how to pronounce банан

/bɐˈnan/

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банан is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of банан in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… прямо как короткий банан и пошли она …”

meanings of банан

noun:

Joint of marijuana.
Banana (tree or fruit).

банан frequency in russian - C2+ level of CEFR

the word банан occurs in russian on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.