banana
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computer
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
sports
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”.
Inflected forms:
form: bananas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: bonana
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bonano
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bonanoe
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bonana
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bonano
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: bonanoe
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.
I'll need a few things. I'll need some mayonnaise and a silver tin of sardines, a banana.
gloss: An elongated curved tropical fruit of a banana plant, which grows in bunches and has a creamy flesh and a smooth skin.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Ireland
UK
US
countable
uncountable
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A yellow color, like that of a banana's skin.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A person of East or Southeast Asian descent, considered to be overly assimilated and subservient to white authority.
pos: noun
tags: countable
derogatory
ethnic
slur
uncountable
gloss: A person of Chinese descent who cannot speak Mandarin or any Chinese dialect
pos: noun
tags: Malaysia
Singapore
countable
derogatory
ethnic
slur
uncountable
gloss: The penis.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: The fact that the cop bought O'Brien a beer after feeling of his banana suggests that it must have been a promising one
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.
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.
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.
gloss: A banana kick.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A banana equivalent dose.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A catamorphism (from the use of banana brackets in the notation).
pos: noun
tags: colloquial
countable
uncountable
gloss: An incorrectly held handstand, often seen in beginners.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Curved like a banana, especially of a ball in flight.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: Even the lowly banana ball, the bane of so many weekenders, sometimes can be exactly right, as in this case.
He played the fading, low-banana shot as planned, and the ball whistled left of the oak tree and between the pines.
[...]Bernd Schneider closed the scoring in injury-time with a 23 meter free-kick banana shot into the upper-right corner.
Derived words: Abyssinian banana
apple banana
banana bag
banana ball
banana belt
banana-bender
banana bender
banana bird
banana boa
banana boat
banana bond
banana box
banana bread
banana bus
banana cake
banana chair
banana clip
banana connector
banana cue
banana-ey
banana fly
banana fold
banana freckle
banana frog
Bananagate
bananageddon
banana hammock
bananahood
banana ketchup
banana knife
Bananaland
banana leaf
bananaless
bananalike
banana-like
banana lounge
banana lounger
banana melon
banana money
banana-nose
banana nose
banana note
banana oil
banana orbit
Banana Pancake Circuit
Banana Pancake Trail
banana paper
banana passionfruit
banana peel
banana pepper
banana-phile
bananaphile
bananaphobia
banana phone
banana plug
banana pose
banana prawn
banana pudding
bananaquit
banana republic
bananarita
Banana River
banana roll
bananas
banana seat
bananas Foster
banana shallot
banana-shaped
banana shot
banana skin
banana slice
banana slug
banana solution
banana spider
banana split
banana squash
bananatini
banana tree
banana-y
banana yucca
bananery
bananivorous
bananoid
bandango
banilla
banoffee
