LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

banāna

banāna f (genitive banānae)
Classical[baˈnaː.na]Ecclesiastical[baˈnaː.na]

Meaning

  1. New Latinbanana
    Illi amicabiliter ad navem noſtram appellentes, tantum Cocorum ac Bananarum nobis obtulerunt numerum, ut quilibet in navi nuces 50. duos Bananarum corbes eo die lucraretur.1619, Americæ pars undecima: Seu descriptio admirandi itineris a Guilielmo Schouten Hollando peracti: […], Oppenheim: Typis Hieronymi Galleri, page 41:
    Tabaci, Cocorum, Bananarum, oryzæ, piſorum, fabarum, porcorum, gallinarum & piſcium nobis faciebant copiam.1622, Antonio de Herrera [y Tordesillas], translated by C[aspar] Barlæus, Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis, […], Amsterdam: Apud Michaelem Colinium Bibliopolam, ad insigne Libri Domestici, page 71:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativebanānabanānae
genitivebanānaebanānārum
dativebanānaebanānīs
accusativebanānambanānās
ablativebanānābanānīs
vocativebanānabanānae

Origins

Internationalism. Vowel length cannot be properly ascribed, but the word-stress is surely on the second syllable.

Quick answers

What does banāna mean in Latin?
banāna, a noun, means “banana”.
What is the genitive of banāna?
The genitive singular is banānae. banāna is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce banāna?
In classical Latin, [baˈnaː.na]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [baˈnaː.na].