Banana

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 See also 2 Catalan 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.2 Noun 3.3 Adjective 4 Spanish 4.1 Noun 4.1.1 Synonyms 5 Tok Pisin

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: bə-nă'nə
• IPA: /bəˈnɑːnə/
• SAMPA: /b@"nA:n@/

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. A yellow colour.

Translations

fruit

Arabic: موز Chinese: 香蕉 (xiangjiao) Balinese: biu Basque: platano, albo Catalan: banana, plàtan m Czech: banán m Dutch: banaan f Esperanto: banano French: banane f Frisian: banaan German: Banane f Hausa: agade Hebrew: בננה f

Indonesian: pisang Icelandic: banani m Italian: banana f Japanese: バナナ (banana) Lojban: badna Norwegian: banan Romanian: banană f Slovak: banán m Spanish: plátano m, banana Swedish: banan Tok Pisin: banana Turkish: muz Vietnamese: chuối

plant

Czech: banánovník m French: bananier m Italian: banano m

Slovak: banánovník Spanish: bananero m

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

Czech: banánový French: à la banane

Italian: alla banana

of the colour of bananas

The translations below for the adjective need to be checked by a native speaker and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above.

• Slovak: banánový m, banánová f, banánové n

See also

• Wiktionary list of colours
• Wikipedia article on bananas

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Catalan

Noun

banana f

1. Banana

Synonyms

• plàtan m

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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

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Spanish

Noun

banana f

1. Banana

Synonyms

• plátano m

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Tok Pisin

banana

1. Banana