bananas

See also: BANANAs, banānas, and banānās

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈnɑːnəz/
• (US) enPR: bə-nă'nəz, IPA^(key): /bəˈnænəz/

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Adjective

bananas (comparative more bananas, superlative most bananas)

1. Crazy, mad, nuts.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 377]:

     I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

• go bananas

Related terms

• bananapants

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

bananas

1. second-person singular past historic of bananer

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Lithuanian

Noun

banãnas m (plural banãnai) stress pattern 2

1. banana (fruit)

Declension

declension of bananas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	banãnas	banãnai
genitive (kilmininkas)	banãno	banãnų
dative (naudininkas)	banãnui	banãnams
accusative (galininkas)	banãną	bananùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bananù	banãnais
locative (vietininkas)	bananè	banãnuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	banãne	banãnai

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

Not an officially recognised word, but it sees a lot of use.

Synonyms

• (bananas, crazy): gal, sprø, kokkeliko, klin kokos, ikke riktig, ikke riktig klok

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable?)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

As above.

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

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Portuguese

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

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Spanish

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈnanas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈnaːnaz/, /baˈnanaz/

Noun

bananas f pl

1. plural of banana

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bananas	fananas	mananas	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.