ananas

1 6.8

A large sweet tropical fruit with rough skin and spiky leaves

noun
/ˈænənəs/

: piña

For dessert, we enjoyed a delicious ananas topped with whipped cream.

Examples

Botanists often classify ananas under the family Bromeliaceae.
In some countries, the word ananas is more common than 'pineapple'.
The dessert was garnished with fresh slices of ananas and mint leaves.
I bought a fresh ananas from the market.
The ananas is my favorite fruit!
At the tropical market, the vendor sold ripe ananas for a reasonable price.
She added sliced ananas to her smoothie for a refreshing flavor.

Synonyms

pineapple

vsananas

103 1.0

A large tropical fruit with sweet, juicy yellow flesh, a tough spiky skin, and stiff leaves on top

is an alternative name used in other languages and contexts

pina

vsananas

1 7.3

The tropical fruit with rough skin and sweet yellow flesh

is the general English name rather than a regional culinary term

Compounds

Ananas comosus

Specialized

6.5

A tropical plant that produces a large edible fruit with a crown of leaves

genus Ananas

Specialized

7.4

A group of tropical plants from the Americas that make pineapples

Surface Forms

ananas singular

ananas plural

Etymology

The word ananas comes from a native South American word nanas meaning 'excellent' or 'very good', which people used for the fruit when they first found it. That's why many languages keep the name ananas, while English calls the same fruit a 'pineapple'.