English Explanatory Dictionary

lingonberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
  2. The berry of this shrub.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lingonberry.wav /ˈlɪŋɡənˌbɛɹi/

Word forms

lingonberry lingonberries

Etymology

From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + berry.

Synonyms

lowbush cranberry mountain bilberry cowberry foxberry partridgeberry red whortleberry csejka berry

Translations

Abkhaz: а́жьрыц Bulgarian: червена боровинка Chinese Mandarin: 越橘 Danish: tyttebær Dutch: rode bosbes Dutch: vossenbes Estonian: pohl Faroese: vínbláber Finnish: puolukka Galician: arandeira vermella German: Preiselbeere German: Grübli Hungarian: vörös áfonya Ingrian: poola Karelian: puola Kazakh: қызылжидек Latgalian: bryukline Latvian: brūklene Lithuanian: bruknė Norwegian: tyttebærlyng Polish: borówka brusznica Polish: brusznica Portuguese: arando-vermelho Romanian: merișor Russian: брусни́ка Inari-Sami: juŋŋâ Kildin-Sami: ёӈӈ Lule-Sami: jågŋå Northern Sami: jokŋa Pite Sami: jågŋå Skolt-Sami: joŋŋ Southern Sami: joknge Ter Sami: joŋŋ Ume-Sami: jågˈŋa Slovene: brusnica Swedish: lingon Ukrainian: брусни́ця
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