bananeira
Portuguese, noun/ba.naˈne(j).ɾɐ/
bananeira is spelled B-A-N-A-N-E-I-R-A (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bananeira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “banana plant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a female equivalent of bananeiro. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta musácea da qual se obtém a banana”.
What does bananeira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebanana plant
- 2
Brazilfemininehandstand
plantar bananeira
- 3
femininefemale equivalent of bananeiro
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of bananeiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta musácea da qual se obtém a banana
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of bananeira
- bananeiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bananeira?
- Brazil /ba.naˈne(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [ba.naˈne(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /bɐ.nɐˈnɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bananeira
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bananeira in Portuguese?
bananeira appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).