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banana en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈnanə/ (Scotland)
  • /bəˈnɐːnə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio
  • /bəˈnænə/ (General-American)
  • /bəˈnɑːnə/ (British, Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Specific derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana), possibly from Arabic بَنَان (banān, “fingertip, banana”). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana. The racial slur derives from the notion that they are “Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, but White (Westernized) on the inside”.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
    • He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines. 2002, Andrew Collins, Guild of Honor, →ISBN, page 53:
    • Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case. 2001, Rayne Barton, The Green Hills Golf Chronicles, →ISBN, page 155:
    • [...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner. 2006, Richard Witzig, The Global Art of Soccer, →ISBN, page 247:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bonanoe alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bonano alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bonana alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Hypernyms

bunch · hand

Relateds

sinamay · plantain · matoke · dining leaf · bananas · waragi · abaca · oreo · coconut

banana en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /bəˈnanə/ (Scotland)
  • /bəˈnɐːnə/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • audio
  • /bəˈnænə/ (General-American)
  • /bəˈnɑːnə/ (British, Northern-England, Received-Pronunciation, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, derived from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. Specific derivation is unclear. Possible ancestor or cognate languages include Wolof banaana, Eastern Maninkakan banana, and Vai ꕒꘌꕯ (ɓaana) or ꕒꕌꕯ (ɓaana), possibly from Arabic بَنَان (banān, “fingertip, banana”). However, Ay Baati Wolof (Munro & Gaye, 1997) posits that Wolof banaana is itself derived from Portuguese banana. The racial slur derives from the notion that they are “Yellow (East-Asian) on the outside, but White (Westernized) on the inside”.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
    • I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana. 2017, Sam Shepard, chapter 27, in Spy of the First Person, →ISBN, page 62:
    • Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
  2. (Canada, Ireland, UK, US, countable, uncountable) An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin. ▸ In particular, the sweet, yellow fruit of the Cavendish banana cultivar, which may be eaten raw, as distinct from e.g. a plantain for cooking.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves.
  4. (uncountable) A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
  5. (countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
  6. (Malaysia, Singapore, countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable) A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect
  7. (countable, slang, uncountable) The penis.
    • Most of the gang were trying their best to shag the girls. One boy was sitting in a tree playing with himself and another was asking a table of teenagers if they would like to see his banana. 2014, Anthony Bunko, Lord Forgive Me, page 71:
    • The fact that the cop bought O'Brien a beer after feeling of his banana suggests that it must have been a promising one 1986, Christopher Street, Cop Feels of Three Men's "Privates", volume 10:
    • He adds that after eating his banana (sucking his penis), he wants anal sex, but she asks him to lick her pussy. Then he tells her no because it is disgusting. 2017, Intimate Relationships in Cinema, Literature and Visual Culture, page 234:
    • His you-know-what turned soft .. his eight o'clock class was the last thing on his mind five minutes ago, when his banana wasn't overripe. 2012, Sarah Miynowski, Fishbowl, page 36:
  8. (countable, uncountable) A banana kick.
  9. (countable, qualifier:nuclear physics, uncountable) A banana equivalent dose.
  10. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
  11. (countable, uncountable) An incorrectly held handstand, often seen in beginners.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
bananas Number=Plur lexicographic
bonano alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bonanoe alternative, obsolete lexicographic
bonana alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Coordinates

hand (fruit) · finger (fruit) · Oreo (Asian assimilated into Western culture) · egg (Asian assimilated into Western culture) · coconut (Asian assimilated into Western culture)

Deriveds

red banana · bananery · banana pudding · Banana Pancake Trail · Abyssinian banana · banana shallot · banana-bender · banana republic · bananatini · nonbanana · fruit flies like a banana · banilla · banana nose · bananageddon · banana-ey · banana bender · banana frog · banana cake · red-flowering banana · banana note · banana boat · banana lounge · second banana · Golden Banana · banana passionfruit · banana boa · banana box · banana phone · Bananagate · banoffee pie · banana leaf · banana ball · banana oil · banana-nose · banoffee · banana bag · pink banana · banoodles · banana bread · banana seat · strawbana · banana yucca · banana slice · banana-like · have one foot on a banana peel · banana-phile · banana prawn · banana connector · banana split · textile banana · banana clip · coconana · banana-shaped · hairy banana · bananarita · banana spider · bananaquit · scarlet banana · banana peel · snow banana · top banana · false banana · Bananaland · banana-y · banana hammock · Flying Banana · banana slug · bananoid · banana tree · bananas · Banana Pancake Circuit · banana freckle · banana skin · banana knife · don't buy green bananas · one-banana problem · bananahood · banana roll · banana bond · banana orbit · if you pay bananas, you get monkeys · banana fly · banana ketchup · apple banana · banana paper · banana pepper · make like a banana and split · banana belt · bananaless · banana solution · bananalike · banana pose · bandango · time flies like an arrow · bananaphile · prairie banana · banana money · bananas Foster · Banana River · Blue Banana · bananaphobia · banana chair · banana fold · tough bananas · bananivorous · banana bird · banana cue · banana shot · banana bus · bush banana · banana plug · Cavendish banana · banana melon · banana lounger · banana squash

