ananas

== English == === Etymology === From Italian ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, adapted from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ənāʹnəs, ənäʹnəs; IPA(key): /əˈneɪnəs/, /əˈnɑːnəs/ === Noun === ananas (plural ananases or ananasses) (rare) Pineapple. (rare) Bromelia pinguin, a plant with edible fruit. ==== Alternative forms ==== anana ==== Translations ==== === References === “Ananas” listed on page 306 of volume I (A–B) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1885]  Ananas (ănēⁱ·năs, -ā·năs). Also anana. [So in most of the languages of Europe; app. from a native Peruvian name Nanas, it having been first seen by Europeans in Peru, and described under the name Nanas by André Thevenet, a monk, in 1555. Through mistaking the final -s for a plural sign, some have made the sing. anana.] [¶] 1. The pine-apple plant (Ananassa sativa) or fruit. [¶] 1613 Purchas Pilgr. I. v. xii. 431 Of their fruits Ananas is reckoned one of the best: In taste like an Apricocke, in shew a farre off like an Artichoke, but without prickles, very sweet of sent. 1714 Mandeville Fab. Bees (1733) II. 219 The first ananas, or pine-apple, that was brought to perfection in England, grew in his [Sir M. Decker’s] garden at Richmond. 1727 Thomson Summer 685 Witness, thou best anâna, thou the pride Of vegetable Life. 1811 T. Baldwin (title) Short Practical Directions for the Culture of the Ananas, or Pine-apple Tree. 1841 D’Israeli Amen. Lit. II. 229 [Rawleigh] had given..England the Virginian tobacco, and perhaps the delicious ananas. [¶] 2. An allied West Indian fruit, the Penguin (Bromelia Pinguin). J. “ananas” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989] == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná. First attested in the 19th century. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈananas] === Noun === ananas m inan (relational adjective ananasový) pineapple ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “ananas”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “ananas”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “ananas”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Etymology === From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈananas/, [ˈananas] === Noun === ananas c (singular definite ananassen, plural indefinite ananas or ananasser) pineapple (fruit, plant) ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Faroese: ananas → Greenlandic: ananassi → Icelandic: ananas === Further reading === “ananas” in Den Danske Ordbog “ananas” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog ananas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Alternative forms === annanas (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ananás or Portuguese ananás, ultimately from Old Tupi naná. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑ.nɑ.nɑs/, /ˈɑ.naː.nɑs/ Hyphenation: ana‧nas === Noun === ananas f or m (plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje n) pineapple (plant or fruit of Ananas comosus or, rarely, another member of the genus Ananas) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Berbice Creole Dutch: nanasi Negerhollands: anas → Caribbean Hindustani: ajanás → Lokono: nana → Malay: nanas, nenas (nonstandard)Indonesian: nanas→ Iban: nanas→ Maguindanao: nanas → Sranan Tongo: n'nasi → Kari'na: nana → West Frisian: ananas === References === van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ananas”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute === Further reading === ananas on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Faroese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Noun === ananas n (genitive singular ananas, plural ananas) pineapple (fruit, plant) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === "ananas" at Sprotin.fo == Finnish == === Etymology === From French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑnɑnɑs/, [ˈɑ̝nɑ̝nɑ̝s̠] Rhymes: -ɑnɑnɑs Syllabification(key): a‧na‧nas Hyphenation(key): ana‧nas === Noun === ananas pineapple (plant and fruit) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “ananas”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 === Anagrams === ansaan, ansana, sanaan, sanana == French == === Etymology === Introduced into French from settlers visiting the Indies; from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/ ~ /a.na.nɑ/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): [zɑ̃nɑ̃na] Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas === Noun === ananas m (invariable) pineapple ==== Descendants ==== Burmese: နာနတ် (nanat) Saint Dominican Creole French: z'anana → Danish: ananas → Faroese: ananas → Greenlandic: ananassi → Icelandic: ananas → Esperanto: ananaso Turkish: ananas === Further reading === “ananas”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Icelandic == === Etymology === Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːna(ː)nas/ === Noun === ananas m (genitive singular ananass, nominative plural ananasar) pineapple Synonym: granaldin ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== sveigblöðkuætt (“the pineapple family”) == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, (rare) /a.naˈnas/ Rhymes: -ananas, (rare) -as Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas, (rare) a‧na‧nàs === Noun === ananas m (invariable) pineapple === Anagrams === annasa == Kashubian == === Etymology === Internationalism; possibly borrowed from Polish ananas or German Ananas, ultimately from Old Tupi naná. