different between bananas vs underwear

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

Etymology

From under- +? wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??w??/, /??nd?w?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?w??/

Noun

underwear (uncountable)

1. Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
2. (colloquial) Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.
   • 1998, Banjo-Kazooie, Rareware.

   • 2006, Toni L. Meilleur, Tournament of Fire

     “A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.

Synonyms

• shreddies
• underclothes
• undergarment
• undies
• See also Thesaurus:underwear

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