English Explanatory Dictionary

cranberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
  2. The edible red berry of that shrub.
  3. An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
adj
  1. Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
name
  1. A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
  2. An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  3. A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
  4. A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.
  5. A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).

Pronunciation

/ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cranberry.wav

Word forms

cranberry cranberries

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Synonyms

fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>

Related words

arando bearberry dingleberry fenberry moorberry

Derived words

plants American cranberry Chilean cranberry common cranberry cranberry heath highbush cranberry large cranberry lowbush cranberry mountain cranberry native cranberry New Zealand cranberry northern cranberry small cranberry southern mountain cranberry other craisin cranapple cranberried cranberrita cranberryade cranberry bush cranberry glass cranberrying cranberry juice cranberrylike cranberry morpheme Cranberry Portage cranberry word crangrape Cranmoor crantini

Translations

Northern Altai: торвос Southern Altai: сас јиилеги Armenian: լոռամրգի Bulgarian: червена боровинка Bulgarian: клю́ква Catalan: nabiu de grua Chinese Mandarin: 蔓越橘 Chinese Mandarin: 蔓越桔 Chukchi: кԓёкаԓгын Chukchi: кԓюкэт Czech: brusinka Danish: tranebær Esperanto: oksikoko Finnish: karpalo French: canneberge Georgian: შტოში German: Moosbeere German: Kronsbeere German: Kranbeere German: Cranberry Hungarian: tőzegáfonya Ingrian: karpalo Irish: mónóg Irish: tom mónóg Latgalian: dzērvine Latvian: dzērvene Low German: Kroonsbeer Macedonian: брусница Norwegian Bokmål: tranebær Norwegian Nynorsk: tranebær Ojibwe: mashkiigiminaganzh Ojibwe: mashkiigiminagaawanzh Polish: żurawina Portuguese: oxicoco Russian: клю́ква Scottish Gaelic: muileag Shor: торбас честеги Spanish: arándano rojo Spanish: mortiño rojo Spanish: anavia roja Swahili: mkranberi Turkish: turna yemişi Ukrainian: журавли́на Winnebago: hoocąkehu
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