Descendants

ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ · 바나나 · úbhanána · banana · panana · バナナ

Hypernyms

race traitor (Asian assimilated into Western culture) · fruit (fruit)

Hyponyms

jook-sing (Asian assimilated into Western culture)

Synonyms

Twinkie

Translations (419)

kxd pisang (fruit) · ro bananier (plant) · gd banana (fruit) · chr ᏆᏁᎾ (fruit) · yo ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ (fruit) · or କଦଳୀ (fruit) · ln likondo (fruit) · uk бана́н (fruit) · bo ཀེ་ལ (fruit) · pl banan (plant) · af piesangboom (plant) · gv bananey (fruit) · de Banane (fruit) · xal һадль (fruit) · ln ntela (fruit) · mtq chuổi (fruit) · win wažąhe (fruit) · ca plàtan (fruit) · moh baná꞉ne (fruit) · pdt Banan (fruit) · pdt Boomworscht (fruit) · sv banan (fruit) · nl bananenplant (plant) · byq puti (fruit) · tpi banana (fruit) · snl vusa (fruit) · mn ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ (fruit) · mn ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ (fruit) · lv banāns (plant) · kmk balat (fruit) · ar بنان (fruit) · tr muz (fruit) · az banan (fruit) · hsn 香蕉 (fruit) · es fongo (fruit) · ar موزة (fruit) · sq banane (plant) · ak akwaadu (fruit) · vi (quả) chuối (fruit) · kmr mûz (fruit) · nb banan (fruit) · ota موز (fruit) · nds Banaan (fruit) · lv banāns (fruit) · khb ᦂᦽᧉ (fruit) · ar موزة (fruit) · frr Banaan (fruit) · cts saging (fruit) · bkd saging (fruit) · nl banaan (fruit) · it banano (plant) · frr banaan (fruit) · ka ბანანი (fruit) · la pala (plant) · mba saging (fruit) · fa بَنان (fruit) · cy coed bananas (plant) · tl alinsanay (fruit) · tet hudi (fruit) · xnb nivanga (fruit) · ckv benina (fruit) · el μπανανιά (plant) · sm fa'i (fruit) · hi केला (fruit) · cuk madun (fruit) · sd ڪيانا (fruit) · haw maiʻa (plant) · lo ໝາກກ້ວຍ (fruit) · eu albo (fruit) · ast plátanu (fruit) · nb bananplante (plant) · ckb مۆز (fruit) · srn bakba (fruit) · tsu cnʉmʉ (fruit) · sh banána (fruit) · fo banan (fruit) · ccc masipata (fruit) · is banani (fruit) · aau yoh (fruit) · ks کیلہٕ (fruit) · mdh sagin (fruit) · gug pakova (fruit) · eo bananujo (plant) · pyu belrbelr (fruit) · kyj balat (fruit) · ivb vinyiveh (fruit) · tg мавз (fruit) · ceb saging (fruit) · dtp punti (fruit) · te అంటిచెట్టు (plant) · cyo saging (fruit) · cs banán (fruit) · km ចេក (fruit) · aoe ai (fruit) · jv gedhang (fruit) · ro banan (color) · yue 香蕉樹 /香蕉树 (plant) · nl pisang (fruit) · dru belebele (fruit) · tt банан (fruit) · el μπανάνα (fruit) · ca plataner (plant) · la banana (fruit) · mt banana (plant) · xsy tawmo' (fruit) · ml പഴം (fruit) · ms pisang (fruit) · it banana (fruit) · kaw pisaṅ (fruit) · yue 香蕉 (fruit) · fa کیلَه (fruit) · nup yàbà (fruit) · ilo saba (fruit) · zh 金蕉 (fruit) · eo banano (fruit) · ks केलॖ (fruit) · ccp 𑄇𑄧𑄣 (fruit) · ur کیلا (fruit) · bg бана́н (fruit) · rgn banâna (fruit) · vi (cây) chuối (plant) · tum ntochi (fruit) · yi באַנאַנע (fruit) · eu platano (fruit) · cy melyn banana (color) · aho 𑜀𑜤𑜐𑜫 (fruit) · ga crann bananaí (plant) · qu latanu (fruit) · th ต้นกล้วย (plant) · sh banána (plant) · ta