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pisang

pisang noun: a banana or plantain.

Noun

pisang (plural pisangs)

  1. (archaic) A banana or plantain.
    • Their food is rice, fish, and pisang, and their drink water; though they likewise have sagwire, or palm wine.1815, Walter Hamilton, The East India Gazetteer, London: John Murray, page 260, column 2
    • The orange crop was good; custard-apples, pisangs and pomeloes fair, the latter were poor in quality.1906, Perak, Government Gazette: Supplements, page 3

Forms of pisang

pluralpisangs

Origin of pisang

From Malay pisang.

Words formed from pisang

Questions about pisang

What does pisang mean?
Pisang means a banana or plantain.
What part of speech is pisang?
Pisang is a noun.
What is the plural of pisang?
The plural of pisang is pisangs.

Words near pisang in the dictionary

  1. Pisagua
  2. Pisahl
  3. pisalis
  4. pisan
  5. pisane
  6. pisang
  7. pisang wax
  8. pisangs
  9. pisanka
  10. pisankas
  11. pisanki

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