Ananas

See also: ananas, anánas, ananás, and ananas'

Translingual

Ananas nanus

Etymology

From Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”).

Proper noun

Ananas m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple and similar plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Bromeliaceae - family; Bromelioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ananas ananassoides, Ananas bracteatus, Ananas comosus, Ananas fritzmuelleri, Ananas lucidus, Ananas microcephalus, Ananas nanus, Ananas parguazensis - species

Derived terms

• Ananassa
• Pseudananas
• Bromelia ananas

References

• Ananas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ananas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ananas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Ananas at USDA Plants database
• Ananas on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Ananas at the Catalogue of Life 
• Ananas at Encyclopedia of Life
• Ananas at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Ananas at The Plant List

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German

Etymology

From Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”), via Spanish or French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈananas]

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• Hyphenation: A‧na‧nas

Noun

Ananas f (genitive Ananas, plural Ananasse or Ananas)

1. pineapple
   • 1839, Jakob Ernst von Reider, Die treue Kundgebung des Geheimnisses, Augsburg, page 16:

     Die Arten der Ananas. Die Pflanze. Man kennt über 15 Arten Ananas.

Declension

Declension of Ananas

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ananas	die	Ananasse
genitive	einer	der	Ananas	der	Ananasse
dative	einer	der	Ananas	den	Ananassen
accusative	eine	die	Ananas	die	Ananasse

or

Declension of Ananas

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ananas	die	Ananas
genitive	einer	der	Ananas	der	Ananas
dative	einer	der	Ananas	den	Ananas
accusative	eine	die	Ananas	die	Ananas

Derived terms

• Ananasfrucht
• Ananasgewächs
• Ananaspflanze
• Ananassaft
• Ananasschneider

Further reading

• Ananas in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Noun

Ananas m (plural Ananassen)

1. pineapple