bankbook

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/ˈbæŋkˌbʊk/

noun

wealth

Similar
passbook
OriginEnglish book ← Middle English bok ← Old English bōc →
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Meanings

nounbankbook (plural bankbooks)

plural bankbooks · alternative bank-book · alternative bank book

  1. transferred sensewealth

    Her folks, they said, our lives together Sure was gonna be rough They never did like Mama's homemade dress Papa's bankbook wasn't big enough.

    1975, Bob Dylan, Tangled Up in Blue

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks

Similar
passbook
Broader
record
Also see
passbook

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  2. Proto-Germanic*bankiz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*banki
  4. Lombardicbank
  5. Italianbanca
  6. Middle Frenchbanque
  7. Englishbank
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  9. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  10. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  11. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  12. Old Englishbōc
  13. Middle Englishbok
  14. Englishbook
  15. Englishbankbook

From bank + book.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic دَفْتَر اِدِّخَار
  • دَفْتَر اِدِّخَار (daftar iddiḵār)booklet used to record bank transactions
Bulgarian ба́нкова кни́жка
  • ба́нкова кни́жка (bánkova knížka)booklet used to record bank transactions
Catalan llibreta d'estalvis
  • llibreta d'estalvisbooklet used to record bank transactions
Chinese Mandarin 存摺 /存折
  • 存摺 /存折 (cúnzhé)booklet used to record bank transactions
Czech vkladní knížka
  • vkladní knížkabooklet used to record bank transactions
Danish bankbog
  • bankbogbooklet used to record bank transactions
Dutch spaarbankboekje
  • spaarbankboekjebooklet used to record bank transactions
Finnish vastakirja, säästökirja
  • vastakirjabooklet used to record bank transactions
  • säästökirjabooklet used to record bank transactions
French livret épargne
  • livret épargnebooklet used to record bank transactions
German Kontobuch, Bankbuch
  • Kontobuchbooklet used to record bank transactions
  • Bankbuchbooklet used to record bank transactions
Greek βιβλιάριο καταθέσεων
  • βιβλιάριο καταθέσεων (vivliário katathéseon)booklet used to record bank transactions
Indonesian buku tabungan, buku rekening
  • buku tabunganbooklet used to record bank transactions
  • buku rekeningbooklet used to record bank transactions
Japanese 通帳
  • 通帳 (tsūchō)booklet used to record bank transactions
Korean 통장
  • 통장 (tongjang)booklet used to record bank transactions
Malay buku akaun
  • buku akaunbooklet used to record bank transactions
Norwegian Bokmål bankbok
  • bankbokbooklet used to record bank transactions
Polish książeczka oszczędnościowa
  • książeczka oszczędnościowabooklet used to record bank transactions
Portuguese caderneta, livrete
  • cadernetabooklet used to record bank transactions
  • livretebooklet used to record bank transactions
Russian сберега́тельная кни́жка, сберкни́жка
  • сберега́тельная кни́жка (sberegátelʹnaja knížka)booklet used to record bank transactions
  • сберкни́жка (sberknížka)booklet used to record bank transactions
  • ба́нковская кни́жка (bánkovskaja knížka)booklet used to record bank transactions
Slovak vkladná knižka
  • vkladná knižkabooklet used to record bank transactions
Swedish bankbok
  • bankbokbooklet used to record bank transactions
Ukrainian оща́дна кни́жка
  • оща́дна кни́жка (oščádna knýžka)booklet used to record bank transactions
Cite this entry
APA

bankbook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankbook

MLA

“bankbook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankbook. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bankbook,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bankbook.

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