ananás

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ananas"

Portuguese

ananás

Alternative forms

• ananá, anana, naná, nanás

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ananá. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. why -s?

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈna(j)s/ [a.naˈna(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.naˈna(j)s/ [a.naˈna(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.naˈna(j)ʃ/ [a.naˈna(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐˈnaʃ/

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧nás

Noun

ananás m (plural ananases)

1. pineapple (plant) [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: (chiefly Brazil) abacaxi

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ananás.

Descendants

• → Bengali: আনারস (anaroś)
• → Catalan: ananàs
• → German: Ananas
• → Greek: ανανάς (ananás)
• → Hindi: अनन्नास (anannās)
• → Marathi: अननस (annas)
• → Spanish: ananás (see there for further descendants)
• → Swahili: nanasi
• → Tetum: ananás

Further reading

• “ananás”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Slovak

ananás

Etymology

Derived from Portuguese ananás, from Guaraní naná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈananaːs/

Noun

ananás m inan (genitive singular ananásu, nominative plural ananásy, genitive plural ananásov, declension pattern of dub)

1. pineapple plant
2. pineapple fruit

Declension

Declension of ananás

	singular	plural
nominative	ananás	ananásy
genitive	ananásu	ananásov
dative	ananásu	ananásom
accusative	ananás	ananásy
locative	ananáse	ananásoch
instrumental	ananásom	ananásmi

Derived terms

• ananásový

References

• “ananás”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

ananás

Alternative forms

• ananá (Argentina, Uruguay)

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás, from Guaraní naná.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anaˈnas/ [a.naˈnas]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: a‧na‧nás

Noun

ananás m (plural ananás or ananases)

1. pineapple plant
2. pineapple fruit

   Synonym: piña

3. plural of ananá

Usage notes

• Note that the word piña is used more commonly for the pineapple fruit.

Descendants

• → French: ananas

Further reading

• “ananás”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tetum

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ananás.

Noun

ananás

1. pineapple

References

• “ananás”, in Dicionário infopédia: Tetum-English, Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024