- → Russian: банджо (bandžo)
- → Thai: แบนโจ (bɛɛn-joo)
- → Welsh: banjô
- → Yiddish: באַנדזשאָ (bandzho)
Translations
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See also
Verb
banjo (third-person singular simple present banjos, present participle banjoing, simple past and past participle banjoed)
- To play a banjo.
- (transitive, slang, British) To beat, to knock down.
- 1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing 'domestic' Violence: Women, the Law and the State, page 95:
- Admitting the assault, the husband said that he had given her a 'banjoing' but that she had asked for it.
- 1998, "Fergie's world just gets Madar" (Sport), Sunday Mail, Jan 4, 1998
- Madar was turfed out on a final misdemeanour of banjoing one of his teammates in training before a big game
- 2007 July 31, “Return of Smeato, the extraordinary hero”, in Times Online:
- "Me and other folk were just trying to get the boot in and some other guy banjoed [decked] him”.
- (transitive, slang, British, military) To shell or attack (a target).
- 2008, Michael Asher, The Regiment: The Definitive Story of the SAS, page cxxx:
- Riding reported that on the day Mayne had asked for DZ coordinates, their base had been banjoed by the Germans.
References
- ^ John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “banjo”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Further reading
- Alice Parkinson, Music (2006), p. 22.
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian bagno. Compare Greek μπάνιο (bánio).
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo f (plural banjo, definite banjoja)
- Alternative form of banjë
- 2002, Ibrahim Kadriu, Spirale muzgu:
- Ndërkaq atë fletore Flora Drishti e kishte fshehur në banjo, prapa arkës së ujit të nevojtores.
- Meanwhile Flora Drishti had hidden that notebook in the bathroom, behind the tank of the toilet.
References
- Dashi, B. (2013) “bagno”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 87
Czech
Noun
banjo n
Declension
Further reading
- “banjo”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo m (plural banjo's, diminutive banjootje n)
- banjo (stringed instrument)
Descendants
- → Indonesian: banyo
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo
Declension
Inflection of banjo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | banjo | banjot | |
genitive | banjon | banjojen | |
partitive | banjoa | banjoja | |
illative | banjoon | banjoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | banjo | banjot | |
accusative | nom. | banjo | banjot |
gen. | banjon | ||
genitive | banjon | banjojen | |
partitive | banjoa | banjoja | |
inessive | banjossa | banjoissa | |
elative | banjosta | banjoista | |
illative | banjoon | banjoihin | |
adessive | banjolla | banjoilla | |
ablative | banjolta | banjoilta | |
allative | banjolle | banjoille | |
essive | banjona | banjoina | |
translative | banjoksi | banjoiksi | |
abessive | banjotta | banjoitta | |
instructive | — | banjoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “banjo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo m (plural banjos)
Further reading
- “banjo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gothic
Romanization
banjō
- Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌾𐍉
Greenlandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish banjo, from English banjo.
Noun
banjo
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo (first-person possessive banjoku, second-person possessive banjomu, third-person possessive banjonya)
- Alternative form of banyo
Further reading
- “banjo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Noun
banjo m (invariable)
Malay
Noun
banjo (Jawi spelling بنجو, plural banjo-banjo, informal 1st possessive banjoku, 2nd possessive banjomu, 3rd possessive banjonya)
Further reading
- “banjo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English banjo, 18th century black American rendition of bandore.
Noun
banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoer, definite plural banjoene)
References
- “banjo” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Noun
banjo m (definite singular banjoen, indefinite plural banjoar, definite plural banjoane)
References
- “banjo” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English banjo, from bandore, from Spanish bandurria, from Latin pandūra, from Ancient Greek πανδοῦρα (pandoûra). Doublet of bandura and mandola.
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo n (indeclinable)
Further reading
- banjo in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- banjo in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧jo
Noun
banjo m (plural banjos)
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
banjo n (plural banjouri)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) banjo | banjoul | (niște) banjouri | banjourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) banjo | banjoului | (unor) banjouri | banjourilor |
vocative | banjoule | banjourilor |
Spanish
Noun
banjo m (plural banjos or banjoes)
Further reading
- “banjo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo (n class, plural banjo)
Swedish
Noun
banjo c
Declension
Declension of banjo | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | banjo | banjon | banjor | banjorna |
Genitive | banjos | banjons | banjors | banjornas |
References
Anagrams
Welsh
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo m (plural banjos or banjoau)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
banjo | fanjo | manjo | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “banjo”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
West Frisian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
banjo c (plural banjo's, diminutive banjoke)
Further reading
- “banjo”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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