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈna.nas/ Rhymes: -anas Syllabification: a‧na‧nas === Noun === ananas m inan (related adjective ananasowi) pineapple (plant) pineapple (fruit) === Further reading === Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “ananas”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition Jan Trepczyk (1994), “ananas”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “ananas”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2] “ananas”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022 == Latin == === Alternative forms === ananāsa ananassa ananas, -atis === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Noun === ananās f (indeclinable) ananās m (genitive ananae); first declension (botany, New Latin) pineapple 1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71: 1651, Ioh. (= Joannes) Bauhinus and Ioh. Hen. (= Joannes Henricus) Cherlerus, Uniuersalis Plantarum Historiae = Historia plantarum uniuersalis, noua, et absolutissima, cum consensu et dissensu circa eas. Tomus III, Ebrodunum, page 95–96 (the book has pictures): 1732, Johannes Jacobus Dillenius, Plantarum rariorum horti elthamensis tomus alter, which followed Hortus elthamensis seu Plantarum rariorum (London, 1732), page 320–321 (the book has pictures): ==== Usage notes ==== The feminine gender could belong to the indeclinable noun ananas only. Latin first declension nouns ending in -ās (genitive -ae) usually are borrowed from Ancient Greek and are masculine in Latin and Ancient Greek (compare Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension). By analogy the declinable noun ananas could be masculine too (like translingual Ananas m, Modern Greek ανανάς m (ananás), French ananas m, Italian ananas m, Portuguese ananás m, Spanish ananás m). ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable or first declension Greek. When declinable: First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās). == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ananas/ Rhymes: -ɑs === Noun === ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananaser, definite plural ananasene) a pineapple (plant, fruit) === References === “ananas” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑnːɑnɑs/ Rhymes: -ɑs === Noun === ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananasar, definite plural ananasane) a pineapple (plant, fruit) === References === “ananas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Internationalism; compare French ananas, German Ananas, Russian анана́с (ananás), ultimately from Old Tupi naná. First attested in 1740. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈna.nas/ Rhymes: -anas Syllabification: a‧na‧nas === Noun === ananas m inan (related adjective ananasowy) pineapple (any plant of the genus Ananas) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === ananas m inan or m animal (related adjective ananasowy) pineapple (fruit of this plant) świeży ananas ― fresh pineapple plaster ananasa ― pineapple slice puszka ananasów ― can of pineapples krążki ananasa ― pineapple rings kawałki ananasa ― pineapple pieces pokroić ananasa ― to slice a pineapple jeść ananasa ― to eat pineapple ==== Declension ==== === Noun === ananas m pers imp, urchin (person who acts inappropriately) [from 20th c.] Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urwis ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === ananas in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ananas in Polish dictionaries at PWN ananas in PWN's encyclopedia Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “ananas”, in Słownik języka polskiego Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ananas”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861 J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “ananas”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 34 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). First attested in 1796. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.na.ˈnas/ Rhymes: -as Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas === Noun === ananas m (plural ananași) pineapple (plant, fruit) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ananas”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ânanas/ Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas === Noun === ȁnanas m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̏нанас) pineapple ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ananas”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /áːnanas/ === Noun === ȃnanas m inan pineapple ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ananas”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === ananas c pineapple ==== Declension ==== == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Ananas, from Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanaˌnas/ === Noun === ananas pineapple(s) ==== Synonyms ==== painap == Turkish == === Etymology === From Ottoman Turkish آناناس, from French ananas, from Spanish ananás, Portuguese ananás, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ.nɑˈnɑs/ === Noun === ananas (definite accusative ananası, plural ananaslar) pineapple ==== Declension ==== == West Frisian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch ananas, from Spanish ananás. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈanənas/ === Noun === ananas c (plural ananassen, diminutive ananaske) pineapple ==== Further reading ==== “ananas”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011