banane

See also: Banane and banané

Albanian

Noun

banane

1. banana

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana, from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region. See Portuguese banana for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.nan/

• Audio:

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Noun

banane f (plural bananes)

1. banana (the fruit)
2. (slang) chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter)
3. bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa)
4. pompadour, quiff (hairstyle)
5. (slang) idiot, fool
   • 1985, Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future:

     Tu veux ma photo, banane ?

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• banane Gros Michel
• banane plantain
• bananeraie
• bananier
• peau de banane

Descendants

• Mauritian Creole: banan
• → Arabic: بَنَان (banān) (semantic loan)
• → Bulgarian: бана́н (banán)
• → Danish: banan
  • → Icelandic: banani
• → Hungarian: banán
• → Romanian: banană
• → Russian: бана́н (banán) (see there for further descendants)
• ⇒ Seychellois Creole: banan
• → Slovak: banán

Further reading

• “banane”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Noun

banane f (plural bananis)

1. banana

Italian

Noun

banane f

1. plural of banana

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French banane, ultimately from a West African language such as Wolof banaana.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

banane f (plural bananes)

1. (Jersey) banana

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• banene

Noun

banane m or f

1. definite masculine plural of bane (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

Noun

banane m

1. definite plural of bane (Etymology 2)

Romanian

Noun

banane f pl

1. plural of banană