See also: Banane and banané

Albanian

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Noun

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banane

  1. banana

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Portuguese banana, from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region.[1] See Portuguese banana for more information.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.nan/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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

References

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  1. ^ Bloch, Oscar, W. von Wartburg (1964) “banane”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française[1], 4th edition, Presses universitaires de France, →OCLC, page 55

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Friulian

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Noun

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banane f (plural bananis)

  1. banana

Italian

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Noun

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banane f

  1. plural of banana

Norman

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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banane f (plural bananes)

  1. (Jersey) banana

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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banane m or f

  1. definite masculine plural of bane (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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banane m

  1. definite plural of bane (Etymology 2)

Romanian

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banane f pl

  1. plural of banană