"banaan" meaning in Dutch

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Noun

IPA: /baːˈnaːn/ Audio: Nl-banaan.ogg Forms: bananen [plural], banaantje [diminutive, neuter], bananne [alternative, archaic]
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese banana, probably from a West African language. Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|pt|banana}} Portuguese banana Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-en|+}} banaan f (plural bananen, diminutive banaantje n)
  1. banana Tags: feminine Synonyms: bacove, pisang
    Sense id: en-banaan-nl-noun-tJPUg2Sv Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fruits Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Fruits: 31 31 38
  2. (Suriname) plantain Tags: Suriname, feminine Synonyms: bakbanaan
    Sense id: en-banaan-nl-noun-3gy0mUXG Categories (other): Surinamese Dutch, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fruits Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Fruits: 31 31 38
  3. (offensive, ethnic slur) black person, person of African heritage Tags: ethnic, feminine, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-banaan-nl-noun-OQnYwYtI Categories (other): Dutch ethnic slurs, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Fruits Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Fruits: 31 31 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bakbanaan, bananenboom, bananenbrood, bananenplant, bananenrepubliek, bananenschil, gaan met die banaan

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "word": "banana"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Skepi Creole Dutch",
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      "word": "banan"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "djk",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed",
        "uncertain"
      ],
      "word": "baana"
    },
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        {
          "lang": "Caribbean Hindustani",
          "lang_code": "hns",
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        },
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          "lang": "Caribbean Javanese",
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          ],
          "word": "banah"
        }
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        "uncertain"
      ],
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "banaantje",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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        "ba",
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-aːn"
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  ],
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    "Dutch terms derived from Portuguese",
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    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/aːn",
    "Rhymes:Dutch/aːn/2 syllables",
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    {
      "word": "bakbanaan"
    },
    {
      "word": "bananenboom"
    },
    {
      "word": "bananenbrood"
    },
    {
      "word": "bananenplant"
    },
    {
      "word": "bananenrepubliek"
    },
    {
      "word": "bananenschil"
    },
    {
      "word": "gaan met die banaan"
    }
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      "word": "banana"
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      "lang_code": "djk",
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    },
    {
      "form": "banaantje",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "bananne",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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        "ba",
        "naan"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "banana"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "bacove"
        },
        {
          "word": "pisang"
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      ],
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      "ipa": "/baːˈnaːn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
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}

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