banoffee pie
banoodles
Blue Banana
bush banana
Cavendish banana
coconana
don't buy green bananas
false banana
Flying Banana
Golden Banana
hairy banana
have one foot on a banana peel
if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
make like a banana and split
nonbanana
one-banana problem
pink banana
prairie banana
red banana
red-flowering banana
scarlet banana
second banana
snow banana
strawbana
textile banana
time flies like an arrow
fruit flies like a banana
top banana
tough bananas
Translations:
lang: Abau
word: yoh
lang: Abkhaz
word: абанан
roman: abanan
lang: Afrikaans
word: piesang
lang: Ahom
word: 𑜀𑜤𑜐𑜫
roman: kuñ
lang: Akan
word: akwaadu
lang: Albanian
word: banane
lang: Amharic
word: ሙዝ
roman: muz
lang: Amis
word: pawli
lang: Angal Enen
word: ai
lang: Arabic
word: مَوْزَة
roman: mawza
lang: Arabic
word: مَوْز
roman: mawz
lang: Arabic
word: موزة
roman: mōza
lang: Arabic
word: موز
roman: mōz
lang: Arabic
word: موزة
roman: mōza
lang: Arabic
word: موز
roman: mōz
lang: Arabic
word: بنان
roman: banān
lang: Arabic
word: بنانة
roman: banāna
lang: Argobba
word: ሙዝ
roman: muz
lang: Armenian
word: բանան
roman: banan
lang: Armenian
word: ադամաթուզ
roman: adamatʻuz
lang: Asi
word: batag
lang: Assamese
word: কল
roman: kol
lang: Asturian
word: plátanu
lang: Asturian
word: bananu
lang: Asturian
word: banana
lang: Atayal
word: buqoh
lang: Atayal
word: guquh
lang: Aymara
word: puquta
lang: Azerbaijani
word: banan
lang: Balinese
word: biu
lang: Basay
word: puti
lang: Basque
word: platano
lang: Basque
word: albo
lang: Belarusian
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Bengali
word: কলা
roman: kola
lang: Bengali
word: রম্ভা
roman: rombha
lang: Bengali
word: কদল
roman: kodol
lang: Bhojpuri
word: केला
roman: kēlā
lang: Buhi'non Bikol
word: batag
lang: Central Bikol
word: batag
lang: East Miraya Bikol
word: batag
lang: Libon Bikol
word: batag
lang: Northern Catanduanes Bikol
word: saging
lang: Rinconada Bikol
word: batag
lang: Southern Catanduanes Bikol
word: batag
lang: West Miraya Bikol
word: batag
lang: Binukid
word: saging
lang: Bolinao
word: batag
lang: Bouyei
word: joicdiangz
lang: Bulgarian
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Bunun
word: bunbun
lang: Burmese
word: ငှက်ပျောသီး
roman: hngakpyau:si:
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Catalan
word: banana
lang: Catalan
word: plàtan
lang: Cebuano
word: saging
lang: Chakma
word: 𑄇𑄧𑄣
roman: kalā
lang: Chamicuro
word: masipata
lang: Chavacano
word: saging
lang: Chechen
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏆᏁᎾ
roman: quanena
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 香蕉
roman: hoeng¹ ziu¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 蕉
roman: ziu¹
lang: Chinese
word: щёнҗё
roman: xi͡onži͡o
lang: Chinese
word: баҗё
roman: baži͡o
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 芭蕉
roman: bă-ciĕu
lang: Gan Chinese
word: 香蕉
roman: xiong¹ 'jieu¹
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 弓蕉
roman: kiûng-chêu
lang: Chinese
word: 弓蕉 /芎蕉
roman: keng-chio, kin-chio, geng-chio
lang: Chinese
word: 金蕉
roman: kim-tsio
lang: Jin Chinese
word: 香蕉
roman: xion¹ jiau¹
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 香蕉
roman: xiāngjiāo
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 香蕉
roman: ¹shian-ciau
lang: Xiang Chinese
word: 香蕉
roman: xian¹ jiau¹
lang: West Circassian
word: бэнанэ
roman: bɛnanɛ
lang: Coptic
word: ⲁⲗⲗⲱⲕⲓ
roman: allōki
lang: Cornish
word: banana
lang: Cuyunon
word: saging
lang: Czech
word: banán
lang: Danish
word: banan
lang: Dhivehi
word: ދޮންކެޔޮ
roman: don̊keyo
lang: Central Dusun
word: punti
lang: Dutch
word: banaan
lang: Dutch
word: pisang
lang: Dutch
word: bacove
lang: Dzongkha
word: ངང་ལག
roman: ngang lag
