Usage Note
Banc is silent on the final -c; do not pronounce it. Le banc des accusés is the dock in a courtroom, and être sur les bancs de l'école means 'to be at school'. Banc also appears in banc de sable (sandbank) and banc de poissons (shoal of fish).
Examples
"Il s'est assis sur le banc du parc."
Natural Translation
He sat on the park bench.
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