ananas

Etymology

Either directly from Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”), or from the taxonomic name thence derived, Ananas, likely under the influence of the many other languages which use the Old Tupi-derived designation ananas for the fruit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ənāʹnəs, ənäʹnəs; IPA^(key): /əˈneɪnəs/, /əˈnɑːnəs/

Noun

ananas (plural ananasses)

1. (obsolete) Pineapple.

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]

Noun

ananas m

1. pineapple

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ananas/, [ˈananas]

Noun

ananas c (singular definite ananassen, plural indefinite ananas or ananasser)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Further reading

• ananas on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Alternative forms

• annanas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ.nɑ.nɑs/

• Audio (Almere, Netherlands)

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Noun

ananas f, m (plural ananassen, diminutive ananasje n)

1. pineapple

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish ananas, from French ananas, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Tupian or Guaraní [Term?].

Noun

ananas n (genitive singular ananas, plural ananas)

1. pineapple (fruit, plant)

Etymology

< taxonomic genus Ananas

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple (plant and fruit)

Anagrams

• ansaan, ansana, sanaan, sanana

Etymology

Introduced into French from settlers visiting the Indies; from Old Tupi nanas (“excellent fruit”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.nas/, /a.na.na/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): [zɑ̃nɑ̃na]
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ananas m (plural ananas)

1. pineapple

References

• “ananas” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːna(ː)nas/

Noun

ananas m (genitive singular ananass, nominative plural ananasar)

1. pineapple ^syn.

Etymology

From Portuguese ananás, from Guaraní naná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.nas/, [ˈaː.n̺a.n̺as̺]; (rare) /a.naˈnas/, [a.n̺aˈn̺as̺]
• Hyphenation: à‧na‧nas; (rare): a‧na‧nàs

Noun

ananas m (invariable)

1. pineapple

Noun

ananas f

1. an ananas
   • 1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71:

     De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...]
     [Note: Here the word is indeclinable (in the singular).]

   • 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):

     Acosta Ananas historiam nunc adscribamus. [...] Ananas fructus est [...] Ananas siluestris, folio aloes fructu Cupressino. [picture] Altius alsurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur:

   • 1704, Joannes Raius, Historiae Plantarum tomus tertius, London, page 638–639 and 665:

     Ad Cap. De Ananas. 1. Ananas sylv. non spinosa [...] 2. Ananas sylvestris Brasiliana [...] Ananas vulgaris habet spinas ad margines foliorum omnes sursum tendentes. [..] 3. Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, nostratibus Barbados & Jamaicae insularum colonis Pinguin dicta Pluk. Almag. Botan. T. 258. F. 4. [...]

     [...] cum Anana sylvstri Acosta

     [Note: Here the word is feminine and both indeclinable (in the singular) and of the first declension.]

   • 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):

     Pinguin nomine passim in Hortis Curiosorum & in Insulis Anglorum Americanis nota est haec planta, quae folia, modum nascendi & faciem cum Anana communem habet [...] Porro corona foliosa, quam Ananas gerit, huic generi deest: foliorum aculei rigidiores sunt, majores & minus, ac in Anana, crebri. [...] E mediis foliis scapus exit crassus, unciali & sesquiunciali diametro praeditus, teres, brevior & robustior, quam Ananae, minus etiam nudus, dictis foliis rubentibus, ad basim squamatim eum amplectenibus, cinctus, e quo dein superiora versus aliae squamae breviores, latae, membranaceae, exsuccae, obsolete albidae progrediuntur, & ex harum sinu flores & embryones in spicam pyramidatam digesti nascuntur, pediculo communi crasso brevi insidentes, inferius plures, tres, quatuor & quinque, superius pauciores, gemini & tandem solitarii. [...] De eo mihi constat, esse plantam, quae vocatur Ananas Americana sylvestris altera minor, Barbados & Insulae Jamaicae nostratibus colonis Pinguin dicta Pluken. Alm. p. 29. Tab. 258. f. 4. quae figura ad juniorem plantam minore quantitate facta est sine floribus, nec aliam ejus vel cum, vel fine floribus iconem prostare memini.
     [Note: Here the word is of the first declension.]

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás or Spanish ananás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ananas/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananaser, definite plural ananasene)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás or Spanish ananás.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑnɑnɑs/
• Rhymes: -ɑs

Noun

ananas m (definite singular ananasen, indefinite plural ananasar, definite plural ananasane)

1. a pineapple (plant, fruit)

References

• “ananas” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈna.nas/

• Audio (Poland)

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Noun

ananas m (diminutive ananasek or ananasik)

1. pineapple (plant)
2. pineapple (fruit)

Further reading

• ananas in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Etymology

Borrowed from French ananas.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Noun

ananas m (plural ananași)

1. pineapple (plant)
2. pineapple (fruit)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ânanas/
• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nas

Noun

ȁnanas m (Cyrillic spelling а̏нанас)

1. pineapple

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈáːnanas/
• Tonal orthography: ȃnanas

Noun

ánanas m inan (genitive ánanasa, nominative plural ánanasi)

1. pineapple

Noun

ananas c

1. pineapple

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ananas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈanaˌnas/

Noun

ananas

1. pineapple(s)

Etymology

Borrowed from French ananas, from Portuguese ananás (“pineapple”), from Guaraní naná.

Noun

ananas (definite accusative ananası, plural ananaslar)

1. pineapple

Noun

ananas c (plural ananassen)

1. pineapple