lang: Enga
word: angató
lang: Esperanto
word: banano
lang: Estonian
word: banaan
lang: Farefare
word: kodugu
lang: Faroese
word: banan
lang: Finnish
word: banaani
lang: French
word: banane
lang: North Frisian
word: banaan
lang: North Frisian
word: banaon
lang: North Frisian
word: banåån
lang: North Frisian
word: Banaan
lang: West-Frisian
word: banaan
lang: Friulian
word: banane
lang: Galician
word: banana
lang: Georgian
word: ბანანი
roman: banani
lang: German
word: Banane
lang: Greek
word: μπανάνα
roman: banána
lang: Greenlandic
word: banani
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: pakova
lang: Gujarati
word: કેળું
roman: keḷũ
lang: Haitian Creole
word: fig
lang: Hausa
word: ayaba
lang: Hawaiian
word: maiʻa
lang: Hebrew
word: בָּנָנָה
roman: banána
lang: Higaonon
word: saging
lang: Hiligaynon
word: saging
lang: Hindi
word: केला
roman: kelā
lang: Hiri Motu
word: biku
lang: Hungarian
word: banán
lang: Hunsrik
word: Banann
lang: Ibaloi
word: balat
lang: Icelandic
word: banani
lang: Icelandic
word: bjúgaldin
lang: Ido
word: banano
lang: Batad Ifugao
word: balat
lang: Ilocano
word: saba
lang: Inabaknon
word: punti
lang: Indonesian
word: pisang
lang: Interlingua
word: banana
lang: Irish
word: banana
lang: Isoko
word: oruvbo
lang: Italian
word: banana
lang: Ivatan
word: vinyiveh
lang: Japanese
word: バナナ
roman: banana
lang: Japanese
word: 甘蕉
roman: kanshō
lang: Javanese
word: gedhang
lang: Javanese
word: pisang
lang: Old Javanese
word: pisaṅ
lang: Old Javanese
word: punti
lang: Kabyle
word: lbanan
lang: Kachama-Ganjule
word: muze (Kachama)
lang: Tagakaulu Kalagan
word: saging
lang: Limos Kalinga
word: balat
lang: Keley-I Kallahan
word: balat
lang: Kalmyk
word: һадль
roman: ğadlʹ
lang: Kanakanabu
word: nivanga
lang: Kannada
word: ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು
roman: bāḷehaṇṇu
lang: Kapampangan
word: sagin
lang: Karao
word: balat
lang: S'gaw Karen
word: တကွံသၣ်
roman: ta kwee thà
lang: Kashmiri
word: کیلہٕ
roman: kēlụ
lang: Kashmiri
word: केलॖ
roman: kēlụ
lang: Kavalan
word: benina
lang: Kazakh
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Kazakh
word: мәуіз
roman: mäuız
lang: Khmer
word: ចេក
roman: ceek
lang: Kikuyu
word: irigũ
lang: Kituba
word: dikondo
lang: Kongo
word: dinkondo
lang: Korean
word: 바나나
roman: banana
lang: Kuna
word: madun
lang: Central Kurdish
word: مۆز
roman: moz
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mûz
lang: Kyrgyz
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Ladakhi
word: ཀེ་ལའི
roman: ke la'i
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກກ້ວຍ
roman: māk kuāi
lang: Lao
word: ກ້ວຍ
roman: kuāi
lang: Latin
word: ariēna
lang: Latin
word: ariēra
lang: Latin
word: mūsa
lang: Latin
word: banana
lang: Latvian
word: banāns
lang: Lengo
word: vudi
lang: Lingala
word: ntela
lang: Lingala
word: likondo
lang: Lithuanian
word: bananas
lang: Low German
word: Banaan
lang: Lü
word: ᦂᦽᧉ
roman: k̇oy²
lang: Lutuv
word: buohla
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Banann
lang: Macedonian
word: бана́на
roman: banána
lang: Maguindanao
word: sagin
lang: Malagasy
word: akondro
lang: Malay
word: pisang
lang: Malay
word: mauz
lang: Brunei Malay
word: pisang
lang: Malayalam
word: പഴം
roman: paḻaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: വാഴപ്പഴം
roman: vāḻappaḻaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: banana
lang: Mamanwa
word: saging
lang: Western Bukidnon Manobo
word: saɣing
lang: Manx
word: bananey
lang: Manx
word: corran bwee
lang: Māori
word: panana
lang: Māori
word: maika
lang: Maranao
word: saging
lang: Marathi
word: केळे
roman: keḷe
lang: Masbatenyo
word: saging
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: banann
lang: Central Melanau
word: baleak
