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noun[C]
A banana: a long, curved, yellow tropical fruit with soft sweet flesh.
/ba.nan/
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed into French through Portuguese or Spanish banana, probably from a West African language such as Wolof.
Examples
Je mange une banane au petit déjeuner.
/ʒə mɑ̃ʒ yn ba.nan o pə.ti de.ʒœ.ne/
I eat a banana for breakfast.
Les bananes mûres sont très sucrées.
/le ba.nan myʁ sɔ̃ tʁɛ sy.kʁe/
Ripe bananas are very sweet.
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