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bilberry

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Vaccinium myrtillus

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Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

bilberry (plural bilberries)

Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
Synonyms: blaeberry, fraughan, whort, whortle, whortleberry, whimberry
The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Derived terms

Translations

Also see the translations of blueberry

type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry

Albanian: kulumri f, thrashegër (sq) f, boronicë (sq) f, belush (sq) m, qershigël (sq) f,
Bulgarian: черна боровинка (černa borovinka)
Catalan: nabiu (ca) m
Czech: borůvka (cs) f
Danish: blåbær (da)
Dutch: bosbes (nl) c
Estonian: mustikas, harilik mustikas
Faroese: bláber n
Finnish: mustikka (fi)
French: myrtille (fr) f
Galician: arando (gl) m
German: Heidelbeere (de)
Alemannic German: Buderi pl
Greek: μύρτιλο (el) n (mýrtilo)
Hungarian: fekete áfonya (hu)
Icelandic: aðalbláber (is) n
Irish: fraochán
Italian: mirtillo (it) m
Ladin: gialvëija f
Latin: vaccīnium n
Latvian: mellene (lv) f
Lithuanian: mėlynė (lt) f
Malay: bilberi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blåbær n

Nynorsk: blåbær n
Old English: hǣþberiġe f
Polish: borówka (pl) f, czarna jagoda (pl) f
Portuguese: arando (pt) m
Romanian: afin (ro)
Russian: черни́ка (ru) f (černíka) (evergreen bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus), голуби́ка (ru) f (golubíka) (bog bilberry, whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum)
Scottish Gaelic: dearc-fhraoich f, dearcag-mhonaidh f, dearcag-fhraoich f
Serbo-Croatian: borovnica (sh) f
Slovak: čučoriedka (sk) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: carnica f
Spanish: arándano (es) m, mirtilo m
Swedish: blåbär (sv)
Turkish: yabanmersini (tr)
Ukrainian: чорни́ця f (čornýcja)
Vietnamese: cây nham lê
Walloon: caclindje (wa) m, frambåjhe (wa) m
Welsh: llusen f
Zazaki: boronc du or n du

the shrub of this plant

Afrikaans: bosbessen
Catalan: nabinera f
Dutch: bosbessenstruik (nl)
Estonian: mustikas
Finnish: mustikanvarpu
Galician: arandeira (gl) f
German: Blaubeere (de)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: blåbær n

Nynorsk: blåbær n
Polish: borówka (pl) f, czarna jagoda (pl) f
Russian: черни́ка (ru) f (černíka) (evergreen bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus), голуби́ка (ru) f (golubíka) (bog bilberry, whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum)
Scottish Gaelic: dearc-fhraoich f
Slovak: čučoriedka (sk) f
Ukrainian: чорни́ця f (čornýcja)
Walloon: caclindjî (wa) m, frambåjhî (wa) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} bláber (is)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} ビルベリー (ja) (biruberī)
Persian: ^{(please verify)} بیل بری (bil beri)

