pineapple
Syllables: pine·app·le/ˈpaɪnˌæpəl//ˈpaɪnəpəl/
pineapple noun: a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
Noun
pineapple (countable and uncountable, plural pineapples)
- A tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- The ovoid fruit of the pineapple plant, which has very sweet white or yellow flesh, a tough, spiky shell and a tough, fibrous core.
- The flesh of a pineapple fruit used as a food item.
- Spread lightly buttered white bread thinly with cream cheese; sprinkle with pineapple and press together, then cut the sandwiches in thin, slender strips.1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 117
- Synonyms:
- ananas
- An Australian fifty dollar note.
- A web burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum, syn. Chilomycterus geometricus)
- A light yellow colour, like that of pineapple flesh (also called pineapple yellow).
- A pinecone; the cone of the fir.
- A hand grenade. (From the similarity to the shape of a pineapple fruit.)
- 'Twenty yards and they stop outside Car 245. Men with the rippers give a double squirt at your window. Open it up for the pineapple. Centre man tosses in the pineapple and all three run back to the car. Two seconds fuse. As they reach the car, BOOM! Fricassee of Compartment H.'1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 131
- Synonyms:
- grenade, hand grenade
- A hairstyle consisting of a ponytail worn on top of the head, imitating the leaves of a pineapple.
Interjection
- A common safeword.
pineapple meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
pineapple in Hindi
- plant
- अनानास anānās
- fruit
- अनानास anānās, अनन्नास anannās
pineapple in Tamil
- plant
- அன்னாசிப் பழம் aṉṉācip paḻam, அன்னாசி aṉṉāci
- fruit
- அன்னாசி aṉṉāci
pineapple in Marathi
- plant
- अननस annas
- fruit
- अननस annas
pineapple in Urdu
- plant
- اَناناس anānās, اَنَنَّاس anannās
- fruit
- اَناناس anānās, اَنَنَّاس anannās
More languagesFewer languages
- pineapple in Bengali
- আনারস anaroś, আনানাস ananaś
- pineapple in Telugu
- అనాసపండు anāsapaṇḍu, పైనాపిల్ paināpil
- pineapple in Malayalam
- കൈത kaita, കൈതച്ചക്ക kaitaccakka
- pineapple in Kannada
- ಅನಾನಸ್ anānas
- pineapple in Punjabi
- اناناس anānās, ਅਨਾਨਾਸ anānās
- pineapple in Gujarati
- અનનાસ ananās, અનાનસ anānas
- pineapple in Odia
- ସପୁରି sapuri
- pineapple in Sanskrit
- अनास anāsa
- pineapple in Sinhala
- අන්නාසි annāsi
- pineapple in Assamese
- মাটিকঁঠাল matikõthal, আনাৰসvie anarox, আনাৰস anarox
- pineapple in Nepali
- भुइँ कटहर bhuĩ kaṭahar
- pineapple in Tagalog
- pinya
- pineapple in Arabic
- أَنَانَاس ʔanānās
- pineapple in Malay
- nanas
- pineapple in Indonesian
- nanas
- pineapple in Thai
- สับปะรด sàp-bpà-rót
- pineapple in Vietnamese
- dứa, cây dứa, thơm, cây thơm
- pineapple in Myanmar
- နာနတ် nanat
- Sindhi
- अनानास anānās, अनास anās
- Dhivehi
- އަލަނާސި alanāsi
- Dzongkha
- རྒྱ་ནག་ཀོང་ཙེ rgya nag kong tse
Examples of pineapple in a sentence
- I feel like pineapple is a very random thing to put on a pizza.
- The mere thought of pineapple on pizza makes me want to throw up.
- My favorite tropical fruits are pineapples and coconuts.
Synonyms of pineapple
- ananas
- grenade
- hand grenade
- pine
- pineapple plant
Forms of pineapple
| plural | pineapples |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | pine-apple |
Origin of pineapple
From Middle English pinappel (“pinecone”, literally “pine-apple/pine-fruit”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīnapplu. Later applied to the fruit of the pineapple plant due to its resemblance to a pinecone. Compare the Middle Dutch and Dutch pijnappel (“pinecone", formerly also "pineapple”), Afrikaans pynappel (“pineapple”), Middle Low German pinappel, Old High German pīnapful, Middle High German pīnaphel, and early Modern German pinapfel — all in the sense of “pine cone”. Compare also the post-Classical Latin pomum pini, the Old French pume de pin, the Middle French and French pomme de pin and Spanish piña. By surface analysis, pine + apple. Sense "An Australian fifty dollar note": From the yellow colour of a $50 banknote in the first, second, and third series of rice Australian dollar notes. Compare with lobster for a $20 Australian banknote, and watermelon for a $100 Australian banknote.
Words formed from pineapple
- crazy pineapple
- fair suck of the pineapple
- false pineapple
- opal pineapple
- pineappleade
- pineapple bomb
- pineapple bun
- pineapple cake
- pineapple chunks
- pineapple cloth
- pineappled
- Pineapple Express
- pineapple fiber
- pineapple fibre
- pineapple finial
- pineapple flower
- pineapple grass
- pineapple grenade
- pineapple guava
- Pineapple Island
- pineapple jelly
- pineapple juice
- pineapple kernel
- pineapplelike
- pineapple lily
- pineapple melon
- pineapple mint
- pineapple opal
- pineapple palm
- pineapple plant
- Pineapple Primary
- pineapplerita
- pineapple rum
- pineapple sage
- pineapple sea cucumber
- pineapple seed
- pineapple shawl
- pineapple strawberry Fragaria × ananassa)
- pineapple tart
- pineapple test
- pineappletini
- pineapple tree
- pineapple verbena
- pineapple weed
- pineapple wilt
- pineapple wine
- pineappley
- pineberry
- pine nut
- queen pineapple
- rough end of the pineapple
- sea pineapple
- twisted pineapple
Phrases with pineapple
Questions about pineapple
- What does pineapple mean?
- Pineapple means a tropical plant, Ananas comosus, native to South America, having thirty or more long, spined and pointed leaves surrounding a thick stem.
- What is pineapple in Hindi?
- Pineapple in Hindi is अनानास (anānās), अनन्नास (anannās). See Pineapple meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is pineapple?
- Pineapple can be a noun or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce pineapple?
- Pineapple is pronounced /ˈpaɪnˌæpəl/.
- What is the plural of pineapple?
- The plural of pineapple is pineapples.
Words near pineapple in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pineapple (page history and authors); اناناس (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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