ananas

See also Ananas, anánas, and ananás

English

Etymology

Either directly from Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”), or from the scientific name thence derived, Ananassa sativa / Ananas comosus, likely under the influence of the many other languages which use the Old Tupi-derived designation ananas for the fruit.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ənāʹnəs, ənäʹnəs; IPA: /əˈneɪnəs/, /əˈnɑːnəs/; X-SAMPA: /@"neIn@s/, /@"nA:n@s/

Noun

ananas (plural ananasses)

1. (botany) Pineapple

Translations

pineapple — see pineapple

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]

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Czech

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple

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Danish

ananas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ananas/, [ˈananas]

Noun

ananas c (singular definite ananassen, plural indefinite ananas or ananasser)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Inflection

    Inflection of ananas

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	ananas	ananassen	ananas ananasser	ananassene ananasserne
genitive	ananas'	ananassens	ananas' ananassers	ananassenes ananassernes

External links

• Ananas on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Ananas
Pineapple

Alternative forms

• annanas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑ.nɑ.nɑs/, X-SAMPA: /A.nA.nAs/

• Audio (Almere, Netherlands)

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Noun

ananas f, m (plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje)

1. pineapple

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Faroese

Etymology

From Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Tupian or Guaraní.

Noun

ananas n (genitive singular ananas, plural ananas)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

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

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Finnish

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple

Declension

Declension of ananas (type vastaus) singular plural nominative ananas ananakset genitive ananaksen ananasten ananaksien partitive ananasta ananaksia accusative ananas ananaksen ananakset 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

Anagrams

• ansaan, ansana, sanaan, sanana

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/, X-SAMPA: /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Audio (Canada)

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• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ananas m (plural ananas)

1. pineapple

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Icelandic

Wikipedia ^is

Noun

ananas m (genitive singular ananass, plural ananasar)

1. a pineapple ^syn.

Derived terms

• ananasætt (the pineapple family)
• ananasjurt (Ananas comosus)
• ananasjurtarætt (the pineapple family)
• ananaspálmi
• ananasrækt
• ananassafi (pineapple juice)
• brekaananas (Ananas bracteatus)
• stofuananas (Ananas comosus)
• sveigblöðkuætt (the pineapple family)

Synonyms

• (pineapple): ^def. granaldin

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.na.nas/, /a.na.ˈnas/, X-SAMPA: /'a.na.nas/, /a.na.'nas/
• Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas, a‧na‧nàs

Noun

ananas m (invariable)

1. pineapple

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Norwegian Bokmål

ananas

Etymology

From Portuguese or Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑnɑnɑs/, X-SAMPA: /AnAnAs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple (plant)

Inflection

    Inflection of ananas

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	ananas	ananasen	ananaser	ananasene

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Portuguese or Spanish.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɑnɑnɑs/ X-SAMPA: /AnAnAs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple (plant)

Inflection

    Inflection of ananas

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Nynorsk m	ananas	ananasen	ananasar	ananasane

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Polish

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Poland)

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Noun

ananas m (diminutive ananasek or ananasik)

1. pineapple (plant)
2. pineapple (fruit)

Declension

#1	#2
declension of ananas singular plural nominative ananas ananasy genitive ananasa ananasów dative ananasowi ananasom accusative ananas ananasy instrumental ananasem ananasami locative ananasie ananasach vocative ananasie ananasy	declension of ananas singular plural nominative ananas ananasy genitive ananasa ananasów dative ananasowi ananasom accusative ananas/ananasa ananasy instrumental ananasem ananasami locative ananasie ananasach vocative ananasie ananasy

Derived terms

• ananasowy

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Romanian

ananas

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple (plant)

This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at pineapple. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ananas in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ânanas/
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ȁnanas m (Cyrillic spelling а̏нанас)

1. pineapple

Declension

    declension of ananas

	singular	plural
nominative	ananas	ananasi
genitive	ananasa	ananasa
dative	ananasu	ananasima
accusative	ananas	ananase
vocative	ananase	ananasi
locative	ananasu	ananasima
instrumental	ananasom	ananasima

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Slovene

Noun

ananas m inan.

1. pineapple (fruit)

This Slovene entry was created from the translations listed at pineapple. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see ananas in the Slovene Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2008

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Swedish

Noun

ananas c

1. pineapple

Declension

Declension of ananas

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ananas	ananasen	ananaser	ananaserna
genitive	ananas	ananasens	ananasers	ananasernas

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Likely from German Ananas

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈanaˌnas/

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple(s)

Synonyms

• painap

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Turkish

Etymology

From French ananas, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Tupian or Guaraní.

Noun

ananas (definite accusative ananası, plural ananaslar)

1. pineapple

Declension

declension of ananas

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	ananas	ananaslar
definite accusative (belirtme)	ananası	ananasları
dative (yönelme)	ananasa	ananaslara
locative (bulunma)	ananasta	ananaslarda
ablative (çıkma)	ananastan	ananaslardan
genitive (tamlayan)	ananasın	ananasların

possessive forms of ananas

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasım	ananaslarım
senin (your)	ananasın	ananasların
onun (his/her/its)	ananası	ananasları
bizim (our)	ananasımız	ananaslarımız
sizin (your)	ananasınız	ananaslarınız
onların (their)	ananasları	ananasları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasımı	ananaslarımı
senin (your)	ananasını	ananaslarını
onun (his/her/its)	ananasını	ananaslarını
bizim (our)	ananasımızı	ananaslarımızı
sizin (your)	ananasınızı	ananaslarınızı
onların (their)	ananaslarını	ananaslarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasıma	ananaslarıma
senin (your)	ananasına	ananaslarına
onun (his/her/its)	ananasına	ananaslarına
bizim (our)	ananasımıza	ananaslarımıza
sizin (your)	ananasınıza	ananaslarınıza
onların (their)	ananaslarına	ananaslarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasımda	ananaslarımda
senin (your)	ananasında	ananaslarında
onun (his/her/its)	ananasında	ananaslarında
bizim (our)	ananasımızda	ananaslarımızda
sizin (your)	ananasınızda	ananaslarınızda
onların (their)	ananaslarında	ananaslarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasımdan	ananaslarımdan
senin (your)	ananasından	ananaslarından
onun (his/her/its)	ananasından	ananaslarından
bizim (our)	ananasımızdan	ananaslarımızdan
sizin (your)	ananasınızdan	ananaslarınızdan
onların (their)	ananaslarından	ananaslarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (my)	ananasımın	ananaslarımın
senin (your)	ananasının	ananaslarının
onun (his/her/its)	ananasının	ananaslarının
bizim (our)	ananasımızın	ananaslarımızın
sizin (your)	ananasınızın	ananaslarınızın
onların (their)	ananaslarının	ananaslarının