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'!!"

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

banan (definite accusative bananı, plural bananlar)

1. banana

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)

banan

1. accusative singular of bana

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 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.

From Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.nan/

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banan m anim

1. banana

• bananowy

• banan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːˌnan/

banan

1. definite singular of bana

• banan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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

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

banan (plural bananlar)

1. banana