Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banana ketchup

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: ba-nana ketchup
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a condiment, a type of ketchup where the tomatoes are replaced by bananas and red food dye

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Let us take ketchup for instance. Is there such a thing as "banana ketchup" or "papaya ketchup" so that we have to define "ketchup" as containing so much percent of tomato and nothing more?"
"[…] banana ketchup, which has replaced tomato ketchup in the Philippines because of its superior flavour and much lower cost."
"I kept telling my husband we should import banana ketchup from the Philippines."

Etymology

From banana + ketchup. The tomato shortage in the Philippines during WWII led to the substitution of bananas and red dye.

Usage

Inflected Forms

banana ketchups (plural) banana catsup (alternative)

Questions

What does banana ketchup mean?: a condiment, a type of ketchup where the tomatoes are replaced by bananas and red food dye
Where does banana ketchup come from?: From banana + ketchup. The tomato shortage in the Philippines during WWII led to the substitution of bananas and red dye.

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