Phrase guide

banana bread

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A type of bread or cake made with mashed bananas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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2

noun

Meaning 2

moist bread containing banana pulp

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: quick bread

History

Etymology

From banana + bread.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: خُبْز الْمَوْز (ḵubz al-mawz) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܲܚܡܵܐ ܕܡܵܘܙܵܐ (laḥmā d-māwzā) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Catalan: pa de plàtan — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香蕉麵包 /香蕉面包 (xiāngjiāo miànbāo) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Dutch: bananenbrood — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Finnish: banaanileipä — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • French: cake à la banane — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • German: Bananenbrot — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Greek: μπανανόψωμο (bananópsomo) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Hebrew: לֶחֶם בָּנָנָה (lékhem banána) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Icelandic: bananabrauð — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Japanese: バナナブレッド — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Mongolian: гадилтай талх (gadiltaj talx) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Portuguese: pão de banana — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Russian: бана́новый хлеб (banánovyj xleb) — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Spanish: pan de plátano / banana / guineo — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Spanish: queque bananero / platanero — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Swedish: bananbröd — type of bread made with mashed bananas
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì chuối — type of bread made with mashed bananas