banana

[US]/bə'nɑːnə/
[UK]/bə'nænə/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. en søt og smakfull frukt som er lang og gult i farge, med lett fjerne skjell
Word Forms
Pluralbananas

Phrases & Collocations

ripe banana

mørt banaan

banana peel

banaanskal

banana smoothie

banaansmoothie

banana skin

banaanhud

top banana

toppbanaan

banana split

bananasplit

banana republic

banaanrepublikken

Example Sentences

dredge the bananas with sugar and cinnamon.

kjempe bananene med sukker og kanel.

he considers bananas a luxury.

han anser bananer som en luksus.

Their consignment of bananas was / were bad.

Deres leveranse av bananer var dårlig.

How many bananas are in the basket?

Hvor mange bananer er det i kurven?

Bananas have their own characteristic smell.

Bananer har sin egen karakteristiske lukt.

I slipped on a banana skin.

Jeg stakk over på en bananpels.

"A banana is mainly pulp, except for its skin."

"En banan består hovedsakelig av fruktkjertel, bortsett fra skjellene."

Would you like some bananas?

Vil du ha noen bananer?

she went bananas when I said I was going to leave the job.

hun gikk i panikk da jeg sa at jeg skulle forlate jobben.

the insurance market has an unhappy knack of slipping on banana skins.

forsikringsmarkedet har en trist tendens til å stikke over på bananpels.

The clock’s going bananas (= isn’t working correctly) .

Klokken går bananas (= fungerer ikke korrekt).

You can buy fruit here — oranges and bananas, for example.

Du kan kjøpe frukt her – appelsiner og bananer, for eksempel.

"Apples, oranges, and bananas are fruit."

"Pærer, appelsiner og bananer er frukt."

I like bananas, but I like oranges, too.

Jeg liker bananer, men jeg liker appelsiner også.

The girl was so satiated with bananas that she would not even look at one.

Jenta var så mættet av bananer at hun ikke engang ville se på en.

The new minister slipped on a banana skin before he had been in the job a week.

Den nye ministren stakk over på en bananpels før han hadde vært i jobben en uke.

She handed around bananas and sugar and invited us to eat.

Hun gav ut bananer og sukker og inviterte oss til å spise.

Banana Fusarium wilt disease, a kind of soilborne vascular disease infected by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, causes significant losses in banana production.

Banan Fusarium wilt-sykdom, en type jordbåren blodveissykdom som er infisert av Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, fører til betydelige tap i bananproduksjonen.

The agriculture minister said Bong County grows most of the country's cassava, eddoes, plantains, bananas and potatoes.

Jordbruksministeren sa at Bong-fylket produserer de fleste av landets maniok, eddoes, plantain, bananer og poteter.

Real-world Examples

She gets " some apples and bananas."

Hun får " noen epler og bananer."

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

And I will have a banana for lunch.

Og jeg skal ha en banan til frokost.

Source: 2018 Best Hits Compilation

Wang Bing, do you have a banana?

Wang Bing, har du en banan?

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Starting from Grade 3) Grade 4 Upper Volume

He's the creme de la top banana.

Han er krem de la top banan.

Source: The Growth History of a Little Princess

Yeah, well, we do need more yellow bananas.

Ja, vel, vi trenger flere gule bananer.

Source: White-collar English

Do you want this banana? Yes, I want.

Vil du ha denne bananen? Ja, jeg vil.

Source: Dad teaches you grammar.

Let me draw some bananas on the trees.

La meg tegne noen bananer på treene.

Source: Jiangsu Yilin Edition Oxford Primary English (Level 3) Grade 6 Upper Volume

Calling someone bananas is slang for silly or crazy.

Å kalle noen bananer er sleng for dum eller kretin.

Source: 6 Minute English

I actually eat a banana with every single meal.

Jeg spiser faktisk en banan med hver eneste måltid.

Source: 73 Quick Questions and Answers with Celebrities (Bilingual Selection)

I'd rather have bananas, I can eat bananas.

Jeg hadde hellere bananer, jeg kan spise bananer.

Source: Connection Magazine

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