Ever wondered how to say banana in different languages?
Maybe you’re traveling, learning a new language, or just curious about how this popular fruit is named across the globe.
Bananas are a part of daily life in many countries, whether as food, smoothie ingredients, or even part of a joke (“banana peel” humor!).
People search for this word to label fruits at markets, write fun captions, teach kids, or communicate with locals abroad.
In this blog, you’ll learn how to say banana in 70 different languages.
Each translation comes with easy English pronunciation and a simple sentence to help you use it correctly.
🌍 How to Say Banana in 70 Different Languages
Each line includes:
Language Name (🇧🇷) – [Translation] | Pronunciation: [Simple English Pronunciation]
Example sentence.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Plátano | Pronunciation: plah-tah-no
Me gusta comer plátano en el desayuno. - French (🇫🇷) – Banane | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Je mange une banane tous les matins. - German (🇩🇪) – Banane | Pronunciation: bah-nah-neh
Ich esse gerne eine Banane nach dem Training. - Italian (🇮🇹) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
La banana è il mio frutto preferito. - Portuguese (🇵🇹) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Ele comeu uma banana no lanche. - Dutch (🇳🇱) – Banaan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Een banaan is gezond en lekker. - Russian (🇷🇺) – Банан | Pronunciation: bah-nan
Я съел банан перед школой. - Chinese – Mandarin (🇨🇳) – 香蕉 | Pronunciation: shyang-jyow
我每天吃一个香蕉。 - Japanese (🇯🇵) – バナナ | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
バナナは甘くておいしいです。 - Korean (🇰🇷) – 바나나 | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
나는 매일 아침 바나나를 먹어요. - Hindi (🇮🇳) – केला | Pronunciation: kay-la
मैं हर दिन केला खाता हूँ। - Urdu (🇵🇰) – کیلا | Pronunciation: kay-la
میں ناشتے میں کیلا کھاتا ہوں۔ - Arabic (🇸🇦) – موز | Pronunciation: mawz
أنا أحب الموز كثيرًا. - Turkish (🇹🇷) – Muz | Pronunciation: mooz
Muz çok lezzetlidir. - Swahili (🇰🇪) – Ndizi | Pronunciation: en-dee-zee
Napenda kula ndizi kila asubuhi. - Greek (🇬🇷) – Μπανάνα | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Η μπανάνα είναι το αγαπημένο μου φρούτο. - Polish (🇵🇱) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nan
Zjadłem banana na śniadanie. - Romanian (🇷🇴) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Banana este gustoasă și sănătoasă. - Czech (🇨🇿) – Banán | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Mám rád banán každý den. - Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Banán | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
A banán egészséges gyümölcs. - Finnish (🇫🇮) – Banaani | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nee
Syön banaanin päivittäin. - Swedish (🇸🇪) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
En banan är ett nyttigt mellanmål. - Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Jeg spiser banan hver morgen. - Danish (🇩🇰) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Jeg kan godt lide banan. - Thai (🇹🇭) – กล้วย | Pronunciation: glûay
ฉันกินกล้วยทุกเช้า - Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Chuối | Pronunciation: choo-ee
Tôi thích ăn chuối mỗi ngày. - Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Pisang | Pronunciation: pee-sahng
Saya makan pisang untuk sarapan. - Malay (🇲🇾) – Pisang | Pronunciation: pee-sahng
Dia suka makan pisang. - Tagalog (🇵🇭) – Saging | Pronunciation: sah-ging
Gusto ko ng saging tuwing umaga. - Bengali (🇧🇩) – কলা | Pronunciation: ko-la
আমি প্রতিদিন কলা খাই। - Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਕੇਲਾ | Pronunciation: kay-la
ਮੈਂ ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਕੇਲਾ ਖਾਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ। - Gujarati (🇮🇳) – કેળું | Pronunciation: kay-loon
