berry en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- [ˈbe̝ɹi] ~ [ˈbɪɹi] (New-Zealand)
- /ˈbɛɹi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈbeɹi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ˈbeɹi] ~ [ˈbe̞ɹi] (Australia)
- /ˈbɛɾi/ (Scotland, Wales)
- bĕr'i
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bazją Proto-West Germanic *baʀi Old English berġe Middle English berie English berry From Middle English berie, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær. The slang sense "police car" may come from the lights on the vehicles' roofs.
Meanings
- A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
- A coffee bean.
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One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
The corals have the shape of a shrub and are green. Their berries are snow-white under water and soft. As soon as you take them out of the water, they grow hard and red.
1960, Friedrich Simon Bodenheimer, Animal and Man in Bible Lands: Supplement, page 86:These crawfish are speared by the Kafirs, who bring them in to the village for sale, and who catch anything and everything either female fish in berry, or male fish in soft shell.
1914, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Provincial Council, Minutes and Ordinances - Volume 5, page 3:McCormick (1934) stated that eggs in various stages of development were found in females at the same time that they were in berry, which indicates a long egg-laying season.
1965, Fishery Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service - Volume 65, page 55:The crabs carry their berries for six months.
1877, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers - Volume 24, page 7:That is the only restriction existing: not even small fish or fish in berry, and there are no restrictions on soft-shelled fish.
1913, Journals and Printed Papers of the Parliament of Tasmania, page 94:
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(US, qualifier:African-American, slang) A police car.
Today was like one of those fly dreams Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams
1992, Ice Cube, “It Was a Good Day”, in The Predator:
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(US, dated, slang) A dollar.
Four rounds and Enright still on his feet and a hundred and fifty thousand berries gone if he stays two more!
1921, Collier's, volume 67, page 365:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| berries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
drupe (succulent fruit) · hesperidium (succulent fruit) · pome (succulent fruit)
Deriveds
goji berry · Saskatoon berry · dway-berry · beachberry · coffeeberry · bramberry · turquoiseberry · cow-berry · whinberry · tea-berry · logan berry · oso-berry · yellowberry · poison berry · bunchberry · raccoon-berry · caperberry · tetterberry · Molucca berry · kudu berry · turkey berry · knoutberry · checkerberry · pepperberry · tyle-berry · fieldberry · berrying · the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice · chasteberry · heckberry · bloodberry · berry sugar · pigeon-berry · choke-berry · rockberry · serviceberry · squaw berry · crowberry · the berries · rabbitberry · tayberry · deerberry · Santiam berry · tummelberry · bearberry · juneberry · salalberry · partridgeberry · honeyberry · sparkleberry · curlew-berry · superberry · elderberry · lingonberry · rowan-berry · scarletberry · appleberry · Inca berry · acai berry · farkleberry · caper-berry · naseberry · lemonberry · cranberry · squawberry · wonderberry · roebuck-berry · lantern berry · whortleberry · knotberry · wickeyberry tree · kotataberry · racoon-berry · coffee berry · emu berry · one-berry · bullberry · hackberry · salal berry · brown as a berry · sunberry · mulberry · mooseberry · hipberry · gooseberry · marlberry · berryade · bread-berry · houndsberry · blueberry · apple-berry · chinaberry · rowan berry · bogberry · berryeater · huckleberry · vineberry · hawthorn berry · berrier · heath-berry · fishberry · myrtle-berry · hegberry · wheat berry · ground berry · fen-berry · csejka berry · hurtleberry · moss-berry · berry-cone · salmonberry · checker-berry · fryberry · silver berry · Persian berry · nub-berry · baneberry · sapphireberry · Juneberry · raspberry · roseberry · lingberry · indigoberry · China-berry · hillberry · dabbery · golden berry · skoke berry · salmon berry · pokeberry · barberry · sugar-berry · tetter-berry · wheatberry · buckthorn berry · yellow berry · tallowberry · poisonberry · berry wax · lemonade berry · worcesterberry · berryish · mossberry · candleberry · cassioberry · locustberry · dayberry · buffalo-berry · French berry · hagberry · boxberry · crackerberry · Rhein-berry · coral-berry · wildberry · Indian berry · hindberry · fenberry · coralberry · ivy-berry · hedge-berry · shadberry · brambleberry · magnolia berry · cackleberry · cowberry · sea-berry · yewberry · bulberry · garnetberry · marionberry · quinsy-berry · caper berry · earthberry · squashberry · berrypicking · berry-bearing alder · sugar berry · limeberry · boysenberry · berrypicker · berry alder · snowberry · twig and berries · porcelainberry · serendipity berry · blaeberry · bayberry · Worcesterberry · dewberry · beautyberry · hedgeberry · miraculous berry · dingleberry · berry-button · jackalberry · berry blue · Christmas berry · ramble-berry · berrylike · hogberry · earth-berry · whimberry · berryless · ink-berry · roan-berry · berrytini · marble berry · coffee-berry · hound-berry · pigeonberry · dogberry · crakeberry · gallberry · Douglas berry · rowanberry · partridge berry · youngberry · seaberry · snakeberry · twinberry · billberry · Chehalem berry · silverberry · veitchberry · bull berry · winterberry · inkberry · chokeberry · riberry · dew-berry · juniper berry · holly berry · hound's-berry · Berry Brow · goldenberry · berry catchfly · vine-berry · peaberry · egg-berry · partridge-berry · wolfberry · wax-berry · timberry · miracle berry · ivenberry · kiwi berry · berrypecker · wineberry · sugarberry · dangleberry · cloudberry · rumberry · guavaberry · Berry Hill · nannyberry · orangeberry · lingenberry · buffaloberry · Avignon berry · nessberry · spiceberry · holly-berry · heathberry · blackberry · finger berry · tangleberry · scald-berry · waxberry · cubeb berry · Berry Park · bilberry · loganberry · yumberry · thimbleberry · strawberry · soapberry · berryhunter · blue olive berry · sourberry · moorberry · in berry · deberry · heurtleberry · brierberry · buffalo berry · gin berry · feaberry · foxberry · buckberry · balloon berry · Berry Jerry · teaberry · sheepberry · service-berry · redberry · quinsyberry · whistleberries · marshberry · the darker the berry, the sweeter the juice
Descendants
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
tayberry · hackberry · juniper berry · cranberry · loganberry · elderberry · blueberry · blackcap raspberry · serviceberry · bog bilberry · northern bilberry · cowberry · currant · whitebark raspberry · white currant · berry § Hyponyms · highbush blueberry · blackberry · blackcurrant · bilberry · cloudberry · crowberry · red currant · mountain bearberry · wolfberry · raspberry · lowbush blueberry · Juneberry
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (171)
cy mwyaren (small succulent fruit) · orv ꙗгода (small succulent fruit) · pt baga (small succulent fruit) · ms beri (small succulent fruit) · th เบอร์รี (small succulent fruit) · kk жидек (small succulent fruit) · ru я́года (small succulent fruit) · br hugenn (small succulent fruit) · lv oga (small succulent fruit) · ka კენკრა (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · sh бо̀бица (small succulent fruit) · da bær (small succulent fruit) · tk iýmiş (small succulent fruit) · alr ывынʔын (small succulent fruit) · sh bòbica (small succulent fruit) · fo ber (small succulent fruit) · mi kakano (small succulent fruit) · pt frutinha (small succulent fruit) · ur بیری (small succulent fruit) · tr yemiş (small succulent fruit) · cv ҫырла (small succulent fruit) · el μούρο (small succulent fruit) · uz reza meva (small succulent fruit) · sah отон (small succulent fruit) · hu bogyógyümölcs (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · ary توت (small succulent fruit) · cmn 漿果 /浆果 (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · grc ῥάξ (small succulent fruit) · hu bogyó (small succulent fruit) · acw توت (small succulent fruit) · km ប៊ឺរី (small succulent fruit) · dsb jagoda (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · alt јилек (small succulent fruit) · ajp عليق (small succulent fruit) · my ဗယ်ရီသီး (small succulent fruit) · et mari (small succulent fruit) · ckt уунъэт (small succulent fruit) · az giləmeyvə (small succulent fruit) · chr ᎤᏓᏔᏅᎯ (small succulent fruit) · cmn 漿果 /浆果 (small succulent fruit) · arz توت (small succulent fruit) · nb bær (small succulent fruit) · hu bogyótermés (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · mk бобинка (small succulent fruit) · bo བསེའུ (small succulent fruit) · ar حَبَّة (small succulent fruit) · fr baie (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · aii ܬܘܼܬܵܐ (small succulent fruit) · io bero (small succulent fruit) · az meyvə (small succulent fruit) · vls beier (small succulent fruit) · tt җиләк (small succulent fruit) · vi quả (small succulent fruit) · cy aeron (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · lb