banana
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Wolof banaana, via Spanish or Portuguese.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /bəˈnɑːnə/, SAMPA: /b@"nA:n@/
- (US) enPR: bə-nă'nə, IPA: /bəˈnænə/, SAMPA: /b@"n{n@/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːnə
[edit] Noun
banana (plural bananas)
- An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.
- 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.
- (uncountable) A yellow colour, like that of a banana's skin.
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banana colour:
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- (mildly pejorative, slang) A person of Asian descent, especially a Chinese American, who has assimilated into Western culture or married a Caucasian (from the “yellow” outside and “white” inside). Compare coconut (“assimilated Hispanic or Black”).
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[edit] Antonyms
- (Asian assimilated into Western culture): egg (Western assimilated into Asian culture)
[edit] Coordinate terms
- (Asian assimilated into Western culture): coconut
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
fruit
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plant
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colour
[edit] References
- Terry Woo, Banana Boys
[edit] Adjective
banana (not comparable)
- Flavoured with bananas.
- Of the colour of bananas.
[edit] Translations
flavoured with bananas
of the colour of bananas
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[edit] See also
[edit] Hypernyms
[edit] Catalan
[edit] Noun
banana f. (plural bananes)
- banana (fruit)
[edit] Synonyms
- plàtan m.
[edit] French
[edit] Verb
banana
- third-person singular past historic of bananer
[edit] Galician
[edit] Noun
banana f. (plural bananas)
- banana (fruit)
[edit] Synonyms
- (banana): plátano
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[edit] Irish
[edit] Noun
banana m.
[edit] Declension
- Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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[edit] Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| banana | bhanana | mbanana | |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
banana f. (plural banane)
- banana (fruit)
[edit] Noun
banana m. inv.
- banana (color)
[edit] Adjective
banana inv.
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Japanese
[edit] Pronunciation
The stress is on the first syllable: ⌈ba⌉nana
[edit] Noun
banana (hiragana ばなな)
- バナナ: banana
[edit] Maltese
[edit] Noun
banana f.
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Noun
banana f. (plural bananas)
[edit] Synonyms
- (plant): bananeira
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Noun
banana f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of banană)
- the banana
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Noun
banána m. (Cyrillic spelling бана́на)
[edit] Declension
declension of banana
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | banana | banane |
| genitive | banane | banana |
| dative | banani | bananama |
| accusative | bananu | banane |
| vocative | banano | banane |
| locative | banani | bananama |
| instrumental | bananom | bananama |
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Noun
banana f. (plural bananas)
- banana (fruit)
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Related terms
- banano m.
[edit] See also
- cambur m.
[edit] Tatar
[edit] Noun
banana
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[edit] Tok Pisin
[edit] Noun
banana
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- English terms derived from Wolof
- English terms derived from Spanish
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English pejoratives
- English slang
- English adjectives
- English uncomparable adjectives
- en:Colors
- en:Fruits
- en:Yellows
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- French verb forms
- Galician nouns
- gl:Fruits
- Irish nouns
- ga:Fruits
- Italian nouns
- it:Colors
- it:Fruits
- Japanese romaji
- Japanese nouns
- Maltese nouns
- mt:Fruits
- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Fruits
- Romanian noun forms with lemma-style entries
- Serbo-Croatian nouns
- Serbo-Croatian masculine nouns
- sh:Fruits
- Spanish nouns
- es:Fruits
- Tatar nouns
- Tok Pisin nouns