bannock

UK: /ˈbænək/ US: (ban′ək)

Inflections of 'bannock' (n):

bannocks

npl (All usages. Capitalized for the Native American people.)

Bannock

npl (Can be used as a collective plural for the Native American people—e.g. "These lands were once entirely inhabited by Bannock.")

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ban•nock  (ban′ək), n. [Scot. and Brit. Cookery.]

1. Food a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle.

• British Celtic; compare Scots Gaelic bannach
• Middle English bannok, Old English bannuc morsel bef. 1000

Ban•nock  (ban′ək), n., pl. -nocks, (esp. collectively) -nock for 1.

1. Anthropology, Language Varieties a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Idaho and Wyoming who merged with the Shoshone in the 19th century, now living primarily in southeastern Idaho.
2. Language Varieties the language of the Bannock, belonging to the Shoshonean group of Uto-Aztecan languages.

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bannock / ˈbænək/ noun

1. a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle

Etymology: Old English bannuc; of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic bannach, Cornish banna a drop, bit; perhaps related to Latin pānicium, from pānis bread