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- [pahy-nap-uh l]
- /ˈpaɪˌnæp əl/
- /ˈpaɪnˌæp.l̩/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pahy-nap-uh l]
- /ˈpaɪˌnæp əl/
Definitions of pineapple word
- noun pineapple the edible, juicy, collective fruit of a tropical, bromeliaceous plant, Ananas comosus, that develops from a spike or head of flowers and is surmounted by a crown of leaves. 1
- noun pineapple the plant itself, having a short stem and rigid, spiny-margined, recurved leaves. 1
- noun pineapple Military Slang. a fragmentation hand grenade. 1
- noun pineapple fruit 1
- noun pineapple plant 1
- noun pineapple flavoured with pineapple 1
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Origin of pineapple
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400 for earlier sense; 1655-65 for def 1; Middle English pinappel pine cone; see pine1, apple
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Parts of speech for Pineapple
noun
adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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pineapple popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
pineapple usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for pineapple
noun pineapple
- aggregate fruit — (botany) A fruit that develops from the fusion of more than one carpel within a single flower, as for instance, a raspberry.
- detonator — A detonator is a small amount of explosive or a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is used to explode a bomb or other explosive device.
- fig — dress or array: to appear at a party in full fig.
- fireball — Sir Charles George Douglas, 1860–1943, Canadian poet and novelist.
- football — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
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