ananas

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

English

Etymology

From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: ənāʹnəs, ənäʹnəs; IPA^(key): /əˈneɪnəs/, /əˈnɑːnəs/

Noun

ananas (plural ananases or ananasses)

1. (obsolete) Pineapple.
2. (obsolete) , a plant with edible fruit.

Alternative forms

• anana

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

Ananas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

1. pineapple

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Danish

ananas

Etymology

From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ananas/, [ˈananas]

Noun

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

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Inflection

Declension of ananas

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

Descendants

• ananassi

Further reading

• ananas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Dutch

Ananas
Pineapple

Alternative forms

• annanas (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ananás or Portuguese ananás. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.naː.nɑs/

• Audio (Almere, Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: ana‧nas

Noun

ananas f or m (plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje n)

1. pineapple
2. pineapple plant, plant of the genus Ananassa

Derived terms

• ananasaardbei
• ananasplant

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Faroese

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

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

Ananas

Etymology

From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɑnɑs/, [ˈɑ̝nɑ̝nɑ̝s̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑnɑnɑs
• Syllabification^(key): a‧na‧nas

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple (plant and fruit)

Declension

Inflection of ananas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		ananas	ananakset
genitive		ananaksen	ananasten ananaksien
partitive		ananasta	ananaksia
illative		ananakseen	ananaksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		ananas	ananakset
accusative	nom.	ananas	ananakset
	gen.	ananaksen
genitive		ananaksen	ananasten ananaksien
partitive		ananasta	ananaksia
inessive		ananaksessa	ananaksissa
elative		ananaksesta	ananaksista
illative		ananakseen	ananaksiin
adessive		ananaksella	ananaksilla
ablative		ananakselta	ananaksilta
allative		ananakselle	ananaksille
essive		ananaksena	ananaksina
translative		ananakseksi	ananaksiksi
abessive		ananaksetta	ananaksitta
instructive		—	ananaksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of ananas (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ananakseni ananakseni accusative nom. ananakseni ananakseni gen. ananakseni genitive ananakseni ananasteni ananaksieni partitive ananastani ananaksiani inessive ananaksessani ananaksissani elative ananaksestani ananaksistani illative ananakseeni ananaksiini adessive ananaksellani ananaksillani ablative ananakseltani ananaksiltani allative ananakselleni ananaksilleni essive ananaksenani ananaksinani translative ananaksekseni ananaksikseni abessive ananaksettani ananaksittani instructive — — comitative — ananaksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative ananaksesi ananaksesi accusative nom. ananaksesi ananaksesi gen. ananaksesi genitive ananaksesi ananastesi ananaksiesi partitive ananastasi ananaksiasi inessive ananaksessasi ananaksissasi elative ananaksestasi ananaksistasi illative ananakseesi ananaksiisi adessive ananaksellasi ananaksillasi ablative ananakseltasi ananaksiltasi allative ananaksellesi ananaksillesi essive ananaksenasi ananaksinasi translative ananakseksesi ananaksiksesi abessive ananaksettasi ananaksittasi instructive — — comitative — ananaksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ananaksemme ananaksemme accusative nom. ananaksemme ananaksemme gen. ananaksemme genitive ananaksemme ananastemme ananaksiemme partitive ananastamme ananaksiamme inessive ananaksessamme ananaksissamme elative ananaksestamme ananaksistamme illative ananakseemme ananaksiimme adessive ananaksellamme ananaksillamme ablative ananakseltamme ananaksiltamme allative ananaksellemme ananaksillemme essive ananaksenamme ananaksinamme translative ananakseksemme ananaksiksemme abessive ananaksettamme ananaksittamme instructive — — comitative — ananaksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative ananaksenne ananaksenne accusative nom. ananaksenne ananaksenne gen. ananaksenne genitive ananaksenne ananastenne ananaksienne partitive ananastanne ananaksianne inessive ananaksessanne ananaksissanne elative ananaksestanne ananaksistanne illative ananakseenne ananaksiinne adessive ananaksellanne ananaksillanne ablative ananakseltanne ananaksiltanne allative ananaksellenne ananaksillenne essive ananaksenanne ananaksinanne translative ananakseksenne ananaksiksenne abessive ananaksettanne ananaksittanne instructive — — comitative — ananaksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative ananaksensa ananaksensa accusative nom. ananaksensa ananaksensa gen. ananaksensa genitive ananaksensa ananastensa ananaksiensa partitive ananastaan ananastansa ananaksiaan ananaksiansa inessive ananaksessaan ananaksessansa ananaksissaan ananaksissansa elative ananaksestaan ananaksestansa ananaksistaan ananaksistansa illative ananakseensa ananaksiinsa adessive ananaksellaan ananaksellansa ananaksillaan ananaksillansa ablative ananakseltaan ananakseltansa ananaksiltaan ananaksiltansa allative ananakselleen ananaksellensa ananaksilleen ananaksillensa essive ananaksenaan ananaksenansa ananaksinaan ananaksinansa translative ananaksekseen ananakseksensa ananaksikseen ananaksiksensa abessive ananaksettaan ananaksettansa ananaksittaan ananaksittansa instructive — — comitative — ananaksineen ananaksinensa

