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feminine

/ba.nan/

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Translation

banana

Word origin

Taken through Portuguese and Spanish from a language of the Guinea coast of West Africa, where the fruit was first met by European traders.

Origin: West African
Root: banana
English cognates: banana

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralbananes

Examples

He eats a banana before every match.

mûres .

The bananas are too ripe for the market.

This cake is made with bananas and sugar.

She slipped on a banana skin.

The monkey stole the boy's banana.

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This word is part of lesson 59.