banan

banan (plural banans)

1. (rare, informal) Banana.
   • 1991, George E. Pozzetta, Immigrants on the Land: Agriculture, Rural Life, and Small Towns:

     "Hundreds of them," he exclaimed, "may be seen in New Orleans today, three generations from Italy, still pushing carts, yelling 'Banans,' 'Banans,' 'Banans'!!"

• banna, naban

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana. Ultimately from Wolof banaana.

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banan (definite accusative bananı, plural bananlar)

1. banana

• “banan” in Obastan.com.

banan

1. kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

Borrowed from Russian банан (banan).

• Hyphenation: ba‧nan

banan

1. banana

   Synonym: muz

• “banan”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Borrowed from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan c (singular definite bananen, plural indefinite bananer)

1. banana (fruit)

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banan

1. accusative singular of bana

Borrowed from Danish banan, from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan f (genitive singular bananar, plural bananir)

1. banana (fruit)

• bananpálmi m

banan

1. inflection of banir:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

From French banane.

banan

1. banana

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananer, definite plural bananene)

1. a banana (fruit)

• bananrepublikk
• bananskall
• banansplitt

• “banan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From either Mande or Wolof banaana, via Spanish banana or Portuguese banana.

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

banan m (definite singular bananen, indefinite plural bananar, definite plural bananane)

1. banana (fruit)

• bananrepublikk
• bananskal

• “banan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from French banane, from Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana.

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.nan/

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• Rhymes: -anan
• Syllabification: ba‧nan

banan m inan

1. banana (plant)

   Synonym: bananowiec

banan m animal

1. banana (fruit)

banan m animal or banan m inan

1. (colloquial) cheeser (a wide smile)
2. (colloquial) banana boat (a boat resembling a banana)

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banan m pers (female equivalent bananówka)

1. (derogatory, slang) nouveau riche, rich kid, spoiled kid (a young person who has rich parents and brags about it)

   Synonym: bananowiec

   Zamknij się, bananie. ― Shut up, you spoiled brat.

• banan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• banan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Back-formation from banană

banan m (plural banani)

1. banana (plant)

From French banane.

banan

1. banana

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

• bananas (obsolete)

From Portuguese or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana. Cognate with Danish banan, Norwegian Bokmål banan, English banana, Dutch banaan and German Banane.

• IPA^(key): /baˈnɑːn/

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• Rhymes: -ɑːn

banan c

1. a banana
   • 1982, “Banankontakt av tredje graden [Banana encounter of the third kind ["närkontakt av tredje graden" (close contact of the third degree) is idiomatic for "close encounter of the third kind"]]”, Lasse Åberg (lyrics), Janne Schaffer (music), performed by Electric Banana Band:

     "Det är en fågel." "Nä, det är ett plan." "Nej, det är en superbanan!" Det är ett ljussken över staden. Nåt stort och gult som alla ser. Banankontakt av tredje graden. En fruktraket som kommer ner. Banankontakt är min takt. Banankontakt är din takt. Och din kontakt är min takt. Och min kontakt är din takt. Banankontakt är vår takt. Och vår kontakt är er takt. Och sambatakt i tretakt. Och er kontakt är vår takt. Banankontakt, banankontakt, banankontakt ... av tredje graden. Och dörren öppnas på raketen. Banankommandot kommer ut. "Nu sköter vi den här planeten, så eländet kan få ett slut." Banankontakt är ... [as before]. Det är ett skimmer över staden. Ett klokt och vackert guldgult ljus. Banankontakt av tredje graden, med frid och glädje i vart hus. Banankontant är ... [as before]. Bananerna kommer snart. Var redo!

     [kontakt also means plug or connector, and banankontakt also means banana connector] "It's a bird." "No, it's a plane." "No, it's a super banana!" There is a glow over the city. Something big and yellow that everyone sees. Banana encounter of the third kind. A fruit rocket coming down. [rest is sic] Banana contact is my beat. Banana contact is your beat. And your contact is my beat. And my contact is your beat. Banana contact is our beat. And our contact is your [plural, oblique] beat. And samba beat in triple time [literally, "three-bar"]. And your [plural, oblique] contact is our beat. Banana contact/encounter, banana contact, banana contact ... of the third kind [degree]. And the door opens on the rocket. The banana high command comes out. "Now we are running [taking care of, managing] this planet, so that the misery can come to an end." Banana contact is ... [as before]. There is a shimmer over the city. A wise and beautiful golden-yellow light. Banana encounter of the third kind, with peace and joy in every house [each house, implying all houses]. Banana contact is ... [as before]. The bananas are coming soon. Be ready!

• guleböj

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /²bɑːnan/

banan

1. definite singular of bana

• banan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• banan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• banna

Borrowed from Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan (definite accusative banany, plural bananlar)

1. banana

• “banan” in Webonary.org

From Russian бана́н (banán), from French banane, from Portuguese banana or Spanish banana, from Wolof banaana.

banan (plural bananlar)

1. banana

• bananzor