People are now using large plantain leaves to store food — a move that has sparked mixed reactions among consumers and restaurateurs.
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Plantain
//ˈplæntɪn//
Synonyms for "plantain" (10 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (3)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
Noun(2 words)
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
59 entriesShowing 16 of 59 words.
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1 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
138 translations across 62 languages.
Achang
1 entries- ngoq noun (fruit)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- θρυαλλίς noun (small plant)
Arabic
3 entries- ذَنَب الْفَأْر noun (small plant)
- لِسَان الْحَمَل noun (small plant)
- لِسَان الْخَرُوف noun (small plant)
Armenian
2 entries- եզան լեզու noun (small plant)
- ջղախոտ noun (small plant)
Assamese
1 entries- কাঁচকল noun (fruit)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bağayarpağı noun (small plant)
Basque
1 entries- plantain noun (small plant)
Belarusian
1 entries- трыпутнік noun (small plant)
Bulgarian
1 entries- живо́вляк noun (small plant)
Burmese
1 entries- ငှက်ပျော noun (fruit)
Catalan
2 entries- plantatge noun (small plant)
- plàtan de cuinar noun (fruit)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 大蕉 noun (fruit)
- 粉蕉 noun (fruit)
- 芣苢 noun (small plant)
- 車前 /车前 noun (small plant)
Czech
3 entries- jitrocel noun (small plant)
- plantain noun (fruit)
- zeleninový banán noun (fruit)
Dagbani
3 entries- aboboi noun (fruit)
- ayaba noun (fruit)
- bɔrade noun (fruit)
Danish
1 entries- vejbred noun (small plant)
Dutch
2 entries- bakbanaan noun (fruit)
- weegbree noun (small plant)
Edo
1 entries- ọghẹdẹ noun (fruit)
Finnish
4 entries- jauhobanaani noun (fruit)
- keittobanaani noun (fruit)
- ratamo noun (small plant)
- ruokabanaani noun (fruit)
French
4 entries- banane cochon noun (fruit)
- banane farine noun (fruit)
- banane plantain noun (fruit)
- banane à cuire noun (fruit)
Friulian
1 entries- plantagn noun (small plant)
Galician
1 entries- chantaxe noun (small plant)
Georgian
1 entries- მრავალძარღვა noun (small plant)
German
4 entries- Gemüsebanane noun (fruit)
- Kochbanane noun (fruit)
- Mehlbanane noun (fruit)
- Pisangfeige noun (fruit)
Greek
2 entries- αρνόγλωσσο noun (small plant)
- πεντάνευρο noun (small plant)
Hausa
1 entries- agade noun (fruit)
Hungarian
1 entries- útifű noun (small plant)
Irish
4 entries- cruach Phádraig noun (small plant)
- cuach Phádraig noun (small plant)
- naprún Phádraig noun (small plant)
- plantán noun (fruit)
Italian
1 entries- piantaggine noun (small plant)
Japanese
2 entries- バショウ属 noun (fruit)
- 車前草 noun (small plant)
Kannada
1 entries- ಬಾಳೆಕಾಯಿ noun (fruit)
Korean
1 entries- 질경이 noun (small plant)
Latin
1 entries- plantāgō noun (small plant)
Laz
2 entries- ბალარძაღი noun (small plant)
- მჯაღულეჯი noun (small plant)
Lingala
1 entries- likémba noun (fruit)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gyslotis noun (small plant)
Macedonian
1 entries- тегавец noun (small plant)
Marathi
1 entries- राजेळी केळ noun (fruit)
Middle English
2 entries- planteyne noun (small plant)
- weybrede noun (small plant)
Mingrelian
1 entries- ჯარღვალია noun (small plant)
Māori
3 entries- kaupārerarera noun (small plant)
- pakopako noun (small plant)
- pārerarera noun (small plant)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- groblad noun (small plant)
- kjempe noun (small plant)
- kokebanan noun (fruit)
- melbanan noun (fruit)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- groblad noun (small plant)
- kjempe noun (small plant)
Nupe
1 entries- yàbàkó noun (fruit)
Occitan
1 entries- plantatge noun (small plant)
Old English
1 entries- weġbrǣde noun (small plant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- برباق noun (small plant)
Polish
4 entries- babka noun (small plant)
- banan rajski noun (fruit)
- banan właściwy noun (fruit)
- banan zwyczajny noun (fruit)
Portuguese
4 entries- banana-comprida noun (fruit)
- banana-da-terra noun (fruit)
- banana-pão noun (fruit)
- plantago noun (small plant)
Romanian
1 entries- pătlagină noun (small plant)
Russian
2 entries- планта́н noun (fruit)
- подоро́жник noun (small plant)
Sanskrit
1 entries- कदल noun (small plant)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- bȍkvica noun (small plant)
- trpútac noun (small plant)
- бо̏квица noun (small plant)
- трпу́тац noun (small plant)
Slovak
1 entries- skorocel noun (small plant)
Slovene
1 entries- trpȏtec noun (small plant)
Spanish
4 entries- arta noun (small plant)
- llantén noun (small plant)
- plantaina noun (small plant)
- plantaje noun (small plant)
Swedish
4 entries- groblad noun (small plant)
- kokbanan noun (fruit)
- kämpar noun (small plant)
- matbanan noun (fruit)
Thai
1 entries- กล้าย noun (fruit)
Turkish
4 entries- bağa yaprağı noun (small plant)
- damar otu noun (small plant)
- damarlı ot noun (small plant)
- sinir otu noun (small plant)
Ukrainian
1 entries- подоро́жник noun (small plant)
Venetan
2 entries- piantaxene noun (small plant)
- piantazen noun (small plant)
Welsh
1 entries- llyriad noun (small plant)
Yoruba
2 entries- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ noun (fruit)
- ọ̀gẹ̀dẹ̀ àgbagbà noun (fruit)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
She went to the grocer's to buy some plantain.
Source: tatoeba (10808881)
The roots of Plantain and Pellitory of Spain beaten to powder and put into hollow teeth, takes away the pains of them.
Source: wiktionary
The paths too are overgrown, but easily identified by the presence on them of round-leaved plantains.
Source: wiktionary
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