Phrase guide

banana peel

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, Philippines, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banana skin

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, broadly, figuratively

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he slipped on a banana skin and almost fell

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: banana skin

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: peel, skin

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِشْر اَلْمَوْز (qišr al-mawz) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Azerbaijani: banan qabığı — outermost layer of the banana
  • Belarusian: бана́навая лупі́на (banánavaja lupína) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Bulgarian: бананова обелка (bananova obelka) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Catalan: pela de plàtan — outermost layer of the banana
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香蕉皮 (xiāngjiāo pí) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Czech: banánová slupka — outermost layer of the banana
  • Danish: bananskræl — outermost layer of the banana
  • Dutch: bananenschil — outermost layer of the banana
  • Esperanto: bananŝelo — outermost layer of the banana
  • Esperanto: banana ŝelo — outermost layer of the banana
  • Finnish: banaaninkuori — outermost layer of the banana
  • French: peau de banane — outermost layer of the banana
  • French: pelure de banane — outermost layer of the banana
  • German: Bananenschale — outermost layer of the banana
  • Greek: μπανανόφλουδα (bananóflouda) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Hebrew: קליפת בננה — outermost layer of the banana
  • Hungarian: banánhéj — outermost layer of the banana
  • Icelandic: bananahýði — outermost layer of the banana
  • Indonesian: kulit pisang — outermost layer of the banana
  • Irish: craiceann banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Italian: buccia di banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Japanese: バナナの皮 — outermost layer of the banana
  • Korean: 바나나 껍질 — outermost layer of the banana
  • Latvian: banāna miza — outermost layer of the banana
  • Lithuanian: banano žievė — outermost layer of the banana
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bananskall — outermost layer of the banana
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bananskal — outermost layer of the banana
  • Polish: skórka od banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Portuguese: casca de banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Romanian: coajă de banană — outermost layer of the banana
  • Russian: бана́новая кожура́ (banánovaja kožurá) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Serbo-Croatian: kora od banane — outermost layer of the banana
  • Slovak: banánová šupka — outermost layer of the banana
  • Spanish: cáscara de banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Spanish: cáscara de plátano — outermost layer of the banana
  • Spanish: cáscara bananera — outermost layer of the banana
  • Spanish: cáscara platanera — outermost layer of the banana
  • Swedish: bananskal — outermost layer of the banana
  • Turkish: muz kabuğu — outermost layer of the banana
  • Ukrainian: бана́нова шкі́рка (banánova škírka) — outermost layer of the banana
  • Vietnamese: vỏ chuối — outermost layer of the banana
  • Welsh: croen banana — outermost layer of the banana
  • Welsh: pil banana — outermost layer of the banana