வாழைப்பழம் (fruit) · nl bananengeel (color) · ify balat (fruit) · ja バナナ (fruit) · fi banaani (plant) · fi banaani (fruit) · msb saging (fruit) · ko 바나나 (fruit) · szy paza' (fruit) · es plátano (fruit) · my ငှက်ပျော (plant) · sxw yocyotin (plant) · da banan (fruit) · plw punti (fruit) · kab lbanan (fruit) · mrw saging (fruit) · vo benen (fruit) · frr banaon (fruit) · ms mauz (fruit) · dsb banana (fruit) · ktu dikondo (fruit) · cop ⲁⲗⲗⲱⲕⲓ (fruit) · oj akandamoo (fruit) · za gyoijhom (fruit) · es banano (fruit) · la ariēra (fruit) · sat ᱠᱟᱭᱨᱟ (fruit) · ast banana (fruit) · pt bananeira (plant) · mn гадил (fruit) · hy բանան (fruit) · bg бана́ново дърво́ (plant) · bno batag (fruit) · ay puquta (fruit) · id pisang (plant) · ubl batag (fruit) · pt amarelo-banana (color) · be бана́н (fruit) · kxd puhun pisang (plant) · fi banaaninkeltainen (color) · haw maiʻa (fruit) · tet hudi-fuan (fruit) · tao vineveh (fruit) · ksw တကွံသၣ် (fruit) · ban biu (fruit) · id pisang (fruit) · ar مَوْزَة (fruit) · mi maika (fruit) · to siaine (fruit) · rap māika (fruit) · es mínimo (fruit) · tk banan (fruit) · rsk банана (fruit) · mmn saging (fruit) · fr banane (fruit) · mbb saɣing (fruit) · si කෙසෙල් (fruit) · enq angató (fruit) · tkl fuāfai (fruit) · as কল (fruit) · shn ၵူၺ်ႈ (fruit) · zh 弓蕉 /芎蕉 (fruit) · bn কলা (fruit) · ady бэнанэ (fruit) · fa مُوْز (fruit) · ky банан (fruit) · mi panana (fruit) · pa ਕੇਲਾ (fruit) · wuu 香蕉 (fruit) · ru бана́н (fruit) · fur banane (fruit) · su pisang (fruit) · tg банан (fruit) · za gyoij (fruit) · th กล้วย (fruit) · af piesang (fruit) · ami pawli (fruit) · clt buohla (fruit) · war saging (fruit) · zh 香蕉樹 /香蕉树 (plant) · sc banana (fruit) · hu banán (fruit) · bcl batag (fruit) · mk бана́на (plant) · wo banaana (fruit) · uz banan (fruit) · bn কদল (fruit) · kg dinkondo (fruit) · abx punti (fruit) · ty me'a (fruit) · mk бана́на (fruit) · ht fig (fruit) · ti ባናና (fruit) · mn банан (fruit) · jv gedhang (plant) · trv blbul (fruit) · blt ꪀ꫁ꪺꪥ (fruit) · am ሙዝ (fruit) · ia banana (fruit) · kzj punti (plant) · ki irigũ (fruit) · gl plátano (plant) · mnw ဗြာတ် (fruit) · ifb balat (fruit) · hy ադամաթուզ (fruit) · de Bananenstaude (plant) · ca bananer (plant) · mn ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨ (fruit) · mvv punti (fruit) · bo ཀེ་ར (fruit) · sxr tavʉhlʉvʉhlʉ (fruit) · hak 弓蕉 (fruit) · ab абанан (fruit) · tiy saging (fruit) · rgn banân (plant) · lbj ཀེ་ལའི (fruit) · moh teiotahià꞉kton (fruit) · fi banaanikasvi (plant) · ko 바나나색 (color) · zh 香蕉顏色 /香蕉颜色 (color) · la mūsa (fruit) · alt банан (fruit) · bln batag (fruit) · te అరటిపండు (fruit) · frr banåån (fruit) · tt банан (plant) · is bjúgaldin (fruit) · ml വാഴ (plant) · oc bananièr (plant) · bcl kahoy nin batag (plant) · fr bananier (plant) · cjy 香蕉 (fruit) · ru бана́н (plant) · tay guquh (fruit) · tay buqoh (fruit) · tl saging (fruit) · cy banana (fruit) · nv hashkʼaan (fruit) · ast plátanu (plant) · rue бана́н (fruit) · hrx Banann (fruit) · la ariēna (fruit) · lbl batag (fruit) · ar مَوْز (fruit) · sq banane (color) · ne केरा (fruit) · es cambur (fruit) · ar