bananas

See also: BANANAs, banānas, and banānās

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈnɑː.nəz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) enPR: bə-nă'nəz, IPA^(key): /bəˈnæ.nəz/

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Adjective

bananas (comparative more bananas, superlative most bananas)

1. Crazy, mad, nuts.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane

   • 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 377:

     I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.

   • 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 12 July 2023:

     The ensuing snarknado also seemed to goose the TV ratings. Hundreds of thousands of viewers switched on the movie after it began, suggesting that they’d gotten wind through Twitter of the bananas spectacle that was unfolding.

   • 2023 October 5, Damian Carrington, “‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat”, in The Guardian‎, UK:

     “September was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist, absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,” said Zeke Hausfather, at the Berkeley Earth climate data project.

Derived terms

• banoodles
• go bananas

Related terms

• bananapants

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Verb

bananas

1. second-person singular past historic of bananer

Lithuanian

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Borrowed from English banana?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

banãnas m (plural banãnai) stress pattern 2

1. banana (fruit)

Declension

Declension of banãnas

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	banãnas	banãnai
genitive (kilmininkas)	banãno	banãnų
dative (naudininkas)	banãnui	banãnams
accusative (galininkas)	banãną	bananùs
instrumental (įnagininkas)	bananù	banãnais
locative (vietininkas)	bananè	banãnuose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	banãne	banãnai

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

Not an officially recognised word, but it sees a lot of use.

Synonyms

• (bananas, crazy): gal, sprø, kokkeliko, klin kokos, ikke riktig, ikke riktig klok

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable?)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

As above.

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

Portuguese

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Spanish

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈnanas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /baˈna(ː)naz/

Noun

bananas f pl

1. plural of banana

Mutation

Mutated forms of bananas

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bananas	fananas	mananas	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.