ananas
English
Etymology
From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ənāʹnəs, ənäʹnəs; IPA(key): /əˈneɪnəs/, /əˈnɑːnəs/
Noun
ananas (plural ananasses)
- (obsolete) Pineapple.
- (obsolete) Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit.
Alternative forms
Translations
References
- “Ananas” listed on page 306 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]
Ananas (ănēⁱ·năs, -ā·năs). Also anana. [So in most of the languages of Europe; app. from a native Peruvian name Nanas, it having been first seen by Europeans in Peru, and described under the name Nanas by André Thevenet, a monk, in 1555. Through mistaking the final -s for a plural sign, some have made the sing. anana.] [¶] 1. The pine-apple plant (Ananassa sativa) or fruit. [¶] 1613 Purchas Pilgr. I. v. xii. 431 Of their fruits Ananas is reckoned one of the best: In taste like an Apricocke, in shew a farre off like an Artichoke, but without prickles, very sweet of sent. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 219 The first ananas, or pine-apple, that was brought to perfection in England, grew in his [Sir M. Decker’s] garden at Richmond. 1727 Thomson Summer 685 Witness, thou best anâna, thou the pride Of vegetable Life. 1811 T. Baldwin (title) Short Practical Directions for the Culture of the Ananas, or Pine-apple Tree. 1841 D’Israeli Amen. Lit. II. 229 [Rawleigh] had given..England the Virginian tobacco, and perhaps the delicious ananas. [¶] 2. An allied West Indian fruit, the Penguin (Bromelia Pinguin). J. - “ananas” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
Czech
Etymology
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Danish
Etymology
From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ananas/, [ˈananas]
Noun
ananas c (singular definite ananassen, plural indefinite ananas or ananasser)
- pineapple (fruit, plant)
Inflection
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ananas | ananassen | ananas ananasser |
ananassene ananasserne |
genitive | ananas' | ananassens | ananas' ananassers |
ananassenes ananassernes |
Descendants
Dutch
Alternative forms
- annanas (obsolete)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ananás or Portuguese ananás. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑ.naː.nɑs/
Audio (Almere, Netherlands) (file) - Hyphenation: ana‧nas
Noun
ananas f or m (plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje n)
- pineapple
- pineapple plant, plant of the genus Ananassa
Derived terms
- ananasaardbei
- ananasplant
Faroese
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Declension
n11 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ananas | ananasið | ananas | ananasini |
Accusative | ananas | ananasið | ananas | ananasini |
Dative | ananasi | ananasinum | ananasum | ananasunum |
Genitive | ananas | ananasins | ananasa | ananasanna |
Finnish
Etymology
From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Declension
Inflection of ananas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | ananas | ananakset | |
genitive | ananaksen | ananasten ananaksien | |
partitive | ananasta | ananaksia | |
illative | ananakseen | ananaksiin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ananas | ananakset | |
accusative | nom. | ananas | ananakset |
gen. | ananaksen | ||
genitive | ananaksen | ananasten ananaksien | |
partitive | ananasta | ananaksia | |
inessive | ananaksessa | ananaksissa | |
elative | ananaksesta | ananaksista | |
illative | ananakseen | ananaksiin | |
adessive | ananaksella | ananaksilla | |
ablative | ananakselta | ananaksilta | |
allative | ananakselle | ananaksille | |
essive | ananaksena | ananaksina | |
translative | ananakseksi | ananaksiksi | |
instructive | — | ananaksin | |
abessive | ananaksetta | ananaksitta | |
comitative | — | ananaksineen |
Compounds
- ananaspizza
- ananaspurkki
- ananasrengas
- ananasviipale
- kukka-ananas
- timanttiananas
French
Etymology
Introduced into French from settlers visiting the Indies; from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (Canada) (file) - (Louisiana) IPA(key): [zɑ̃nɑ̃na]
- Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas
References
- “ananas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Icelandic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːna(ː)nas/
Declension
Synonyms
- (pineapple): def. granaldin
Derived terms
- ananasjurt (“Ananas comosus”)
- ananassafi (“pineapple juice”)
- ananasætt, ananasjurtarætt (“the pineapple family”)
- brekaananas (“Ananas bracteatus”)
- stofuananas (“Ananas comosus”)
- ananaspálmi
- ananasrækt
Related terms
- sveigblöðkuætt (“the pineapple family”)
Italian
Etymology
From Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, [ˈaː.n̺a.n̺as̺]; (rare) /a.naˈnas/, [a.n̺aˈn̺as̺]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas; (rare): a‧na‧nàs
Latin
Etymology
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Noun
ananas f
- an ananas
- 1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71:
- De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...]
[Note: Here the word is indeclinable (in the singular).]
- De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...]