હું રોજે કેળું ખાઉં છું. - Marathi (🇮🇳) – केळी | Pronunciation: kay-lee
मी दररोज केळी खातो. - Tamil (🇮🇳) – வாழைப்பழம் | Pronunciation: vaa-zhai-pa-lam
நான் தினமும் வாழைப்பழம் சாப்பிடுகிறேன். - Telugu (🇮🇳) – అరటి పండు | Pronunciation: a-ra-ti pan-doo
నేను ప్రతిరోజూ అరటి పండు తింటాను. - Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು | Pronunciation: baa-leh-han-nu
ನಾನು ಬಾಳೆಹಣ್ಣು ತಿಂದುสุขಪಡುವೆನು. - Nepali (🇳🇵) – केरा | Pronunciation: kay-ra
म मसँग केरा छ। - Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කෙසෙල් | Pronunciation: ke-sel
මම කෙසෙල් ආහාරයට ගන්නවා. - Pashto (🇦🇫) – کېله | Pronunciation: kay-lah
زه هره ورځ کېله خورم. - Persian (🇮🇷) – موز | Pronunciation: moze
من موز دوست دارم. - Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בננה | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
אני אוהב לאכול בננה בבוקר. - Amharic (🇪🇹) – ሙዝ | Pronunciation: mooz
እኔ ሙዝ እወዳለሁ። - Somali (🇸🇴) – Moos | Pronunciation: moos
Waan cunaa moos subax kasta. - Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ogede | Pronunciation: oh-geh-day
Mo fẹ́ ogede fun ounjẹ owurọ. - Igbo (🇳🇬) – Unere | Pronunciation: oo-neh-ray
Unere bụ mkpụrụ osisi m kachasị amasị. - Hausa (🇳🇬) – Ayaba | Pronunciation: ah-yah-bah
Ina son ayaba sosai. - Zulu (🇿🇦) – Ubhanana | Pronunciation: oo-bah-nah-nah
Ngithanda ukudla ubhanana. - Xhosa (🇿🇦) – Ubhanana | Pronunciation: oo-bah-nah-nah
Ndiyathanda ubhanana kakhulu. - Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Банана | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Би өдөр бүр банана иддэг. - Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Банан | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Мен банан жегенді ұнатамын. - Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Har kuni banan yeyman. - Tajik (🇹🇯) – Банан | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Ман банан дӯст медорам. - Georgian (🇬🇪) – ბანანი | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nee
მე მიყვარს ბანანი. - Armenian (🇦🇲) – Բանան | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Ես սիրում եմ բանան ուտել։ - Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Banan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Mən bananı çox sevirəm. - Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Volim da jedem bananu za doručak. - Serbian (🇷🇸) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Jedem bananu svaki dan. - Croatian (🇭🇷) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Banana je moj omiljeni plod. - Slovak (🇸🇰) – Banán | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Na raňajky mám rád banán. - Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Banano pojem vsako jutro. - Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Bananas | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nahs
Aš mėgstu bananus. - Latvian (🇱🇻) – Banāns | Pronunciation: bah-nahns
Man garšo banāni. - Estonian (🇪🇪) – Banaan | Pronunciation: bah-nahn
Ma söön banaani iga päev. - Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Banani | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nee
Ég borða banana á hverjum degi. - Irish (🇮🇪) – Banán | Pronunciation: bah-nawn
Is maith liom banán a ithe. - Welsh (🏴) – Ffrwchnedd | Pronunciation: frukh-neth
Dw i’n hoffi ffrwchnedd gyda brecwast. - Basque (🇪🇸) – Banana | Pronunciation: bah-nah-nah
Banana bat jaten dut egunero. - Catalan (🇪🇸) – Plàtan | Pronunciation: plah-tan
M’agrada menjar plàtan. - Esperanto (🌍) – Banano | Pronunciation: bah-nah-no
Mi ŝatas manĝi bananon. - Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – Maiʻa | Pronunciation: mah-ee-ah
ʻOluʻolu ka ʻono o ka maiʻa.
🍌 Conclusion
From tropical islands to icy hills, the word banana is sweet and universal across the world.

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