banane
French, noun
banane is spelled B-A-N-A-N-E (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written French, the 9,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banane is a French feminine noun meaning “banana (the fruit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, banané is a different word: “past participle of bananer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit comestible du bananier, baie de forme allongée, d’abord vert puis jaune ponctué de taches noires à…”.
What does banane mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebanana (the fruit)
- 2
feminineslangchopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter)
- 3
femininebum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa)
- 4
femininepompadour, quiff (hairstyle)
- 5
feminineslangidiot, fool
verb
- 1
past participle of bananer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit comestible du bananier, baie de forme allongée, d’abord vert puis jaune ponctué de taches noires à maturité, à chair farineuse. 2. Sacoche fixée à une ceinture et portée sur le ventre. 3. Coiffure donnant au toupet une forme bombée et arrondie sur le front, rappelant une banane. 4. Nigaud, personne ayant une pensée naïve ou idiote.
noun: 1. Couleur vert bruni profond. #D1B606
adjective: 1. De couleur banane, d’un vert bruni profond. #D1B606
adjective: 1. Au goût de banane. 2. Decoré.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of banane
- bananes plural
- bananée feminine
- bananés masculine plural
- bananées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to banane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is banane in French?
banane appears 6.3 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).