banan

See also: banán and bañan

English

Noun

banan (plural banans)

  1. (rare, informal) Banana.
    • 1991, George E. Pozzetta, Immigrants on the Land: Agriculture, Rural Life, and Small Towns
      "Hundreds of them," he exclaimed, "may be seen in New Orleans today, three generations from Italy, still pushing carts, yelling 'Banans,' 'Banans,' 'Banans'!!"

Azerbaijani

Other scripts
Cyrillic банан
Roman banan
Perso-Arabic بانان

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana. Ultimately from Wolof banaana.

Noun

banan (definite accusative bananı, plural bananlar)

  1. banana

Declension


Bambara

Noun

banan

  1. kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

Noun

banan c (singular definite bananen, plural indefinite bananer)

  1. banana (fruit)

Inflection

Derived terms


Esperanto

Adjective

banan

  1. accusative singular of bana

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish banan, from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

Noun

banan f (genitive singular bananar, plural bananir)

  1. banana (fruit)

Inflection

Declension of banan
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative banan bananin bananir bananirnar
accusative banan bananina bananir bananirnar
dative banan bananini bananum bananunum
genitive bananar bananarinnar banana banananna

Derived terms

  • bananpálmi m

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

Noun

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananer, definite plural bananene)

  1. a banana (fruit)

Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

Noun

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananar, definite plural bananane)

  1. banana (fruit)

Derived terms

References


Polish

Etymology

From Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈba.nan/
  • (file)

Noun

banan m anim

  1. banana

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • banan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Portuguese or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana, of unknown origin, potentially from Arabic بَنَان (banān, fingertip, banana). Cognate with Danish banan, Norwegian Bokmål banan, English banana, Dutch banaan and German Banane.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baˈnɑːn/
  • (file)

Noun

banan c

  1. a banana
Declension
Declension of banan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative banan bananen bananer bananerna
Genitive banans bananens bananers bananernas
Derived terms
  • bananbåt
  • bananfluga
  • bananformig
  • bananklase
  • banankontakt
  • bananlikör
  • bananplanta
  • bananplantage
  • bananpropp
  • bananrepublik
  • bananskal
  • bananstock
  • bananträd

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɑːˌnan/

Noun

banan

  1. definite singular of bana

References


Turkmen

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

Noun

banan (definite accusative banany, plural bananlar)

  1. banana

Uzbek

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

Noun

banan (plural bananlar)

  1. banana
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