pineapple

pineapple

English

Etymology

A split pineapple.

A pineapple-style hand grenade

From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), equivalent to pine +‎ apple. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel, the Middle Low German pinappel, the Old High German pīnapful, the Middle High German pīnaphel, and the early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña.

Pronunciation

• enPR: pīʹnăpəl, IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪnæpəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɪnəpəl/, /ˌpaɪnˈæpəl/

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Noun

pineapple (plural pineapples)

1. A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
2. The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
3. (uncountable) The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
4. (slang) An Australian fifty dollar note.
5. A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
6. A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).

   pineapple:  

7. (obsolete or dialectal) A pinecone; the cone of the fir.
8. A decorative carving of a pineapple fruit used as a symbol of hospitality.
9. (slang) A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)

   Synonyms: grenade, hand grenade

10. A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.

Synonyms

• pine (archaic except South Africa, Caribbean, Guyana)
• (plant): ananas, pineapple plant
• (fruit): ananas

Hypernyms

• fruit

Derived terms

• crazy pineapple
• pineapple bomb
• pineapple bun
• pineapple cake
• pineapple chunks
• pineapple cloth
• Pineapple Express
• pineapple fiber, pineapple fibre
• pineapple finial
• pineapple flower (Eucomis)
• pineapple grenade
• pineapple guava (Acca sellowiana)
• Pineapple Island
• pineapple jelly
• pineapple juice
• pineapple kernel
• pineapple melon
• pineapple mint (Mentha suaveolens)
• pineapple plant
• Pineapple Primary
• pineapple rum
• pineapple sage (Salvia elegans)
• pineapple seed
• pineapple shawl
• pineapple strawberry Fragaria × ananassa)
• pineapple tart
• pineapple test
• pineapple tree
• pineapple verbena (Nashia inaguensis)
• pineapple weed (Matricaria discoidea)
• pineapple wine
• sea pineapple
• twisted pineapple

Related terms

• apple
• pine
• pine-apple

Descendants

• → Japanese: パイナップル
  • → Yami: pinapo

Translations

plant

Afrikaans: pynappel (af) sg Akan: aborɔbɛ Arabic: أَنَانَاس‎ (ar) m (ʾanānās) Armenian: անանաս (hy) (ananas), արքայախնձոր (hy) (arkʿayaxnjor) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܵܢܵܣ‎ m (ananas) Assamese: মাটিকঁঠাল (matikõthal), আনাৰস (anarox) Asturian: piña (ast) f Belarusian: анана́с m (ananás) Bulgarian: анана́с (bg) m (ananás) Burmese: နာနတ် (my) (nanat) Catalan: pinya (ca) f, ananàs (ca) m Central Dusun: tintingabai Central Melanau: piseng Chamicuro: mawuli Chechen: ананас (ananas) Cherokee: ᏃᏥᎢyᎤᏍᏗᏒᎦᏔ (notsiiyusdisvgata) Chinese: Cantonese: 菠蘿 (yue), 菠萝 (bo1 lo4), 鳳梨, 凤梨 (fung6 lei4-2) (from Taiwan) Hakka: 黃梨, 黄梨 (vòng-lì) Mandarin: 菠蘿／菠萝 (zh) (bōluó) (mainland China), 鳳梨／凤梨 (zh) (fènglí) (Taiwan), 黃梨／黄梨 (zh) (huánglí) (Singapore, Malaysia) Min Nan: 王梨 (zh-min-nan) (ông-lâi) Czech: ananasovník (cs) m Danish: ananas (da) c Dutch: ananas (nl) m Esperanto: ananaso, ananasujo Estonian: ananass (et) Ewe: abable, atɔtɔ Farefare: aburbɛ Faroese: ananas n Finnish: ananas (fi), ananaskasvi (fi) French: ananas (fr) m Galician: piñeiro (gl) m, ananás (gl) m Georgian: ანანასი (ananasi) German: Ananas (de) f Greek: ανανάς (el) m (ananás) Greenlandic: ananassi Haitian Creole: annanna Hawaiian: hala kahiki Hebrew: אָנָנָס‎ (he) m (ananás) Hindi: अनानास m (anānās), अनन्नास (hi) m (anannās) Hungarian: ananász (hu) Icelandic: ananas (is) m Indonesian: nanas (id) Irish: anann m Italian: ananas (it) m, ananasso m Japanese: パイナップル (ja) (painappuru) Javanese: ꦏꦤꦱ꧀ (kanas) Kannada: ಅನಾನಸ್ (kn) (anānas) Kaqchikel: ch’op Kasem: aburbɛ Kazakh: ананас (ananas) Khmer: ម្នាស់ (km) (mnŏəh) Korean: 파인애플 (ko) (painaepeul) Lao: ຫມາກນັດ (māk nat) Latvian: ananass (lv) m, ananāss m Lithuanian: ananasas (lt) m Luhya: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: Ananas m Macedonian: ананас m (ananas) Malay: nanas (ms) Malayalam: കൈത (ml) (kaita) Marathi: अननस m (annas) Nahuatl: matzahtli (nah) Navajo: bilasáana diwozhí, hosh łikaní Norwegian: Bokmål: ananas (no) m Nynorsk: ananas m Ojibwe: zhingwaako-mishiimin Pali: kharattaca m, madhuketakī f, bahunettaphala n Persian: آناناس‎ (fa) (ânânâs) Polish: ananas (pl) m Portuguese: ananás (pt) m (Portugal), abacaxi (pt) m (Brazil) Romanian: ananas (ro) m Russian: анана́с (ru) m (ananás) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̏нанас m Roman: ȁnanas (sh) m Slovak: ananás (sk) m Spanish: piña (es) f, ananás (es) m Swahili: mnanasi Swedish: ananas (sv) c Tagalog: pinya Tamil: அன்னாசிப் பழம் (ta) (aṉṉācip paḻam) Telugu: అనాస పండు (anāsa paṇḍu) Thai: สับปะรด (th) (sàp-bpà-rót) Tibetan: ཐང་འབྲས (thang 'bras) Turkish: ananas (tr) Ukrainian: анана́с (uk) m (ananás) Urdu: اناناس‎ m (anānās), انناس‎ (anannās) Vietnamese: (cây) dứa (vi), (cây) thơm (vi) Welsh: pîn-afal (cy) m, afal pîn (cy) m West Frisian: ananas c Yiddish: אַנאַנאַס‎ m (ananas) Zazaki: ananas (diq) f

