English

Noun

banan ‎(plural banans)

1. (rare, informal) Banana.

Azeri

Etymology

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

Noun

banan ‎(definite accusative bananı, plural bananlar)

1. banana

Bambara

Noun

banan

1. kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra)

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

banan c (singular definite bananen, plural indefinite bananer)

1. banana (fruit)

Inflection

Derived terms

Esperanto

Adjective

banan

1. accusative singular of bana

Faroese

Etymology

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

Noun

banan f (genitive singular bananar, plural bananir)

1. banana (fruit)

Derived terms

• bananpálmi m

Inflection

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

Noun

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

1. a banana (fruit)

Derived terms

• bananrepublikk
• bananskall
• banansplitt

References

• “banan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.naːn/, [bɑ.ˈnaːn]

Noun

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

1. banana (fruit)

Derived terms

• bananrepublikk
• bananskal

References

• “banan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Portuguese banana, from Wolof banaana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbãn̪ãn̪]

Noun

banan m anim

1. banana

Declension

Derived terms

• bananowy

Swedish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈnɑːn/

Noun

banan c

1. a banana

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːˌnan/

Noun

banan

1. definite singular of bana

References

• banan in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

Turkmen

Etymology

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

Noun

banan ‎(definite accusative banany, plural bananlar)

1. banana

Uzbek

Etymology

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

Noun

banan ‎(plural bananlar)

1. banana