Translingual

Ananas nanus

Proper noun

Ananas m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple and similar plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Bromeliaceae - family; Bromelioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ananas ananassoides, Ananas bracteatus, Ananas comosus, Ananas fritzmuelleri, Ananas lucidus, Ananas microcephalus, Ananas nanus, Ananas parguazensis - species

German

Etymology

From Old Tupi nanas ‎(“excellent fruit”), via Spanish or French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈananas]
• Hyphenation: A‧na‧nas

Noun

Ananas f ‎(genitive Ananas, plural Ananasse or Ananas)

1. Pineapple
2. Pineapples

Declension

or

Derived terms

• Ananasfrucht
• Ananasgewächs
• Ananaspflanze
• Ananassaft
• Ananasschneider

Luxembourgish

Noun

Ananas m ‎(plural Ananassen)

1. pineapple

English

Noun

ananas ‎(plural ananasses)

1. (obsolete) Pineapple.

Alternative forms

• anana

Translations

References

• “Ananas” listed on page 306 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]
    Ananas (ănēⁱ·năs, -ā·năs). Also anana. [So in most of the languages of Europe; app. from a native Peruvian name Nanas, it having been first seen by Europeans in Peru, and described under the name Nanas by André Thevenet, a monk, in 1555. Through mistaking the final -s for a plural sign, some have made the sing. anana.] [¶] 1. The pine-apple plant (Ananassa sativa) or fruit. [¶] 1613 Purchas Pilgr. I. v. xii. 431 Of their fruits Ananas is reckoned one of the best: In taste like an Apricocke, in shew a farre off like an Artichoke, but without prickles, very sweet of sent. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 219 The first ananas, or pine-apple, that was brought to perfection in England, grew in his [Sir M. Decker’s] garden at Richmond. 1727 Thomson Summer 685 Witness, thou best anâna, thou the pride Of vegetable Life. 1811 T. Baldwin (title) Short Practical Directions for the Culture of the Ananas, or Pine-apple Tree. 1841 D’Israeli Amen. Lit. II. 229 [Rawleigh] had given..England the Virginian tobacco, and perhaps the delicious ananas. [¶] 2. An allied West Indian fruit, the Penguin (Bromelia Pinguin). J.
• “ananas” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]

Czech

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple

Declension

Danish

ananas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ananas/, [ˈananas]

Noun

ananas c (singular definite ananassen, plural indefinite ananas or ananasser)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Inflection

Dutch

Ananas
Pineapple

Alternative forms

• annanas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.nɑ.nɑs/

Noun

ananas f, m ‎(plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje n)

1. pineapple

Faroese

Etymology

Borrowing from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Portuguese ananás ‎(“pineapple”), from Tupian or Guaraní [Term?].

Noun

ananas n (genitive singular ananas, plural ananas)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Declension

Finnish

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple

Declension

Anagrams

• ansaan, ansana, sanaan, sanana

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/^[1]
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ananas m ‎(plural ananas)

1. pineapple

References

1. ↑ “ananas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Noun

ananas m ‎(genitive singular ananass, nominative plural ananasar)

1. a pineapple ^syn.

Derived terms

Related terms

• sveigblöðkuætt ‎(“the pineapple family”)

Synonyms

• (pineapple): ^def. granaldin

Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese ananás, from Guaraní naná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, [ˈaː.n̺a.n̺as̺]; (rare) /a.naˈnas/, [a.n̺aˈn̺as̺]
• Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas; (rare)a‧na‧nàs

Noun

ananas m ‎(invariable)

1. pineapple

Norwegian Bokmål

ananas

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese ananás or Spanish ananás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑnɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m ‎(definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananaser, definite plural ananasene)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Portuguese ananás or Spanish ananás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑnɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m ‎(definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananasar, definite plural ananasane)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈna.nas]

Noun

ananas m ‎(diminutive ananasek or ananasik)

1. pineapple (plant)
2. pineapple (fruit)

Declension

Derived terms

• ananasowy

Romanian

ananași

Etymology

Borrowing from French ananas.

Noun

ananas m ‎(plural ananași)

1. pineapple (plant)
2. pineapple (fruit)

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ânanas/
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ȁnanas m ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̏нанас)

1. pineapple

Declension

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈáːnanas/
• Tonal orthography: ȃnanas

Noun

ánanas m inan ‎(genitive ánanasa, nominative plural ánanasi)

1. pineapple

Declension

Swedish

Noun

ananas c

1. pineapple

Declension

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Borrowing from German Ananas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanaˌnas/

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple(s)

Synonyms

• painap

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French ananas, from Portuguese ananás ‎(“pineapple”), from Guaraní naná.

Noun

ananas ‎(definite accusative ananası, plural ananaslar)

1. pineapple

Declension