fruit

Acehnese: boh aneuh, haneuh Afrikaans: pynappel (af) Akan: aborɔbɛ Albanian: ananas (sq) m Amharic: አናናስ (ʾänanas) Arabic: أَنَانَاس‎ (ar) m (ʾanānās) Armenian: անանաս (hy) (ananas), արքայախնձոր (hy) (arkʿayaxnjor) Assamese: মাটিকঁঠাল (matikõthal), আনাৰস (anarox) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܵܢܵܢܵܣ‎ m (ananas) Asturian: piña (ast) f Aymara: achupaya, achupalla Azerbaijani: ananas (az) Banjarese: kanas Banyumasan: ꦤꦤꦱ꧀ (nanas) Basque: anana Belarusian: анана́с m (ananás) Bengali: আনারস (bn) (anarôsô) Brunei Malay: nanas Bulgarian: анана́с (bg) m (ananás) Burmese: နာနတ် (my) (nanat) Catalan: pinya (ca) f Cebuano: pinya Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵏⴰⵏⴰⵚ (ananaṣ) Central Dusun: tintingabai Chamicuro: mawuli Chechen: ананас (ananas) Cheyenne: šéstotó'emeno Chinese: Cantonese: 菠蘿 (yue), 菠萝 (bo1 lo4), 鳳梨, 凤梨 (fung6 lei4-2) (from Taiwan) Dungan: фынли (fɨnli), бәлуә (bəluə) Hakka: 黄梨, 黃梨 (vòng-lì) Mandarin: 菠蘿／菠萝 (zh) (bōluó) (mainland China), 鳳梨／凤梨 (zh) (fènglí) (Taiwan), 黃梨／黄梨 (zh) (huánglí) (Singapore, Malaysia) Min Bei: 菠蘿蜜, 菠萝蜜 (bó̤-lô̤-mĭ) Min Dong: 王梨 (uòng-lì), 黃梨 (uòng-lì) Min Nan: 王梨 (zh-min-nan) (ông-lâi) Wu: 菠蘿蜜, 菠萝蜜 (pu lu miq) Classical Nahuatl: matzahtli, matzatli Cornish: pinaval m Corsican: ananas Czech: ananas (cs) m Danish: ananas (da) Dhivehi: އަލަނާސި‎ (alanāsi) Dutch: ananas (nl) m Dzongkha: རྒྱ་ནག་ཀོང་ཙེ (rgya nag kong tse) Erzya: пичеумарь (pičeumarʹ) Ese: hainihoa Esperanto: ananaso Estonian: ananass (et) Ewe: abable, atɔtɔ Farefare: aburbɛ Faroese: ananas n Fiji Hindi: painap (hif) Finnish: ananas (fi) French: ananas (fr) m Galician: piña (gl) f, ananás (gl) m Georgian: ანანასი (ananasi) German: Ananas (de) f Greek: ανανάς (el) m (ananás) Greenlandic: ananassi Gujarati: અનનાસ (ananās), અનાનસ (anānas) Haitian Creole: zannanna Hausa: abarba f Hawaiian: hala kahiki, hala kea Hebrew: אָנָנָס‎ (he) m (ananás) Hindi: अनानास m (anānās), अनन्नास (hi) m (anannās) Hungarian: ananász (hu) Icelandic: ananas (is) m, (rare) granaldin n Ido: ananaso (io) Indonesian: nanas (id), nenas (id), ananas (id) Irish: anann m Italian: ananas (it) m Japanese: パイナップル (ja) (painappuru), 鳳梨 (ja) (ほうり, hōri) (rare) Javanese: ꦏꦤꦱ꧀ (kanas) Kannada: ಅನಾನಸ್ (kn) (anānas) Kaqchikel: ch’op Kasem: aburbɛ Kazakh: ананас (ananas) Khmer: ម្នាស់ (km) (mnŏəh) Kongo: nanasi Korean: 파인애플 (ko) (painaepeul) Kyrgyz: ананас (ky) (ananas) Lao: ຫມາກນັດ (māk nat) Latvian: ananass (lv) m Lingala: ananási Lithuanian: ananasas (lt) m Luxembourgish: Ananas