banana

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Derived terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 References 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.4.3 Hypernyms 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Verb 4 Galician 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 4.1.2 Related terms 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 5.2 Noun 5.3 Adjective 5.4 Related terms 6 Japanese 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 7 Portuguese 7.1 Noun 7.1.1 Synonyms 8 Romanian 8.1 Noun 9 Serbo-Croatian 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Declension 10 Spanish 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 Synonyms 10.1.2 Related terms 10.1.3 See also 11 Tatar 11.1 Noun 11.1.1 References 12 Tok Pisin

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Wolof banaana, via Spanish or Portuguese.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bəˈnɑ:nə/, SAMPA: /b@"nA:n@/
• (US) enPR: bə-nă'nə, IPA: /bəˈnænə/, SAMPA: /b@"n{n@/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɑːnə

[edit] Noun

banana (plural bananas)

1. An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.
2. The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
3. (color/colour, uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.

   banana colour:

4. (mildly pejorative, slang) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian.

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• (Asian assimilated into Western culture): jook-sing, twinkie

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• (Asian assimilated into Western culture): egg (Western assimilated into Asian culture)

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banana bender banana boat banana hammock Bananaland banana leaf restaurant banana paper banana pepper banana plug bananaquit

banana republic bananas banana skin banana split banoffee second banana top banana

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• Terry Woo, Banana Boys

[edit] Adjective

banana (not comparable)

1. Flavoured with bananas.
2. Of the colour of bananas.

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[edit] See also

abaca coconut dining leaf matoke oreo

plantain sinamay waragi Appendix:Colours

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• bunch
• hand
• Appendix:Collective nouns

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

banana f.

1. banana (fruit)

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• plàtan m.

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banana

1. third-person singular past historic of bananer.

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[edit] Galician

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banana f. (plural bananas)

1. banana (fruit)

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• (banana): plátano

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• bananeira

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

banana f. (plural banane)

1. banana (fruit)

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banana m. inv.

1. banana (color)

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banana inv.

1. banana

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• banano

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Pronunciation

The stress is on the first syllable: ⌈ba⌉nana

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banana (hiragana ばなな)

1. バナナ: banana

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[edit] Portuguese

[edit] Noun

banana f. (plural bananas)

1. banana (fruit).
2. banana (plant).

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• (plant): bananeira

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[edit] Romanian

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banana f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of banană)

1. the banana

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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banána m. (Cyrillic spelling бана́на)

1. banana

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

banana f. (plural bananas)

1. banana (fruit)

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• plátano m.
• guineo m.

[edit] Related terms

• banano m.

[edit] See also

• cambur m.

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[edit] Tatar

[edit] Noun

banana

1. banana

[edit] References

• banana plantatsiäse...15 Üktäber 2006

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[edit] Tok Pisin

banana

1. banana