ananas أناناس

Moroccan Darija · noun

“ananas” (أناناس) is a noun in Moroccan Darija meaning pineapple (fruit).

Meanings

1. pineapple (fruit)

Usage

Ananas refers to the fruit, but also to its flavor in juices, yogurts or desserts. It is often used without an article or with l-: the pineapple. For a flavor, you say b mada9 ananas or b ananas; for a juice, 3sir ananas or jus d'ananas. The word is invariable in common usage. The stress generally falls on the last syllable, and the final s is pronounced.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ananas” but also “anans” and “ananass”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “ananas” on the Arabic keyboard