noun · feminine
ananās
ananās f (indeclinable)
Meaning
- New Latinindeclinablepineapple
De Ananas. [...] Eius radix carduo eduli perquam similis est, sed & folia non sunt disparia, tametsi ad Ananas siluestris folia magis acedant. [...] De Ananas siluestri. Ananas siluestris descriptio. Altius assurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur: [...]
[Note: Here the word is indeclinable (in the singular).] (please add an English translation of this quotation)1582, Christophori a Costa Aromatum & medicamentorum in Orientali India nascentium liber, Antverpia, page 70–71Acosta Ananas historiam nunc adscribamus. [...] Ananas fructus est [...] Ananas siluestris, folio aloes fructu Cupressino. [picture] Altius alsurgit qui Ananas siluestris nuncupatur:
1651, Ioh. (= Joannes) Bauhinus and Ioh. Hen. (= Joannes Henricus) Cherlerus, Uniuersalis Plantarum Historiae = Historia plantarum uniuersalis, noua, et absolutissima, cum consensu et dissensu circa eas. Tomus III, Ebrodunum, page 95–96 (the book has pictures)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ananās | ananae |
| genitive | ananae | ananārum |
| dative | ananae | ananīs |
| accusative | ananān | ananās |
| ablative | ananā | ananīs |
| vocative | ananā | ananae |
Origins
Borrowed from Spanish ananás from Portuguese ananás or borrowed directly from Portuguese, from Old Tupi naná (“pineapple”).