English Explanatory Dictionary

blackberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
  2. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
  3. Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
  4. The blackcurrant.
verb
  1. To gather or forage for blackberries.
noun
  1. A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.
verb
  1. To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.

Pronunciation

/ˈblækbəɹi/ /ˈblækbɹi/ /ˈblækbɛɹi/ en-us-blackberry.ogg

Word forms

blackberry blackberries blackberrying blackberried BlackBerrys

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black + berry.

Synonyms

bramble brambleberry

Derived words

Armenian blackberry blackberrita blackberryade blackberrylike blackberry lily blackberrytini blackberry winter California blackberry Chehalem blackberry Enslen's blackberry Himalayan blackberry knee-high blackberry Pacific blackberry plenty as blackberries sand blackberry blackberrying BlackBerried crackberry

Translations

Abenaki: pezagwdamenakwam Arabic: عُلَّيْق Arabic: بَاطُس Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 Aramaic: סַנְיָא Armenian: մոշենի Asturian: artu Bashkir: бөрлөгән Bashkir: ҡара бөрлөгән Basque: masustondo Basque: lapar Belarusian: ажы́на Bulgarian: къпина Catalan: esbarzer Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ Chinese Mandarin: 黑莓 Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᓈᐦᑎᐠ Crimean Tatar: büldürgen Crimean Tatar: bürlegen Crimean Tatar: búldúrgen Crimean Tatar: búrlegen Czech: ostružiník Danish: brombær Dutch: braamstruik Dutch: braam Esperanto: rubuso Esperanto: rubusujo Estonian: põldmurakas Faroese: rossaber Faroese: reyðber Finnish: karhunvatukka Finnish: vatukka French: ronce French: roncier French: mûrier Galician: silva Galician: silveira Galician: xibarda Galician: rubo Ge'ez: ባጦስ Ge'ez: ጳጦስ Ge'ez: ጰጦስ Georgian: მაყვალი German: Brombeerstrauch Greek: βατομουριά Ancient Greek: βάτος Ancient Greek: μόρον Hungarian: szeder Hungarian: földi szeder Icelandic: brómber Icelandic: bjarnarber Italian: rovo Kikuyu: mũtare Kikuyu: ndare Korean: 검은딸기 Kumyk: бюлдюрген Kumyk: бюрюлген Kumyk: бюрлюген Latin: rubus Latin: batus Latvian: kazene Macedonian: капина Māori: parakipere
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