Bier (small succulent fruit) · clt athyi (small succulent fruit) · ja ベリー (small succulent fruit) · fr baie (small succulent fruit) · scn cocciu (small succulent fruit) · gl baga (small succulent fruit) · tew pʼay (small succulent fruit) · zu uhlamvu class 11/10 (small succulent fruit) · kjh чистек (small succulent fruit) · chn ulali (small succulent fruit) · sl jagoda (small succulent fruit) · ur تُوت (small succulent fruit) · hu bogyós gyümölcs (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · cy aeronen (small succulent fruit) · bo ལུམ་འབྲས (small succulent fruit) · tl tagtasbunga (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · ja 木の実 (small succulent fruit) · ky жер жемиш (small succulent fruit) · vi quả mọng (small succulent fruit) · ru я́года (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · xsv vōga (small succulent fruit) · ce цӏазам (small succulent fruit) · kum авлакъ емиш (small succulent fruit) · fi marja (small succulent fruit) · mi patatini (small succulent fruit) · nv didzé (small succulent fruit) · it coccola (small succulent fruit) · gsw Berri (small succulent fruit) · ain エマウリ (small succulent fruit) · it bacca (small succulent fruit) · xal земш (small succulent fruit) · ko 장과 (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · kw moren (small succulent fruit) · oc baia (small succulent fruit) · sv bär (small succulent fruit) · gd dearc (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · gd sùbh (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · fa-ira سَتِّه (small succulent fruit) · tl baya (small succulent fruit) · wym bier (small succulent fruit) · mhr емыж (small succulent fruit) · cs bobule (small succulent fruit) · os гагадыргъ (small succulent fruit) · id beri (small succulent fruit) · bn বেরি (small succulent fruit) · arz توتة (small succulent fruit) · uk я́года (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · pl jagoda (small succulent fruit) · ba еләк (small succulent fruit) · lo ໝາກໄມ້ນ້ອຍ (small succulent fruit) · af bessie (small succulent fruit) · nl bes (small succulent fruit) · lt uoga (small succulent fruit) · cmn 莓 (small succulent fruit) · ro bacă (small succulent fruit) · cy maconen (small succulent fruit) · he עֲנָבָה (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · tyv кат (small succulent fruit) · la acinus (small succulent fruit) · dsb jagoda (small succulent fruit) · de Beere (small succulent fruit) · bg зръ́нце (small succulent fruit) · bua жэмэс (small succulent fruit) · la bāca (small succulent fruit) · ja 果実 (small succulent fruit) · ug مېۋە (small succulent fruit) · ja 木の実 (small succulent fruit) · es baya (small succulent fruit) · my အသီးကလေး (small succulent fruit) · cy mwyar (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · ja 漿果 (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · eo bero (small succulent fruit) · he פֵּרוֹת יַעַר (small succulent fruit) · th เบอรี่ (small succulent fruit) · ia baca (small succulent fruit) · hy հատապտուղ (small succulent fruit) · vo bäl (small succulent fruit) · ca baia (small succulent fruit) · ky жемиш (small succulent fruit) · hi बेरी (small succulent fruit) · ga caor (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · uk я́года (small succulent fruit) · mhn per (small succulent fruit) · uz meva (small succulent fruit) · cy macon (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · yi יאַגעדע (small succulent fruit) · is ber (small succulent fruit) · ang berġe (small succulent fruit) · evn диктэ (small succulent fruit) · mn жимс (small succulent fruit) · yue 漿果 /浆果 (small succulent fruit) · ar تُوت (small succulent fruit) · gd sùbh (small succulent fruit) · ckt оонъыԓгын (small succulent fruit) · bo སེ་འབྲུ (small succulent fruit) · de Beere (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · lo ໝາກໄມ້ (small succulent fruit) · ga caor (small succulent fruit) · az gilə (small succulent fruit) · be я́гада (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · tg буттамева (small succulent fruit) · tr meyve (small succulent fruit) · gd dearc (small succulent fruit) · lut sq'ʷəlałəd (small succulent fruit) · cjs честек (small succulent fruit) · sk bobuľa (small succulent fruit) · alt јиилек (small succulent fruit) · izh marja (small succulent fruit) · ko 장과 (small succulent fruit) · yi יאַגדע (small succulent fruit) · tl bitungol (small succulent fruit) · pl jagoda (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits) · be я́гада (small succulent fruit) · ja 漿果 (small succulent fruit) · ka კენკრა (small succulent fruit) · sq kokërr (small succulent fruit) · hu bogyóféle (botany: soft fruit developing from a superior ovary and containing seeds not encased in pits)