different between bananas vs plantain

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??n??n?z/
• (US) enPR: b?-n?'n?z, IPA^(key): /b??næn?z/

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Adjective

bananas (comparative more bananas, superlative most bananas)

1. Crazy, mad, nuts.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 377]:

     I am astonished, really astonished, that you didn't put away some dough. You must be bananas.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

• go bananas

Related terms

• bananapants

French

Verb

bananas

1. second-person singular past historic of bananer

Lithuanian

Noun

banãnas m (plural banãnai) stress pattern 2

1. banana (fruit)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable?)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

Not an officially recognised word, but it sees a lot of use.

Synonyms

• (bananas, crazy): gal, sprø, kokkeliko, klin kokos, ikke riktig, ikke riktig klok

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from English.

Adjective

bananas (indeclinable?)

1. bananas, crazy

Usage notes

As above.

Derived terms

• gå bananas (“go bananas”)

Portuguese

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Spanish

Noun

bananas

1. plural of banana

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ba?nanas/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ba?na?naz/, /ba?nanaz/

Noun

bananas f pl

1. plural of banana

Mutation

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?plant(e)?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?plænt?n/, IPA^(key): /?plæn.te?n/

Etymology 1

From Middle English planteyne, planteyn, from Anglo-Norman plainteine et al., Old French plaintain, from Latin plant?ginem (“plantain”), accusative of plant?g?, from planta (“sole”), a nasalized form of Proto-Indo-European *pleth?- (“flat; to spread”), because of the broad, flat shape of the plantain leaves.

Noun

plantain (plural plantains)

1. A plant of the genus Plantago, with a rosette of sessile leaves about 10 cm long with a narrow part instead of a petiole, and with a spike inflorescence with the flower spacing varying widely among the species. See also psyllium.
   • 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society 2007, p. 225:

     The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.

   • 2003, Michael Hofmann, translating Ernst Jünger, Storm of Steel, Penguin 2004, p. 41:

     The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.

Synonyms

• waybread
• fleawort

Derived terms

• common plantain
• greater plantain
• mud plantain
• ribwort plantain
• robin's plantain
• water plantain

Translations

References

• Plantago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plantago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Plantago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From Spanish plantano, obsolete variant of plátano, from Galibi Carib platana (“banana”).

Noun

plantain (plural plantains)

1. A plant in the genus Musa, the genus that includes banana, but with lower sugar content than banana.
2. The fruit of the plant, usually cooked before eating and used like potatoes.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:plantain.

Related terms

• banana plantain
• bocadillo plantain
• cooking plantain
• plantain cutter
• plantain eater (Musophagidae)
• plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
• plantain tree

Translations

References

• plantain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Musa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Musa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• banana

Anagrams

• plainant

Basque

Etymology

Eventually from Latin plantaginem, accusative of plantago.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /plan.ta?/

Noun

plantain inan

1. plantain

   Synonym: zainbelar

Declension

Further reading

• “plantain” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “plantain” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pl??.t??/

Etymology 1

From Old French plantain, from Latin plant?g?, plant?ginem.

Noun

plantain m (plural plantains)

1. plantain, any plant of genus Plantago

Etymology 2

From banane plantain

Noun

plantain m (plural plantains)

1. plantain (fruit of the genus Musa)

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

From Latin plant?g?, plant?ginem.

Noun

plantain m (oblique plural plantainz, nominative singular plantainz, nominative plural plantain)

1. plantain, any plant of genus Plantago

Descendants

• English: plantain
• French: plantain