English Pronunciation AHD: bə-nă'nə IPA: /bəˈnɑːnə/ SAMPA: /b@"nA:n@/ Noun banana (plural: bananas) a elongated curved fruit, which grows in bunches, and has a sweet creamy flesh and a smooth yellow skin. the tropical treelike plant which bears clusters of bananas. The plant, of the genus Musa, has large, elongated leaves and is related to the plantain. a yellow colour. Translations Balinese: biu Basque: platano, albo Catalan: banana (on this page), plàtan m Dutch: banaan f Esperanto: banano French: banane f Frisian: banaan German: Banane f Hausa: agade Hebrew: בננה f Indonesian: pisang Italian: banana f (on this page) Japanese: バナナ (banana) Norwegian: banan Romanian: banană f Spanish: banana (on this page), plátano m Tok Pisin: banana (on this page) Turkish: muz Vietnamese: chuối Adjective banana containing or having the taste of bananas. of a yellow colour. Related words See Appendix:Colours Catalan Noun banana f banana Synonyms plàtan m Italian Noun banana f banana Spanish Noun banana f banana Synonyms plátano m Tok Pisin banana banana