lang: Mohawk
word: teiotahià꞉kton
lang: Mohawk
word: baná꞉ne
lang: Mon
word: ဗြာတ်
roman: brāt
lang: Mongolian
word: гадил
roman: gadil
lang: Mongolian
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Mongolian
word: банана
roman: banana
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠭᠠᠳᠠᠯᠢ
roman: ɣadali
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨ
roman: banan
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠪᠠᠨᠠᠨᠠ
roman: banana
lang: Motu
word: bigu
lang: Muong
word: chuổi
lang: Tagal Murut
word: punti
lang: Navajo
word: hashkʼaan
lang: Nepali
word: केरा
roman: kerā
lang: Norman
word: banane
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: banan
lang: Nupe
word: yàbà
lang: Occitan
word: banana
lang: Odia
word: କଦଳୀ
roman: kadaḷi
lang: Ojibwe
word: akandamoo
lang: Oromo
word: muuzii
lang: Paiwan
word: veljevelj
lang: Brooke's Point Palawano
word: punti
lang: Pangasinan
word: pontí
lang: Pangasinan
word: punti
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: банана
roman: banana
lang: Pashto
word: کيله
roman: kila
lang: Dari
word: کیلَه
roman: kēla
lang: Dari
word: موز
roman: mōz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُوْز
roman: mowz
lang: Iranian Persian
word: بَنان
roman: banân
lang: Pipil
word: kinia
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Banan
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Boomworscht
lang: Polish
word: banan
lang: Portuguese
word: banana
lang: Punjabi
word: ਕੇਲਾ
roman: kelā
lang: Puyuma
word: belrbelr
lang: Quechua
word: latanu
lang: Quechua
word: latanus
lang: Rapa Nui
word: māika
lang: Rohingya
word: kelā
lang: Romagnol
word: banâna
lang: Romanian
word: banană
lang: Romansh
word: banana
lang: Rukai
word: belebele
lang: Russian
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Saaroa
word: tavʉhlʉvʉhlʉ
lang: Saisiyat
word: tawmo'
lang: Sakizaya
word: paza'
lang: Sambali
word: batag
lang: Samoan
word: fa'i
lang: Sangil
word: vusa
lang: Sanskrit
word: कदली
roman: kadalī
lang: Santali
word: ᱠᱟᱭᱨᱟ
roman: kayra
lang: Sardinian
word: banana
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: banana
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бана́на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: banána
lang: Shan
word: ၵူၺ်ႈ
roman: kōi
lang: Sherpa
word: ཀེ་ར
roman: ke ra
lang: Sidamo
word: muuze
lang: Sindhi
word: ڪيانا
roman: kyānā
lang: Sinhalese
word: කෙසෙල්
roman: kesel
lang: Slovak
word: banán
lang: Slovene
word: banana
lang: Somali
word: muus
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: banana
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: banana
lang: Masbate Sorsogon
word: saging
lang: Waray Sorsogon
word: saging
lang: Sotho
word: banana
lang: Southern Altai
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Spanish
word: banana
lang: Spanish
word: banano
lang: Spanish
word: cambur
lang: Spanish
word: guineo
lang: Spanish
word: mínimo
lang: Spanish
word: plátano
lang: Spanish
word: plátano fruta
lang: Spanish
word: fongo
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: bakba
lang: Sundanese
word: cau
lang: Sundanese
word: pisang
lang: Swahili
word: ndizi
lang: Swedish
word: banan
lang: Tagalog
word: saging
lang: Tagalog
word: alinsanay
lang: Tahitian
word: me'a
lang: Tai Dam
word: ꪀ꫁ꪺꪥ
lang: Tajik
word: мавз
roman: mavz
lang: Tajik
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Tamil
word: வாழைப்பழம்
roman: vāḻaippaḻam
lang: Taroko
word: blebun
lang: Taroko
word: blbul
lang: Tatar
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Tausug
word: saing
lang: Telugu
word: అరటిపండు
roman: araṭipaṇḍu
lang: Tetum
word: hudi
lang: Tetum
word: hudi-fuan
lang: Tokelauan
word: fuāfai
lang: Thai
word: กล้วย
roman: glûai
