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English

Etymology

From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), equivalent to pine +? apple. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch p?nappel, the Middle Low German pinappel, the Old High German p?napful, the Middle High German p?naphel, and the early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p??n?p?l, IPA^(key): /?pa?næp?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pa?n?p?l/, /?pa?n?æp?l/

Noun

pineapple (plural pineapples)

1. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
2. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
4. (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
5. A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
6. A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

7. (obsolete) A pinecone.
8. A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
9. (slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)

   Synonyms: grenade, hand grenade

10. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Synonyms

• pine (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana)
• (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
• (fruit): ananas

Derived terms

Related terms

• apple
• pine
• pine-apple

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese abacaxi (“pineapple”), from Old Tupi ibakatí.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ.b?.k???i/, /?æ.b?.k???i/

Noun

abacaxi (plural abacaxis)

1. A large Brazilian pineapple.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abacaxí (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Tupi ibakatí.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.?ba.ka.??i/, IPA^(key): /?.?ba.k?.??i/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?.b?.k?.??i/
• Hyphenation: a?ba?ca?xi

Noun

abacaxi m (plural abacaxis)

1. (Brazil) pineapple (fruit)

   Synonym: ananás (Portugal)

2. (Brazil) pineapple (plant)

   Synonyms: abacaxizeiro (Brazil), ananás (Portugal)

3. (Portugal) a certain fragrant, sweet cultivar of pineapple
4. (Brazil, slang) a difficult situation
5. (Brazil, military slang) pineapple (hand grenade)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abacaxi.

Derived terms

• descascar um abacaxi
• abacaxizal
• abacaxizeiro

Further reading

• “abacaxi” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913