- 1651, Ioh. (= Joannes) Bauhinus and Ioh. Hen. (= Joannes Henricus) Cherlerus, Uniuersalis Plantarum Historiae = Historia plantarum uniuersalis, noua, et absolutissima, cum consensu et dissensu circa eas. Tomus III, Ebrodunum, page 95–96 (the book has pictures):
- Acosta Ananas historiam nunc adscribamus. [...] Ananas fructus est [...] Ananas siluestris, folio aloes fructu Cupressino. [picture] Altius alsurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur:
- 1704, Joannes Raius, Historiae Plantarum tomus tertius, London, page 638–639 and 665:
- Ad Cap. De Ananas. 1. Ananas sylv. non spinosa [...] 2. Ananas sylvestris Brasiliana [...] Ananas vulgaris habet spinas ad margines foliorum omnes sursum tendentes. [..] 3. Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, nostratibus Barbados & Jamaicae insularum colonis Pinguin dicta Pluk. Almag. Botan. T. 258. F. 4. [...]
- [...] cum Anana sylvstri Acosta
- [Note: Here the word is feminine and both indeclinable (in the singular) and of the first declension.]
- Johannes Jacobus Dillenius, Plantarum rariorum horti elthamensis tomus alter, which followed Hortus elthamensis seu Plantarum rariorum (London, 1732), page 320–321 (the book has pictures):
- Pinguin nomine passim in Hortis Curiosorum & in Insulis Anglorum Americanis nota est haec planta, quae folia, modum nascendi & faciem cum Anana communem habet [...] Porro corona foliosa, quam Ananas gerit, huic generi deest: foliorum aculei rigidiores sunt, majores & minus, ac in Anana, crebri. [...] E mediis foliis scapus exit crassus, unciali & sesquiunciali diametro praeditus, teres, brevior & robustior, quam Ananae, minus etiam nudus, dictis foliis rubentibus, ad basim squamatim eum amplectenibus, cinctus, e quo dein superiora versus aliae squamae breviores, latae, membranaceae, exsuccae, obsolete albidae progrediuntur, & ex harum sinu flores & embryones in spicam pyramidatam digesti nascuntur, pediculo communi crasso brevi insidentes, inferius plures, tres, quatuor & quinque, superius pauciores, gemini & tandem solitarii. [...] De eo mihi constat, esse plantam, quae vocatur Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, Barbados & Insulae Jamaicae nostratibus colonis Pinguin dicta Pluken. Alm. p. 29. Tab. 258. f. 4. quae figura ad juniorem plantam minore quantitate facta est sine floribus, nec aliam ejus vel cum, vel fine floribus iconem prostare memini.
[Note: Here the word is of the first declension.]
- Pinguin nomine passim in Hortis Curiosorum & in Insulis Anglorum Americanis nota est haec planta, quae folia, modum nascendi & faciem cum Anana communem habet [...] Porro corona foliosa, quam Ananas gerit, huic generi deest: foliorum aculei rigidiores sunt, majores & minus, ac in Anana, crebri. [...] E mediis foliis scapus exit crassus, unciali & sesquiunciali diametro praeditus, teres, brevior & robustior, quam Ananae, minus etiam nudus, dictis foliis rubentibus, ad basim squamatim eum amplectenibus, cinctus, e quo dein superiora versus aliae squamae breviores, latae, membranaceae, exsuccae, obsolete albidae progrediuntur, & ex harum sinu flores & embryones in spicam pyramidatam digesti nascuntur, pediculo communi crasso brevi insidentes, inferius plures, tres, quatuor & quinque, superius pauciores, gemini & tandem solitarii. [...] De eo mihi constat, esse plantam, quae vocatur Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, Barbados & Insulae Jamaicae nostratibus colonis Pinguin dicta Pluken. Alm. p. 29. Tab. 258. f. 4. quae figura ad juniorem plantam minore quantitate facta est sine floribus, nec aliam ejus vel cum, vel fine floribus iconem prostare memini.
- 1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71:
Usage notes
- The feminine gender could belong to the indeclinable noun ananas only.
Latin first declension nouns ending in -ās (genitive -ae) usually are borrowed from Ancient Greek and are masculine in Latin and Ancient Greek (compare Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension). By analogy the declinable noun ananas could be masculine too (like translingual Ananas m, Modern Greek ανανάς m (ananás), French ananas m, Italian ananas m, Portuguese ananás m, Spanish ananás m).
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ananas/
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑnɑnɑs/
- Rhymes: -ɑs
Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈna.nas/
Audio (Poland) (file)
Declension
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Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -as
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ânanas/
- Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas
Slovene
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈáːnanas/
- Tonal orthography: ȃnanas
Swedish
Etymology
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Declension
Declension of ananas | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ananas | ananasen | ananaser | ananaserna |
Genitive | ananas | ananasens | ananasers | ananasernas |
Tok Pisin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanaˌnas/
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | ananas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ananası | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | ananas | ananaslar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | ananası | ananasları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | ananasa | ananaslara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | ananasta | ananaslarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | ananastan | ananaslardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | ananasın | ananasların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈanənas/
Further reading
- “ananas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011