No. 741 in French
banque
"Banque" means "bank" in English.
In a sentence
J'ai déposé de l'argent à la banque.
I deposited money at the bank.
In this sentence, 'banque' refers to a financial institution where monetary transactions occur.
Ces données sont stockées dans une banque de mémoire.
This data is stored in a memory bank.
Here, 'banque' indicates a repository or storage system, often used in computing contexts.
Nous avons pêché du poisson près de la banque de la rivière.
We fished for fish near the riverbank.
In this context, 'banque' represents the bank or edge of a river, showing its geographic meaning.
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