databank

See also: data bank

English

Alternative forms

• data bank

Etymology

From data + bank.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dā′tə-băngk, dăt′ə-, dä′tə-; IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪ̯.tə.bæŋk/, /ˈdæt.ə-/, /ˈdɑː.tə-/
• Rhymes: -eɪtəbæŋk, -ætəbæŋk, -ɑːtəbæŋk
• Hyphenation: da‧ta‧bank

Noun

databank (plural databanks)

1. A database (collection of organized information in a regular structure).
   • 1997, Paul G. Stimson, Curtis A. Mertz, Forensic dentistry‎^[1], →ISBN, page 58:

     The FBI, in cooperation with states' crime laboratories, has established its own databank called Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

2. An organization dedicated to maintaining a database.

Translations

database — see database

organization maintaining a database

• Dutch: databank (nl)
• Finnish: tietopankki
• Polish: bank danych m

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• Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} duomenų bankas (lt)

Further reading

• “databank”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English databank. By surface analysis, data +‎ bank (“bank, supply”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaːtaːˌbɑŋk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: da‧ta‧bank

Noun

databank f (plural databanken, diminutive databankje n)

1. database, databank (collection of computer-organised information)
2. databank (organization)

Further reading

• “databank” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup.

Proto-Indo-European *-ti

Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti

Proto-Italic *didō

Latin dō

Latin datusnom.

Latin datumbor.

English data

Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.

Proto-Germanic *bankiz

Proto-West Germanic *banki

Lombardic bankbor.

Italian bancabor.

Middle French banqueder.

English bank

English databankubor.

Polish databank

Unadapted borrowing from English databank.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ta.baŋk/
• Rhymes: -atabaŋk
• Syllabification: da‧ta‧bank

Noun

databank m inan

1. (chiefly computing) databank (database)
2. (photography) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
   • 2005 May 16, Arkadiusz Stopa, “Torba vs Plecak”, in pl.rec.foto‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2026:

     Kierunek raczej słuszny, osobiście już parę lat używam Lowepro MiniTreker ostatnio stwierdziłem, że [do] szczęścia brakuje mi jedynie małej torby biodrowej mieszczącej dwa niewielkie obiektywy + databank - i w takie cudko zamierzam właśnie się zaopatrzyć.

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   • 2005 May 17, akari, “Torba vs Plecak”, in pl.rec.foto‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2026:

     2. Górna komora [rozmiar] - 3xCF, DATABank+kabelki, 8xpaluszki AA i zostaje całkiem sporo miejsca (np. na książkę o Photoshopie format A5 ;-), butelkę z wodą, zestaw CD do prezentacji itp)

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   • 2008 April 28, mm, “Rozmiary i rozdzielczosci zdjec - Nikon D70s”, in pl.rec.foto‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 1 June 2026:

     i trzecią i czwartą albo databank. ja używam 4 kart po 2GB i databanku.

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Declension

Declension of databank

	singular	plural
nominative	databank	databanki
genitive	databanku	databanków
dative	databankowi	databankom
accusative	databank	databanki
instrumental	databankiem	databankami
locative	databanku	databankach
vocative	databanku	databanki

Further reading

• “databank”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[5] (in Polish)