موز (fruit) · kxd pukuk pisang (plant) · pag pontí (fruit) · lt bananas (fruit) · sk banánovník (plant) · gur kodugu (fruit) · pl bananowy (color) · smk batag (fruit) · sq banane (fruit) · yue 蕉 (fruit) · es banana (fruit) · cbk saging (fruit) · es guineo (fruit) · st banana (fruit) · ms pokok pisang (plant) · sk banán (fruit) · cy ffrwchnedd (fruit) · et banaan (fruit) · iso oruvbo (fruit) · mn банана (fruit) · eu bananondo (plant) · bh केला (fruit) · sa कदली (fruit) · es banano (plant) · kw banana (fruit) · ce банан (fruit) · fy banaan (fruit) · ho biku (fruit) · zh баҗё (fruit) · qu latanus (fruit) · om muuzii (fruit) · srv saging (fruit) · hsb banana (fruit) · ar بنانة (fruit) · tet hudi (plant) · sv bananplanta (plant) · vi (trái) chuối (fruit) · win ceerap (fruit) · hil saging (fruit) · bto batag (fruit) · zh 香蕉色 (color) · gu કેળું (fruit) · oc banana (fruit) · gv corran bwee (fruit) · sw ndizi (fruit) · ps کيله (fruit) · my ငှက်ပျောသီး (fruit) · kk банан (fruit) · cdo 芭蕉 (fruit) · sl banana (fruit) · sa कदल (plant) · kaw punti (fruit) · swb trindri (plant) · xsb batag (fruit) · ast bananu (fruit) · ms pisang (color) · ru банановый (color) · ro banan (plant) · mnw တၞံဗြာတ် (plant) · ml വാഴപ്പഴം (fruit) · dz ངང་ལག (fruit) · bks saging (fruit) · meu bigu (fruit) · ug بانان (fruit) · lgr vudi (fruit) · gl plataneiro (plant) · ibl balat (fruit) · rbl batag (fruit) · lo ກ້ວຍ (fruit) · rhg kela (fruit) · klg saging (fruit) · es plátano fruta (fruit) · dv ދޮންކެޔޮ (fruit) · su cau (fruit) · sh бана́на (plant) · jv pisang (fruit) · ja 甘蕉 (fruit) · bo ངང་ལག (fruit) · rm banana (fruit) · pt banana (fruit) · sl bananovec (plant) · xsr ཀེ་ར (fruit) · eo bananarbo (plant) · kcx muze (Kachama) (fruit) · ar موز (fruit) · fi vinosilmä (pejorative: person of Asian descent) · ppl kinia (fruit) · tl puno ng saging (plant) · tsg saing (fruit) · so muus (fruit) · kl banani (fruit) · fa موز (fruit) · sh бана́на (fruit) · bnn bunbun (fruit) · sw mgomba (plant) · bn রম্ভা (fruit) · pcc joicdiangz (fruit) · zh 香蕉人 (pejorative: person of Asian descent) · ha ayaba (fruit) · ssf fizfiz (fruit) · tet hudi-hun (plant) · pam sagin (fruit) · pl banan (fruit) · zh 香蕉 (fruit) · pag punti (fruit) · mt banana (fruit) · he בָּנָנָה (fruit) · br bananezenn (plant) · io bananiero (plant) · fbl batag (fruit) · zh щёнҗё (fruit) · zu ubhanana class 1a/2a (fruit) · ta வாழை (plant) · wal muuziya (fruit) · nrf banane (fruit) · gl banana (fruit) · jv pisang (plant) · te అరటిచెట్టు (plant) · nl bacove (fruit) · mg akondro (fruit) · es bananero (plant) · mr केळे (fruit) · ca banana (fruit) · pl bananowiec (plant) · mel baleak (fruit) · ti ሙዝ (fruit) · kn ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು (fruit) · sid muuze (fruit) · ga banana (fruit) · kk мәуіз (fruit) · ru бана́новое де́рево (plant) · cs banánovník (plant) · gan 香蕉 (fruit) · trv blebun (fruit) · xta chi̱ta̱ (fruit) · pwn veljevelj (fruit) · agj ሙዝ (fruit) · mfe banann (fruit) · io banano (fruit) · io bananea (color) · ro banană (fruit) · lb Banann (fruit)

wikidata: Q503 · wikidata: Q503