banana
/bəˈnɑːnə/
US pronunciation
American sound/bəˈnɑːnə/
bəˈnɑːnə
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Open ah vowel
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bə - ˈnɑːnə -> banana
Myanmar meaning
(n) ငှက်ပျောသီး။
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banana /bǝ'nɑ:nǝ; US bǝ'nænǝ/ n (pl bananas )
ငှက်ပျောသီး။ a bunch of bananas.
❏ banana republic n (derog offensive ) (အမေရိကန်နိုင်ငံ အလယ်ပိုင်းရှိ) နိုင်ငံခြားအထောက်အပံ့ကို အားကိုးနေရသည့်နိုင်ငံမွဲ။
❏ banana skin n (Brit infml )
နာမည်ကြီးတို့ကို ကသိ ကအောက်ဖြစ်စေ သောအကြောင်း။ The proposed tax changes are likely to prove a banana skin for the government.
❏ banana split n
ငှက်ပျောသီးထက်ခြမ်းခွဲတွင် ရေခဲမုန့်၊ အသီးအနှံထည့်ထားသော အချိုပွဲ။
❏ be/ go bananas [IDM ] (sl )
ဒေါကန်သည်။ ဣနြေ္ဒမရ ဖြစ်သည်။
Every time he sees the neighbour's cat, our dog goes completely bananas!
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absurdity, actor, babble, balderdash, baloney, bananas, blather, bombast, buffoon, bull, bunk, bunkum, card, claptrap, clown, comedian, comic, craziness, cutup, drivel, droll, entertainer, farceur, fatuity, feed, feeder, flightiness, foil, folly, fool, foolishness, fun, funny person, funnyman, funster, gagster, garbage, gibberish, giddiness, hogwash, hooey, hot air, humorist, idiocy, imprudence, inanity, irrationality, ja, jazz, jest, jester, jive, joke, joker, jokesmith, jokester, josher, kidder, laugh, life of the party, ludicrousness, madness, merry-andrew, million laughs, mumbo jumbo, nonsense, often professional, palaver, piffle, poppycock, prankster, prattle, pretense, punster, quipster, ranting, rashness, ridiculousness, rigmarole, rot, rubbish, scrawl, scribble, second banana, senselessness, sidekick, silliness, soft soap, stand-up comic, stooge, straight person, stupidity, teases, thoughtlessness, tomfoolery, top banana, trash, trickster, tripe, twaddle, wag, wisecracker, wit, zany
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