Grammatical class

Noun

banc

bench (seat)

Details

Syllables

banc

Phonetics

bɑ̃

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

1115

Freq. (movies)

4149

Freq. (news)

2930

Sentences

Le banc est en bois.

The bench is wooden.

A1

Il s'assit sur le banc.

He seated himself on the bench.

A1

Il s'assit sur un banc.

He sat down on a bench.

A1

Asseyez-vous sur le banc.

Sit down on the bench.

A1

Tom dormit sur un banc du parc.

Tom slept on a park bench.

A2

Pourquoi as-tu peint le banc en rouge ?

Why did you paint the bench red?

A2

Un homme ivre dormait allongé sur le banc.

A drunken man was sleeping on the bench.

B1

L'homme sur le banc était manifestement mort.

The man on the bench was obviously dead.

B1

Quelques étudiants déjeunaient assis sur le banc.

Some students were sitting on the bench and having lunch.

B1

Le garçon contemplait un banc de carpes dans l'étang.

The boy was gazing at a school of carp in the pond.

B1

Asseyons-nous sur le banc.

Let's sit on the bench.

B2

Nous nous assîmes sur un banc pour parler.

We sat down on a bench to talk.

B2