noun
A long, curved fruit with yellow skin and soft, sweet flesh.
I eat a banana for breakfast.
These bananas are not ripe yet.
Common phrases & grammar
eat a banana · ripe banana · banana peel · banana bread
a + banana
eat + a banana
American English
How to pronounce banana
nounA1Common word
buhNAAnuh
/bəˈnæ.nə/
3 syllables · Stress the second syllable.
A long, curved fruit with yellow skin and soft, sweet flesh.
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Useful expressions
To become very excited, angry, or silly.
The fans went bananas when the team won.