Dictionary

bilberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
   • Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring. 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2026:
2. The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Forms

Deriveds

bog bilberry · mountain bilberry · northern bilberry · bilberried · dwarf bilberry · bilberrying

Synonyms

whimberry · whortleberry · fraughan · whort · whortle · blaeberry

Translations (85)

wa frambåjhe (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sco blaeberry (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · lt mėlynė (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ang hǣþberiġe (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · gd dearcag-mhonaidh (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr yaban mersini (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · gl arandeira (the shrub of this plant) · pt arando (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr keçi yemişi (the shrub of this plant) · nb blåbær (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr çobanüzümü (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · et harilik mustikas (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · la vaccīnium (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · is aðalbláber (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · nn blåbær (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · lv mellene (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · fr myrtille (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · bg черна боровинка (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · dsb carnica (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · nl bosbes (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · gl arando (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · gd dearc-fhraoich (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · es mirtillo (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sk čučoriedka (the shrub of this plant) · bg черна боровинка (the shrub of this plant) · it mirtillo (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr peygamber üzümü (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · wa caclindjî (the shrub of this plant) · ab ашьхарпа́ҿа (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr keçi yemişi (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sq qershigël (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ab ажьынҵәры́ (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · pl borówka (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · lld gialvëija (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ro afin (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ca nabiu (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · cy llusen (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · af bosbessen (the shrub of this plant) · ru черни́ка (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · fi mustikka (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sh borovnica (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sq kulumri (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · hu fekete áfonya (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · pl czarna jagoda (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · gd dearcag-fhraoich (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · wa caclindje (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sq thrashegër (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ga fraochán (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · nb blåbær (the shrub of this plant) · ru черни́ка (the shrub of this plant) · gsw Buderi (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sq belush (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sq boronicë (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · et mustikas (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · es arándano (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · nn blåbær (the shrub of this plant) · et mustikas (the shrub of this plant) · uk чорни́ця (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · cs borůvka (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ms bilberi (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · el μύρτιλο (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ru голуби́ка (the shrub of this plant) · tr peygamber üzümü (the shrub of this plant) · de Blaubeere (the shrub of this plant) · ru голуби́ка (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · ab абгарыжь (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · de Heidelbeere (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · fo bláber (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · zza boronc (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · wa frambåjhî (the shrub of this plant) · fi mustikanvarpu (the shrub of this plant) · pl jagoda (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · pl jagoda (the shrub of this plant) · ca nabinera (the shrub of this plant) · sv blåbär (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr yaban mersini (the shrub of this plant) · da blåbær (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · sk čučoriedka (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · pl czarna jagoda (the shrub of this plant) · pl borówka (the shrub of this plant) · gd dearc-fhraoich (the shrub of this plant) · nl bosbessenstruik (the shrub of this plant) · vi cây nham lê (type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry) · tr çobanüzümü (the shrub of this plant) · uk чорни́ця (the shrub of this plant)