m Lü: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: ананас m (ananas) Malagasy: mananasy (mg) Malay: nanas (ms) Malayalam: കൈതച്ചക്ക (ml) (kaitaccakka) Manx: annane Maori: paināporo Maranao: nanas (nɔm ənat) Marathi: अननस m (annas) Mbyá Guaraní: karaguata'i Mongolian: хан боргоцой (xan borgocoj), ананас (mn) (ananas) Moore: anana Nahuatl: matzahtli (nah) Navajo: bilasáana diwozhí, hosh łikaní Neapolitan: ananassas Nepali: भुइँ कटहर (bhuĩ kaṭahar) Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: ananas (no) m Nynorsk: ananas m Occitan: ananàs (oc) m Ojibwe: zhingwaako-mishiimin Pali: kharattaca m, madhuketakī f, bahunettaphala n Persian: آناناس‎ (fa) (ânânâs) Polish: ananas (pl) m Portuguese: ananás (pt) m (Portugal), abacaxi (pt) m (Brazil) Quechua: chirimaway Romanian: ananas (ro) m Romansch: ananas f Russian: анана́с (ru) m (ananás) Rusyn: анана́с m (ananás) Samoan: pineapu Sanskrit: अनास (sa) m or n (anāsa) Scottish Gaelic: ubhal-ghiuthais m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̏нанас m Roman: ȁnanas (sh) m Shan: please add this translation if you can Sindhi: अनानास (anānās), अनास (anās) Sinhalese: අන්නාසි (si) (annāsi) Slovak: ananás (sk) m Slovene: ananas (sl) m Southern Thai: ยานัด Spanish: piña (es) f, ananás (es) m Sundanese: ᮌᮔᮞ᮪ (ganas), ᮓᮔᮞ᮪ (danas) Swahili: nanasi (sw) Swedish: ananas (sv) Sylheti: ꠀꠘꠣꠘꠣꠍ (ananasó), ꠀꠘꠣꠞꠡ (anarośo) Tagalog: pinya Tahitian: painapo Tajik: ананас (tg) (ananas) Tamil: அன்னாசி (ta) (aṉṉāci) Telugu: పైనాపిల్ (paināpil) Tetum: ai-nanás, ananás Thai: สับปะรด (th) (sàp-bpà-rót) Tibetan: ཐང་འབྲས (thang 'bras) Tigrinya: ኣናናስ (ʾananas) Tok Pisin: painap, ananas Tongan: fainā Tsonga: xihenge Tumbuka: chinanazi Turkish: ananas (tr) Turkmen: ananas (tk) Ukrainian: анана́с (uk) m (ananás) Urdu: اناناس‎ (anānās) Uyghur: ئاناناس‎ (ananas) Uzbek: ananas (uz) Vietnamese: (trái) dứa (vi), (quả) thơm (vi), khóm (vi), huyền nương Waray-Waray: pinya Welsh: pinafal (cy) m West Frisian: ananas Wolof: sanaanaa Yami: pinapo Yiddish: אַנאַנאַס‎ (ananas) Zazaki: ananas (diq) f Zhuang: bohloz Zulu: uphayinaphu (zu) class 1a/2a

slang: hand grenade

Bulgarian: ръчна граната f (rǎčna granata) Chinese: Cantonese: 菠蘿手榴彈, 菠萝手榴弹 (bo1 lo4 sau2 lau4 daan6-2) Mandarin: 菠蘿手榴彈／菠萝手榴弹 (bōluó shǒuliúdàn) German: Handgranate (de) f Japanese: パイナップル (ja) (painappuru) Portuguese: abacaxi (pt) m (Brazil) Russian: лимо́нка (ru) f (limónka)

slang: hairstyle

Norwegian: Bokmål: grorudpalme (no) m

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