Definition for: banana

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English

Etymology

From the Wolof banäna, through the Spanish or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• UK: AHD: bə-nă'nə, IPA: /bəˈnɑ:nə/, SAMPA: /b@"nA:n@/
• US: IPA: /bəˈnænə/

Rhymes: -ɑːnə

Noun

banana ( plural bananas )

1. An elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin.
2. The tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain.
3. ( colour ) a yellow colour, like that of a banana.

   banana colour:

4. ( person ) a mildly pejorative slang term used to describe people who are "white" (Western) on the inside and "yellow" (of east Asia) on the outside.
   • Synonym: jook-sing
   • Antonym: egg - a white person who acts as a person from east Asia
   • Related slang terms: coconut - a person who is "brown" (Hispanic) on the outside and "white" (Caucasian) on the inside, oreo - a person who is black (African American) on the outside and "white" (Caucasian) on the inside.

Translations

fruit

plant

colour

Adjective

banana ( no comparative or superlative' )

1. Containing or having the taste of bananas.
2. Of the colour of bananas.

Translations

containing or tasting of bananas

of the colour of bananas

Derived terms

• Banana bender
• banana leaf restaurant
• banana paper
• banana pepper
• banana plug
• banana republic
• banana split
• bananaquit
• banoffee
• go bananas
• second banana
• top banana

See also

• abaca
• dining leaf
• matoke
• plantain
• sinamay
• waragi
• BANANA - Acronym used in public policy debate.

Collective nouns

• bunch
• hand
• Appendix: Collective nouns

Bosnian

Noun

banana f s

1. a banana

Catalan

Noun

banana f .

1. banana

Synonyms

• plàtan m .

Italian

Noun

banana f . ( plural: banane )

1. banana

Noun

banana m . ( plural: banana )

1. A colour of banana, yellow

Adjective

banana m . ( plural: banana )

1. yellow

Japanese

Pronunciation

The stress is on the first syllable: ⌈ba⌉nana

Noun

banana ( hiragana ばなな )

1. バナナ: banana

Portuguese

Noun

banana f .

1. banana (fruit).
2. banana (plant).

Synonyms

• ( plant ): bananeira

Serbian

Noun

banana f s

1. a banana

See also

• банана

Spanish

Noun

banana f .

1. banana

Synonyms

• plátano m .

Tatar

Noun

banana

1. banana

References

• banana plantatsiäse...15 Üktäber 2006

Tok Pisin

banana

1. banana

Other Translations for "banana"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		banana
Hex		e2 e1 ee e1 ee e1
Pig Latin		ananabay

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