Compounds

compounds

• ananashamppu
• ananaskala
• ananaskasvi
• ananaskirsikka
• ananasmehu
• ananasmurska
• ananaspala

• ananaspizza
• ananaspurkki
• ananasrengas
• ananasviipale
• kukka-ananas
• timanttiananas

Anagrams

• ansaan, ansana, sanaan, sanana

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French

Ananas

Etymology

Introduced into French from settlers visiting the Indies; from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/

• Audio (France, Paris):

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• Audio (Canada):

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• IPA^(key): [zɑ̃nɑ̃na]
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ananas m (plural ananas)

1. pineapple

References

• “ananas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Icelandic

Ananas

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːna(ː)nas/

Noun

ananas m (genitive singular ananass, nominative plural ananasar)

1. pineappleTemplate:jump

Declension

declension of ananas

m-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ananas	ananasinn	ananasar	ananasarnir
accusative	ananas	ananasinn	ananasa	ananasana
dative	ananas	ananasinum / ananasnum	ananösum	ananösunum
genitive	ananass	ananassins	ananasa	ananasanna

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

• sveigblöðkuætt (“the pineapple family”)

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Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, [ˈaː.n̺a.n̺as̺]; (rare) /a.naˈnas/, [a.n̺aˈn̺as̺]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas; (rare): a‧na‧nàs

Noun

ananas m (uncountable)

1. pineapple

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Latin

ananas (pineapple)

Alternative forms

• ananāsa
• ananassa
• ananas, -atis

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Noun

ananās f (indeclinable)
ananās m (genitive ananae); first declension

1. (botany, New Latin) pineapple
   • 1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71:

     De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...]
     [Note: Here the word is indeclinable (in the singular).]

   • 1651, Ioh. (= Joannes) Bauhinus and Ioh. Hen. (= Joannes Henricus) Cherlerus, Uniuersalis Plantarum Historiae = Historia plantarum uniuersalis, noua, et absolutissima, cum consensu et dissensu circa eas. Tomus III, Ebrodunum, page 95–96 (the book has pictures):

     Acosta Ananas historiam nunc adscribamus. [...] Ananas fructus est [...] Ananas siluestris, folio aloes fructu Cupressino. [picture] Altius alsurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur:

   • 1704, Joannes Raius, Historiae Plantarum tomus tertius, London, page 638–639 and 665:

     Ad Cap. De Ananas. 1. Ananas sylv. non spinosa [...] 2. Ananas sylvestris Brasiliana [...] Ananas vulgaris habet spinas ad margines foliorum omnes sursum tendentes. [..] 3. Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, nostratibus Barbados & Jamaicae insularum colonis Pinguin dicta Pluk. Almag. Botan. T. 258. F. 4. [...]

     [...] cum Anana sylvstri Acosta

     [Note: Here the word is feminine and both indeclinable (in the singular) and of the first declension.]

   • Johannes Jacobus Dillenius, Plantarum rariorum horti elthamensis tomus alter, which followed Hortus elthamensis seu Plantarum rariorum (London, 1732), page 320–321 (the book has pictures):

     Pinguin nomine passim in Hortis Curiosorum & in Insulis Anglorum Americanis nota est haec planta, quae folia, modum nascendi & faciem cum Anana communem habet [...] Porro corona foliosa, quam Ananas gerit, huic generi deest: foliorum aculei rigidiores sunt, majores & minus, ac in Anana, crebri. [...] E mediis foliis scapus exit crassus, unciali & sesquiunciali diametro praeditus, teres, brevior & robustior, quam Ananae, minus etiam nudus, dictis foliis rubentibus, ad basim squamatim eum amplectenibus, cinctus, e quo dein superiora versus aliae squamae breviores, latae, membranaceae, exsuccae, obsolete albidae progrediuntur, & ex harum sinu flores & embryones in spicam pyramidatam digesti nascuntur, pediculo communi crasso brevi insidentes, inferius plures, tres, quatuor & quinque, superius pauciores, gemini & tandem solitarii. [...] De eo mihi constat, esse plantam, quae vocatur Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, Barbados & Insulae Jamaicae nostratibus colonis Pinguin dicta Pluken. Alm. p. 29. Tab. 258. f. 4. quae figura ad juniorem plantam minore quantitate facta est sine floribus, nec aliam ejus vel cum, vel fine floribus iconem prostare memini.
     [Note: Here the word is of the first declension.]

