bananas
The plural of "banana" is bananas.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and banana follows this rule.
Meaning: a long curved fruit with a yellow skin (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with bananas: the bananas are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: bananas'.
How do you pronounce it?
banana is pronounced /bəˈnɑːnə/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. bananas means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- I eat two bananas a day.Singular: I eat one banana a day.
- The bananas are still green.Singular: The banana is still green.
