banana split

English

A banana split.

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈnɑː.nə splɪt/
• (US) enPR: bə-nă'nə, IPA^(key): /bəˈnæ.nə splɪt/

Noun

banana split (countable and uncountable, plural banana splits)

1. A dessert or sundae containing a banana cut in half lengthwise (split), ice cream and various toppings which may include sauces, nuts or fruit.
2. Euphemistic form of bullshit (“card game”).

Derived terms

• fried banana split

Translations

A dessert containing a banana cut in half

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香蕉船 (hoeng¹ ziu¹ syun⁴)

  Mandarin: 香蕉船 (xiāngjiāochuán)

• Danish: banana split c
• Dutch: bananasplit (nl) m
• Esperanto: fendita banano
• Finnish: banana split
• French: banana split (fr) f
• German: Bananensplit n
• Greek: μπανάνα σπλιτ n (banána split)
• Hungarian: banánhajó, Okos Tóni
• Japanese: バナナスプリット (banana supuritto)
• Korean: 바나나 스플릿 (banana seupeullit)
• Marathi: बनाना स्प्लिट n (banānā spliṭ)
• Navajo: abeʼ yistiní hashkʼaan bił ályaaʼígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: banansplitt m

  Nynorsk: banansplitt m

• Portuguese: banana split (pt)
• Romanian: banana split (ro) f
• Russian: бана́новый сплит m (banánovyj split)
• Spanish: banana split m
• Swedish: banana split (sv) c
• Thai: บานานาสปลิต

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English banana split.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈnɐ̃.nɐ ˈsplit/, /baˈnɐ̃.nɐ ˈspli.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈnɐ̃.nɐ ˈsplit/, /baˈnɐ̃.nɐ ˈspli.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /baˈnɐ.na ˈsplit/, /baˈnɐ.na ˈspli.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈnɐ.nɐ ˈsplit/, /bɐˈnɐ.nɐ ˈspli.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈnɐ.nɐ ˈsplit/, /bɐˈnɐ.nɐ ˈspli.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈna.nɐ ˈsplit/, /bɐˈna.nɐ ˈspli.tɨ/

Noun

banana split m (plural banana splits)

1. banana split (a dessert containing a banana cut in half)

Romanian

Noun

banana split f (uncountable)

1. banana split

Swedish

Noun

banana split c

1. banana split (dessert containing a banana cut in half lengthwise)