Ananas
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Ananas nanus
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ananas"
Translingual
Etymology
Ultimately from Old Tupi ananá.
Proper noun
Ananas m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – pineapple and similar plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; 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
Derived terms
References
Ananas on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ananas on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ananas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Ananas at USDA Plants database
- Ananas at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Ananas at the Catalogue of Life
- Ananas at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Ananas at The Plant List
German
Etymology
16th century, from Middle French ananas and/or Dutch ananas, themselves from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi nana.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ananas f (genitive Ananas, plural Ananas or Ananasse)
- pineapple
- 1839, Jakob Ernst von Reider, Die treue Kundgebung des Geheimnisses, Augsburg, page 16:
- Die Arten der Ananas. Die Pflanze. Man kennt über 15 Arten Ananas.
- The types of Ananas. The plant. One knows over 15 types of Ananas.
- (Austria) strawberry
- Synonym: Erdbeere
Declension
Declension of Ananas
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Ananas” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ananas” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ananas” in Duden online
- Ananas on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- annanas (Veldeke spelling)
- Annanass (Eupen, spelling)
- Ane̩nas (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi nanas.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ananas f (plural Ananasse or Ananase̩) (German-based spelling, Rheinische Dokumenta spelling)
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Noun
Ananas m or f (plural Ananassen or Ananas)