Meanings
plural banana peels
- CanadaPhilippinesUSThe several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.
Synonyms: banana skin
- CanadaUSbroadlyfigurativelyA cause of difficulty, or potential embarrassment.
We had the first black president, trying to bring home a victory on healthcare. I didn’t want to be a banana peel for him.
2012, Van Jones, “Prologue: There and Back Again”, in Rebuild the Dream, Nation Books, →ISBN1 more example
Furthermore, he is completely surrounded by banana peels. Canada's economy is slowing down, though less so far than extreme pessimists feared. Newly released figures show that our merchandise trade surplus in 1989 fell by more than half to its lowest level in 10 years. And, ever since it peaked on Jan. 12, the dollars yo-yo motion has juddered erratically, signalling confusion to the money markets of the world where the mismanagement of a national economy is judged with a harsh and unforgiving coldness. The freshest banana peel under Mr. Wilson's foot is the report that inflation in January jumped from December's 5.1 per cent to 5.5 per cent -- right on the heels of Thursday's rise of more then half a percentage point in the Bank of Canada rate.
1990, Vancouver Sun, February
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe several outermost layers of a banana, especially once removed from the rest of the banana, which may be slippery if stepped on.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic قِشْر اَلْمَوْز
- قِشْر اَلْمَوْز (qišr al-mawz)outermost layer of the banana
Bulgarian бананова обелка
- бананова обелка (bananova obelka)outermost layer of the banana
Catalan pela de plàtan
- pela de plàtanoutermost layer of the banana
Chinese Mandarin 香蕉皮
- 香蕉皮 (xiāngjiāo pí)outermost layer of the banana
Czech banánová slupka
- banánová slupkaoutermost layer of the banana
Danish bananskræl
- bananskræloutermost layer of the banana
Dutch bananenschil
- bananenschiloutermost layer of the banana
Esperanto bananŝelo, banana ŝelo
- bananŝelooutermost layer of the banana
- banana ŝelooutermost layer of the banana
Finnish banaaninkuori
- banaaninkuorioutermost layer of the banana
French peau de banane, pelure de banane
- peau de bananeoutermost layer of the banana
- pelure de bananeoutermost layer of the banana
German Bananenschale
- Bananenschaleoutermost layer of the banana
Greek μπανανόφλουδα
- μπανανόφλουδα (bananóflouda)outermost layer of the banana
Hebrew קליפת בננה
- קליפת בננהoutermost layer of the banana
Hungarian banánhéj
- banánhéjoutermost layer of the banana
Icelandic bananahýði
- bananahýðioutermost layer of the banana
Indonesian kulit pisang
- kulit pisangoutermost layer of the banana
Irish craiceann banana
- craiceann bananaoutermost layer of the banana
Italian buccia di banana
- buccia di bananaoutermost layer of the banana
Japanese バナナの皮
- バナナの皮outermost layer of the banana
Korean 바나나 껍질
- 바나나 껍질outermost layer of the banana
Latvian banāna miza
- banāna mizaoutermost layer of the banana
Lithuanian banano žievė
- banano žievėoutermost layer of the banana
Norwegian Bokmål bananskall
- bananskalloutermost layer of the banana
Polish skórka od banana
- skórka od bananaoutermost layer of the banana
Portuguese casca de banana
- casca de bananaoutermost layer of the banana
Romanian coajă de banană
- coajă de bananăoutermost layer of the banana
Russian бана́новая кожура́
- бана́новая кожура́ (banánovaja kožurá)outermost layer of the banana
Slovak banánová šupka
- banánová šupkaoutermost layer of the banana
Spanish cáscara de banana, cáscara de plátano
- cáscara de bananaoutermost layer of the banana
- cáscara de plátanooutermost layer of the banana
- cáscara bananeraoutermost layer of the banana
- cáscara plataneraoutermost layer of the banana
Swedish bananskal
- bananskaloutermost layer of the banana
Turkish muz kabuğu
- muz kabuğuoutermost layer of the banana
Ukrainian бана́нова шкі́рка
- бана́нова шкі́рка (banánova škírka)outermost layer of the banana
Vietnamese vỏ chuối
- vỏ chuốioutermost layer of the banana
Welsh croen banana, pil banana
- croen bananaoutermost layer of the banana
- pil bananaoutermost layer of the banana
Cite this entry
banana peel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20peel
“banana peel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20peel. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “banana peel,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/banana%20peel.
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