Declension

• Indeclinable or first declension Greek. When declinable:

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ananās	ananae
Genitive	ananae	ananārum
Dative	ananae	ananīs
Accusative	ananān	ananās
Ablative	ananā	ananīs
Vocative	ananā	ananae

Usage notes

• The feminine gender could belong to the indeclinable noun ananas only.
  Latin first declension nouns ending in -ās (genitive -ae) usually are borrowed from Ancient Greek and are masculine in Latin and Ancient Greek (compare Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension). By analogy the declinable noun ananas could be masculine too (like translingual Ananas m, Modern Greek ανανάς m (ananás), French ananas m, Italian ananas m, Portuguese ananás m, Spanish ananás m).

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Norwegian Bokmål

ananas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ananas/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananaser, definite plural ananasene)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Ananas

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑnɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananasar, definite plural ananasane)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Ananas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈna.nas/

• 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

Further reading

• Template:R:PWN

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Romanian

ananași

Etymology

Borrowed from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

ananas m (plural ananași)

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

Declension

Declension of ananas

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) ananas	ananasul	(niște) ananași	ananașii
genitive/dative	(unui) ananas	ananasului	(unor) ananași	ananașilor
vocative	ananasule		ananașilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Ananas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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

Ananas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːnanas/

Noun

ȃnanas m inan

1. pineapple

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	ánanas
gen. sing.	ánanasa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	ánanas	ánanasa	ánanasi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	ánanasa	ánanasov	ánanasov
dative (dajȃlnik)	ánanasu	ánanasoma	ánanasom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	ánanas	ánanasa	ánanase
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	ánanasu	ánanasih	ánanasih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	ánanasom	ánanasoma	ánanasi

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Swedish

Ananas

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ananas c

1. pineapple

Declension

Declension of ananas
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ananas	ananasen	ananaser	ananaserna
Genitive	ananas	ananasens	ananasers	ananasernas

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ananas, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanaˌnas/

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple(s)

Synonyms

• painap

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Turkish

Ananas

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آناناس, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nanas (“pineapple”).

Noun

ananas (definite accusative ananası, plural ananaslar)

1. pineapple

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	ananas
Definite accusative	ananası
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ananas	ananaslar
Definite accusative	ananası	ananasları
Dative	ananasa	ananaslara
Locative	ananasta	ananaslarda
Ablative	ananastan	ananaslardan
Genitive	ananasın	ananasların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular ananasım ananaslarım 2nd singular ananasın ananasların 3rd singular ananası ananasları 1st plural ananasımız ananaslarımız 2nd plural ananasınız ananaslarınız 3rd plural ananasları ananasları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular ananasımı ananaslarımı 2nd singular ananasını ananaslarını 3rd singular ananasını ananaslarını 1st plural ananasımızı ananaslarımızı 2nd plural ananasınızı ananaslarınızı 3rd plural ananaslarını ananaslarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular ananasıma ananaslarıma 2nd singular ananasına ananaslarına 3rd singular ananasına ananaslarına 1st plural ananasımıza ananaslarımıza 2nd plural ananasınıza ananaslarınıza 3rd plural ananaslarına ananaslarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular ananasımda ananaslarımda 2nd singular ananasında ananaslarında 3rd singular ananasında ananaslarında 1st plural ananasımızda ananaslarımızda 2nd plural ananasınızda ananaslarınızda 3rd plural ananaslarında ananaslarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular ananasımdan ananaslarımdan 2nd singular ananasından ananaslarından 3rd singular ananasından ananaslarından 1st plural ananasımızdan ananaslarımızdan 2nd plural ananasınızdan ananaslarınızdan 3rd plural ananaslarından ananaslarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular ananasımın ananaslarımın 2nd singular ananasının ananaslarının 3rd singular ananasının ananaslarının 1st plural ananasımızın ananaslarımızın 2nd plural ananasınızın ananaslarınızın 3rd plural ananaslarının ananaslarının

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ananás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanənas/

Noun

ananas c (plural ananassen, diminutive ananaske)

1. pineapple

Further reading

• “ananas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011