banaan

See also: Banaan

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese banana, probably from a West African language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baːˈnaːn/
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  • Hyphenation: ba‧naan
  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

banaan m or f (plural bananen, diminutive banaantje n)

  1. banana
    Synonym: bacove
  2. (Suriname) plantain
    Synonym: bakbanaan
  3. (offensive, ethnic slur) black person, person of African heritage

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: banana
  • Negerhollands: banana
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: banan
  • →? Aukan: baana
  • →? Sranan Tongo: bana
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: báná
    • → Caribbean Javanese: banah

Estonian

Etymology

From German Banane.

Noun

banaan (genitive banaani, partitive banaani)

  1. banana

Inflection
Declension of banaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative banaan banaanid
accusative nom.
gen. banaani
genitive banaanide
partitive banaani banaane
banaanisid
illative banaani
banaanisse		 banaanidesse
banaanesse
inessive banaanis banaanides
banaanes
elative banaanist banaanidest
banaanest
allative banaanile banaanidele
banaanele
adessive banaanil banaanidel
banaanel
ablative banaanilt banaanidelt
banaanelt
translative banaaniks banaanideks
banaaneks
terminative banaanini banaanideni
essive banaanina banaanidena
abessive banaanita banaanideta
comitative banaaniga banaanidega

Further reading

Limburgish

Noun

banaan f

  1. Veldeke spelling spelling of Banaan

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch banaan, from Portuguese banana.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baˈnaːn/, /bəˈnaːn/

Noun

banaan c (plural bananen, diminutive banaantsje)

  1. banana

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “banaan”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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