banan

banan (plural banans)

1. (rare, informal) Banana.
   • 1991, George E. Pozzetta, Immigrants on the Land: Agriculture, Rural Life, and Small Towns:

     "Hundreds of them," he exclaimed, "may be seen in New Orleans today, three generations from Italy, still pushing carts, yelling 'Banans,' 'Banans,' 'Banans'!!"

• banna, naban

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana. Ultimately from Wolof banaana.

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banan (definite accusative bananı, plural bananlar)

1. banana

• “banan” in Obastan.com.

banan

1. kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

Borrowed from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan c (singular definite bananen, plural indefinite bananer)

1. banana (fruit)

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banan

1. accusative singular of bana

Borrowed from Danish banan, from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan f (genitive singular bananar, plural bananir)

1. banana (fruit)

• bananpálmi m

From French banane.

banan

1. banana

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananer, definite plural bananene)

1. a banana (fruit)

• bananrepublikk
• bananskall
• banansplitt

• “banan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananar, definite plural bananane)

1. banana (fruit)

• bananrepublikk
• bananskal

• “banan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French banane, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.nan/

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• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: ba‧nan

banan m inan

1. banana (plant)

   Synonym: bananowiec

banan m anim

1. banana (fruit)

banan m anim or banan m inan

1. (colloquial) cheeser (a wide smile)
2. (colloquial) banana boat (a boat resembling a banana)

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banan m pers (feminine bananówka)

1. (derogatory, slang) nouveau riche, rich kid, spoiled kid (a young person who has rich parents and brags about it)

   Zamknij się, bananie. ― Shut up, you spoiled brat.

   Synonym: bananowiec

• banan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Back-formation from banană

banan m (plural banani)

1. banana (plant)

From French banane.

banan

1. banana

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

• bananas (obsolete)

From Portuguese or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana, of unknown origin, potentially from Arabic بَنَان‎ (banān, “fingertip, banana”). Cognate with Danish banan, Norwegian Bokmål banan, English banana, Dutch banaan and German Banane.

• IPA^(key): /baˈnɑːn/

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banan c

1. a banana

• guleböj

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /²bɑːnan/

banan

1. definite singular of bana.

• banan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

• banna

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan (definite accusative banany, plural bananlar)

1. banana

• banan at webonary.org

From Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan (plural bananlar)

1. banana

• bananzor