bandage
English


Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BANDAGECategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-#BANDAGEBorrowed from FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#BANDAGECategory:English terms derived from French#BANDAGE bandage.
Pronunciation
Noun
bandage (plural bandages)Category:English lemmas#BANDAGECategory:English nouns#BANDAGECategory:English countable nouns#BANDAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
- A strip of gauze or similar material used to protect or support a wound or injury.
- 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
- […] he was deadly pale, and the blood-stained bandage round his head told that he had recently been wounded, and still more recently dressed.Category:English terms with quotations#BANDAGE
- A strip of cloth bound round the head and eyes as a blindfold.
- 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
- […] the president informed him that one of the conditions of his introduction was that he should be eternally ignorant of the place of meeting, and that he would allow his eyes to be bandaged, swearing that he would not endeavor to take off the bandage.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. It was blunt and grey, the nose springing thick and flat from high on the frontal bone of the forehead, whilst his eyes were narrow slits of dark in a tight bandage of tissue. […].Category:English terms with quotations#BANDAGE
- 1844, Alexander Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo
- (figuratively, by extension) A provisional or makeshift solution that provides insufficient coverage or relief.
- This new healthcare proposal merely applies a bandage to the current medical crisis.Category:English terms with usage examples#BANDAGE
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
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Verb
bandage (third-person singular simple present bandages, present participle bandaging, simple past and past participle bandaged)Category:English lemmas#BANDAGECategory:English verbs#BANDAGECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
- To apply a bandage to something.
Derived terms
Translations
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Anagrams
Category:en:Medical equipment#BANDAGEDanish
Etymology
Category:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BANDAGECategory:Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-#BANDAGEFrom FrenchCategory:Danish terms borrowed from French#BANDAGECategory:Danish terms derived from French#BANDAGE bandage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bandaːsjə/, [b̥anˈd̥æːɕə]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#BANDAGE
Noun
bandage c (singular definite bandagen, plural indefinite bandager)Category:Danish lemmas#BANDAGECategory:Danish nouns#BANDAGECategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Danish common-gender nouns#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
- bandage (medical binding)
Usage notes
This typically isn't used for adhesive bandages, which instead are called plastre.
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bandage | bandagen | bandager | bandagerne |
| genitive | bandages | bandagens | bandagers | bandagernes |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bandage” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#BANDAGECategory:Dutch terms derived from French#BANDAGE bandage.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌbɑnˈdaːʒə/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#BANDAGE
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#BANDAGEAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ban‧da‧ge
- Rhymes: -aːʒəCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/aːʒə#BANDAGE
Noun
bandage f (plural bandages, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#BANDAGECategory:Dutch nouns#BANDAGECategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#BANDAGECategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Dutch feminine nouns#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
Derived terms
Category:nl:Medical equipment#BANDAGEFrench
Etymology
Category:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BANDAGECategory:French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-#BANDAGEFrom bande + -ageCategory:French terms suffixed with -age#BANDAGE.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑ̃.daʒ/Category:French 2-syllable words#BANDAGECategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#BANDAGE
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BANDAGEAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BANDAGEAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#BANDAGEAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Noun
bandage m (plural bandages)Category:French lemmas#BANDAGECategory:French nouns#BANDAGECategory:French countable nouns#BANDAGECategory:French entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:French masculine nouns#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
Descendants
Further reading
- “bandage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Interlingua
Noun
bandage (plural bandages)Category:Interlingua lemmas#BANDAGECategory:Interlingua nouns#BANDAGECategory:Interlingua entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Norman entries#BANDAGE
Category:Norman terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BANDAGECategory:Norman terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-#BANDAGENoun
bandage m (plural bandages)Category:Norman lemmas#BANDAGECategory:Norman nouns#BANDAGECategory:Norman entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Norman masculine nouns#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
Swedish

Etymology
Category:Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#BANDAGECategory:Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰendʰ-#BANDAGEFrom FrenchCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from French#BANDAGECategory:Swedish terms derived from French#BANDAGE bandage.
Noun
bandage nCategory:Swedish lemmas#BANDAGECategory:Swedish nouns#BANDAGECategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#BANDAGECategory:Swedish neuter nouns#BANDAGECategory:Pages with entries#BANDAGECategory:Pages with 7 entries#BANDAGE
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | bandage | bandages |
| definite | bandaget | bandagets | |
| plural | indefinite | bandage | bandages |
| definite | bandagen | bandagens |
Related terms
- bandagera (“to bandage”)
See also
References
- “bandage”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “bandage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “bandage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- Svensk MeSH