lang: Thao
word: fizfiz
lang: Tibetan
word: ཀེ་ར
roman: ke ra
lang: Tibetan
word: ཀེ་ལ
roman: ke la
lang: Tibetan
word: ངང་ལག
roman: ngang lag
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሙዝ
roman: muz
lang: Tigrinya
word: ባናና
roman: banana
lang: Tiruray
word: saging
lang: Tok Pisin
word: banana
lang: Tongan
word: siaine
lang: Tsou
word: cnʉmʉ
lang: Tumbuka
word: ntochi
lang: Turkish
word: muz
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: موز
roman: mevz, meviz, muz
lang: Turkmen
word: banan
lang: Ukrainian
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Urdu
word: کیلا
roman: kelā
lang: Uyghur
word: بانان
roman: banan
lang: Uzbek
word: banan
lang: Vietnamese
word: (trái) chuối
lang: Vietnamese
word: (quả) chuối
lang: Volapük
word: benen
lang: Waray-Waray
word: saging
lang: Welsh
word: banana
lang: Welsh
word: ffrwchnedd
lang: Winnebago
word: ceerap
lang: Winnebago
word: wažąhe
lang: Wolaytta
word: muuziya
lang: Wolof
word: banaana
lang: Yami
word: vineveh
lang: Yiddish
word: באַנאַנע
roman: banane
lang: Yoruba
word: ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀
lang: Zhuang
word: gyoij
lang: Zhuang
word: gyoijhom
lang: Zulu
word: ubhanana class 1a/2a
lang: Afrikaans
word: piesangboom
lang: Albanian
word: banane
lang: Asturian
word: plátanu
lang: Basque
word: bananondo
lang: Central Bikol
word: kahoy nin batag
lang: Breton
word: bananezenn
lang: Bulgarian
word: бана́ново дърво́
roman: banánovo dǎrvó
lang: Burmese
word: ငှက်ပျော
roman: hngakpyau:
lang: Catalan
word: bananer
lang: Catalan
word: plataner
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 香蕉樹 /香蕉树
roman: hoeng¹ ziu¹ syu⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 香蕉樹 /香蕉树
roman: xiāngjiāoshù
lang: Maore Comorian
word: trindri
lang: Czech
word: banánovník
lang: Dutch
word: bananenplant
lang: Esperanto
word: bananarbo
lang: Esperanto
word: bananujo
lang: Finnish
word: banaani
lang: Finnish
word: banaanikasvi
lang: French
word: bananier
lang: Galician
word: plátano
lang: Galician
word: plataneiro
lang: Saxwe Gbe
word: yocyotin
lang: German
word: Bananenstaude
lang: Greek
word: μπανανιά
roman: bananiá
lang: Hawaiian
word: maiʻa
lang: Ido
word: bananiero
lang: Indonesian
word: pisang
lang: Irish
word: crann bananaí
lang: Italian
word: banano
lang: Javanese
word: gedhang
lang: Javanese
word: pisang
lang: Coastal Kadazan
word: punti
lang: Latin
word: pala
lang: Latvian
word: banāns
lang: Macedonian
word: бана́на
roman: banána
lang: Malay
word: pokok pisang
lang: Brunei Malay
word: puhun pisang
lang: Brunei Malay
word: pukuk pisang
lang: Malayalam
word: വാഴ
roman: vāḻa
lang: Maltese
word: banana
lang: Mon
word: တၞံဗြာတ်
roman: tnaṁ brāt
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: bananplante
lang: Occitan
word: bananièr
lang: Polish
word: bananowiec
lang: Polish
word: banan
lang: Portuguese
word: bananeira
lang: Romagnol
word: banân
lang: Romanian
word: bananier
lang: Romanian
word: banan
lang: Russian
word: бана́н
roman: banán
lang: Russian
word: бана́новое де́рево
roman: banánovoje dérevo
lang: Sanskrit
word: कदल
roman: kadala
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: бана́на
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: banána
lang: Slovak
word: banánovník
lang: Slovene
word: bananovec
lang: Spanish
word: bananero
lang: Spanish
word: banano
lang: Swahili
word: mgomba
lang: Swedish
word: bananplanta
lang: Tagalog
word: puno ng saging
lang: Tamil
word: வாழை
roman: vāḻai
lang: Tatar
word: банан
roman: banan
lang: Telugu
word: అరటిచెట్టు
roman: araṭiceṭṭu
lang: Telugu
word: అంటిచెట్టు
roman: aṇṭiceṭṭu
lang: Tetum
word: hudi
lang: Tetum
word: hudi-hun
lang: Thai
word: ต้นกล้วย
lang: Vietnamese
word: (cây) chuối
lang: Welsh
word: coed bananas