English Explanatory Dictionary

wineberry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The grape (fruit of plants of the genus Vitis).
  2. The plant Rubus phoenicolasius, the Japanese wineberry.
  3. Its edible fruit, resembling a raspberry.
  4. The tree Aristotelia serrata, endemic to New Zealand, with broad rose-coloured leaves.
  5. Its edible fruit, a small black berry.
  6. The red currant.

Word forms

wineberry wineberries

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō? Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ō Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnumbor. Proto-Germanic *wīną Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-Germanic *wīnabazją Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi Old English wīnberġe Middle English wynberie English wineberry From Middle English wynberie, wynberie (“a grape or some other kind of berry”), from Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”), from Proto-West Germanic *wīnabaʀi, from Proto-Germanic *wīnabasją (“wineberry; grape”), equivalent to wine + berry. Doublet of whimberry (“bilberry”). Cognate with Dutch wijnbeer, West Frisian wynbei (“grape”), wiemer (“currant”), German Weinbeere (“grape”), Swedish vinbär (“currant”), Icelandic vínber (“grape”), Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌱𐌰𐍃𐌹 (weinabasi, “grape”).

Translations

Czech: ostružiník japonský Dutch: Japanse wijnbes Finnish: Japaninvatukka French: framboisier du Japon West-Frisian: japanske wynbei Galician: uva xaponesa German: japanische Weinbeere German: rotborstige Himbeere Italian: uva giapponese Māori: makomako Russian: малина пурпурноплодная Russian: малина японская Spanish: uva del Japón Swedish: vinhallon
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