References

“bilberry”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

@@ Line 5: / Line 5: @@
 ===Etymology===
+Probably of {{der|en|gmq|-}} origin ({{der|en|da|bøllebær}}), from {{der|en|non|bolli}} ({{der|en|gem-pro|*bullǭ}}) + {{m|non|ber}}.
-{{rfe|lang=en}}
+===Pronunciation===
+* {{IPA|en|/ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/}}
+* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bilberry.wav|a=Southern England}}
 ===Noun===
-{{en-noun|bilberries}}
+{{en-noun}}
-# ''[[Vaccinium myrtillus]]'', the wild European [[blueberry]] of the [[cowberry]] family.
+# {{taxfmt|Vaccinium myrtillus|species}}, the wild European [[blueberry]] of the [[cowberry]] family.
+#: {{syn|en|blaeberry|fraughan|whort|whortle|whortleberry|whimberry}}
 # The [[shrub]] of the above-mentioned plant.
+====Derived terms====
+{{col|en|bilberried|bilberrying|bog bilberry|northern bilberry|dwarf bilberry}}
 ====Translations====
 Also see the translations of ''[[blueberry]]''
-{{trans-top|type of blueberry from the cowberry family}}
+{{trans-top-also|type of blueberry from the cowberry family|blueberry}}
-* Albanian: {{t+|sq|boronicë|f}}
+* Albanian: {{t|sq|kulumri|f}}, {{t+|sq|thrashegër|f}}, {{t+|sq|boronicë|f}}, {{t+|sq|belush|m}}, {{t+|sq|qershigël|f}},
-* Catalan: {{t|ca|nabiu|m}}
+* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|черна боровинка}}
+* Catalan: {{t+|ca|nabiu|m}}
 * Czech: {{t+|cs|borůvka|f}}
 * Danish: {{t+|da|blåbær}}
 * Dutch: {{t+|nl|bosbes|c}}
-* Estonian: {{t|et|mustikas}}
+* Estonian: {{t|et|mustikas}}, {{t|et|harilik mustikas}}
 * Faroese: {{t|fo|bláber|n}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|mustikka}}
 * French: {{t+|fr|myrtille|f}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|arando|m}}
 * German: {{t+|de|Heidelbeere}}
+*: Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|Buderi|p}}
+* Greek: {{t+|el|μύρτιλο|n}}
 * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|fekete áfonya}}
 * Icelandic: {{t+|is|aðalbláber|n}}
@@ Line 31: / Line 43: @@
 * Italian: {{t+|it|mirtillo|m}}
 * Ladin: {{t|lld|gialvëija|f}}
-* Latvian: {{t|lv|mellene|f}}
+* Latin: {{t|la|vaccīnium|n}}
+* Latvian: {{t+|lv|mellene|f}}
 * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|mėlynė|f}}
 * Malay: {{t|ms|bilberi}}
-{{trans-mid}}
 * Norwegian:
 *: Bokmål: {{t|nb|blåbær|n}}
 *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|blåbær|n}}
-* Polish: {{t+|pl|borówka|f}}
+* Old English: {{t|ang|hǣþberiġe|f}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|borówka|f}}, {{t+|pl|czarna jagoda|f}}
 * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|arando|m}}
 * Romanian: {{t+|ro|afin}}
-* Russian: {{t+|ru|черни́ка|f}} {{qualifier|evergreen bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus}}, {{t+|ru|голуби́ка|f}} {{qualifier|bog bilberry, whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum}}
+* Russian: {{t+|ru|черни́ка|f}} {{qualifier|evergreen bilberry|Vaccinium myrtillus}}, {{t+|ru|голуби́ка|f}} {{qualifier|bog bilberry|whortleberry|Vaccinium uliginosum}}
 * Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dearc-fhraoich|f}}, {{t|gd|dearcag-mhonaidh|f}}, {{t|gd|dearcag-fhraoich|f}}
 * Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|borovnica|f}}
@@ Line 50: / Line 63: @@
 * Swedish: {{t+|sv|blåbär}}
 * Turkish: {{t+|tr|yabanmersini}}
-* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|чорниця|f|tr=čornýcja|sc=Cyrl}}
+* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|чорни́ця|f}}
 * Vietnamese: {{t|vi|cây nham lê}}
 * Walloon: {{t+|wa|caclindje|m}}, {{t+|wa|frambåjhe|m}}
-* Welsh: {{t|cy|llus}}
+* Welsh: {{t|cy|llusen|f}}
 * Zazaki: {{t|zza|boronc|d|n-d}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
@@ Line 60: / Line 73: @@
 * Afrikaans: {{t|af|bosbessen}}
 * Catalan: {{t|ca|nabinera|f}}
-* Dutch: {{t|nl|bosbessenstruik}}
+* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bosbessenstruik}}
-* Finnish: {{t|fi|mustikkapensas}}
+* Estonian: {{t|et|mustikas}}
+* Finnish: {{t|fi|mustikanvarpu}}
+* Galician: {{t+|gl|arandeira|f}}
 * German: {{t+|de|Blaubeere}}
+* Latvian: {{t-needed|lv}}
+* Lithuanian: {{t-needed|lt}}
 * Norwegian:
 *: Bokmål: {{t|nb|blåbær|n}}
 *: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|blåbær|n}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|borówka|f}}, {{t+|pl|czarna jagoda|f}}
-{{trans-mid}}
+* Russian: {{t+|ru|черни́ка|f}} {{q|evergreen bilberry|Vaccinium myrtillus}}, {{t+|ru|голуби́ка|f}} {{q|bog bilberry|whortleberry|Vaccinium uliginosum}}
-* Polish: {{t|pl|borówczany}}
-* Russian: {{t+|ru|черни́ка|f}} {{qualifier|evergreen bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus}}, {{t+|ru|голуби́ка|f}} {{qualifier|bog bilberry, whortleberry, Vaccinium uliginosum}}
 * Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|dearc-fhraoich|f}}
-* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|чорниця|f|tr=čornýcja|sc=Cyrl}}
+* Slovak: {{t+|sk|čučoriedka|f}}
+* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|чорни́ця|f}}
 * Walloon: {{t+|wa|caclindjî|m}}, {{t+|wa|frambåjhî|m}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
 {{checktrans-top}}
-* Bulgarian: {{t-check|bg|черна боровинка}}
 * Icelandic: {{t+check|is|bláber}}
+* Japanese: {{t+check|ja|ビルベリー|tr=biruberī}}
-{{trans-mid}}
-* Japanese: {{t-check|ja|ビルベリー|tr=biruberī}}
+* Persian: {{t-check|fa|بیل بری|tr=bil beri}}
-* Persian: {{t-check|fa|بیل بری}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
+===References===
-[[Category:en:Berries]]
+* {{R:American_Heritage_Dictionary}}
-[[Category:en:Fruits]]
-[[Category:en:Heather family plants]]
+{{cln|en|3-syllable words}}
+{{C|en|Berries|Blueberry tribe plants|Fruits}}