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Albanian
Noun
banane
- banana
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese banana, from a Niger-Congo language spoken in the Guinea region.[1] See Portuguese banana for more information.
Pronunciation
Noun
banane f (plural bananes)
- banana (the fruit)
- (slang) chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter)
- bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa)
- pompadour, quiff (hairstyle)
- (slang) idiot, fool
1985, Robert Zemeckis, Back to the Future:Tu veux ma photo, banane ?- ?
Derived terms
References
- ^ Bloch, Oscar, W. von Wartburg (1964) “banane”, in Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française, 4th edition, Presses universitaires de France, →OCLC, page 55
Further reading
Friulian
Noun
banane f (plural bananis)
- banana
Italian
Noun
banane f
- plural of banana
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French banane, ultimately from a West African language such as Wolof banaana.
Pronunciation
Noun
banane f (plural bananes)
- (Jersey) banana
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
Noun
banane m or f
- definite masculine plural of bane (Etymology 1)
Etymology 2
Noun
banane m
- definite plural of bane (Etymology 2)
Romanian
Noun
banane f pl
- plural of banană