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blackberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈblækbɹi/ (UK)
  • /ˈblækbɛɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈblækbəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry.

Meanings

  1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
  2. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
    • Here at the creek, a ways off from the trail, we have blackberries for now, not as fat and sweet as they get, but I like them tart, with that little bit of red still at their tops, or if they’re just a little hard and not so soft they come off when you pull at them and leave your fingers stained. 2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 79:
  3. (broadly, informal) Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.
  4. (UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blackberries Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

black raspberry · black raspberry

Deriveds

blackberry lily · blackberry winter · blackberryade · blackberrylike · knee-high blackberry · plenty as blackberries · Pacific blackberry · Enslen's blackberry · California blackberry · blackberrytini · Chehalem blackberry · Armenian blackberry · sand blackberry · Himalayan blackberry · blackberrita

Hypernyms

berry · berry · fruit

Synonyms

bramble · brambleberry · bramble · brambleberry

Translations (243)

eo rubusbero (fruit) · cs ostružina (fruit) · ki ndare (shrub) · tr böğürtlen (shrub) · ba ҡара бөрлөгән (shrub) · rsk чернїца (fruit) · hu földi szeder (shrub) · grc βάτος (shrub) · grc βάτον (fruit) · arc 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 (fruit) · fo bromber (fruit) · la rubus (fruit) · sq manaferrë (fruit) · oj odatagaagominagaawanzh (shrub) · enm brembel (shrub) · ko 블랙베리 (fruit) · kum бюрлюген (fruit) · rm mura (fruit) · chn ɬikʰəmuksh (fruit) · crh bürlegen (fruit) · nn bjørnebær (fruit) · gl crolla (fruit) · lb Päerdsbier (fruit) · pdc Blaeckbeer (shrub) · tl sarsamora (shrub) · chr ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (fruit) · oj odatagaagomin (fruit) · el βατόμουρο (fruit) · hur skw'ṓlmexw (fruit) · hu vadszeder (fruit) · qu khari-khari (fruit) · ru ежеви́ка (fruit) · kl kigutaarnaasaq (fruit) · af braam (fruit) · crh bürlegen (shrub) · kum бюрлюген (shrub) · kum бюрюлген (shrub) · pl ostrężyna (fruit) · gl xibarda (shrub) · tt кара бөрлегән (shrub) · es mora (fruit) · kum бюлдюрген (fruit) · is brómber (fruit) · cy mwyar duon (fruit) · fo rossaber (shrub) · mic ajioqjemin (fruit) · gl amora (fruit) · crh büldürgen (fruit) · sv björnbär (shrub) · sq ferrëmanzë (fruit) · tl sapinit (shrub) · wa noere åmône (fruit) · et põldmurakas (shrub) · ga sméar dhubh (fruit) · arc ܣܢܝܐ (fruit) · ar عُلَّيْق (shrub) · ky кара бүлдүркөн (fruit) · gez ጰጦስ (fruit) · arc סַנְיָא (fruit) · bg къпина (fruit) · io moruso (fruit) · da brombær (fruit) · ms sj buah kecil (fruit) · pl jeżyna (shrub) · be ажы́на (shrub) · tl sapinit (fruit) · it mora di rovo (fruit) · sco brammle (fruit) · sl robidnica (fruit) · gez ባጦስ (shrub) · ar بَاطُس (fruit) · fr ronce (shrub) · gez ጳጦስ (fruit) · crh búrlegen (shrub) · is brómber (shrub) · da brombær (shrub) · tr bük (fruit) · fr mûre sauvage (fruit) · pt amora (fruit) · pl ożyna (fruit) · uk ожи́на (shrub) · pt amora-silvestre (fruit) · enm blakberie (shrub) · nl braambes (fruit) · mt tuta (fruit) · gl rubo (shrub) · kw moren dhu (fruit) · nb bjørnebær (fruit) · crh búldúrgen (shrub) · chn klikamuks (fruit) · wa meumeure (fruit) · ang brǣmelberġe (fruit) · sw forosadi nyeusi (fruit) · ar بَاطُس (shrub) · ti ሮቮ (fruit) · gd dris (shrub) · nog буьлдирген (fruit) · wa meure (fruit) · mi parakipere (fruit) · mi parakipere (shrub) · abe pezagwdamenakwam (shrub) · arc ܣܢܝܐ (shrub) · hi शहतूत (fruit) · vi trái ngấy (fruit) · is bjarnarber (shrub) · arc 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 (shrub) · es zarzamora (shrub) · dsb śernjowka (fruit) · tr böğürtlen (fruit) · gl silveira (shrub) · it rovo (shrub) · nog буьлдирген (shrub) · cy mieri (shrub) · cs ostružiník (shrub) · hu szeder (shrub) · fi vatukka (shrub) · gez ባጦስ (fruit) · ht mi (fruit) · he פֶּטֶל שָׁחֹר (fruit) · mia makiinkweemina (fruit) · vo murb (fruit) · fr mûre (fruit) · hy մոր (fruit) · de Brombeerstrauch (shrub) · de Brombeere (fruit) · pl ożyna (shrub) · az böyürtkən (fruit) · sv björnbär (fruit) · cr ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᐣ (fruit) · no bjørnebær (shrub) · oc amora (fruit) · nl braamstruik (shrub) · ru ежеви́ка (shrub) · abe pezagwdamen (fruit) · ba ҡара бөрлөгән (fruit) · la rubus (shrub) · syc ܣܢܝܐ (shrub) · nog боьлдирген (shrub) · scn muri (fruit) · gl morodo (fruit) · unm mhuwinkwsakw (shrub) · it mora (fruit) · es zarzamora (fruit) · bn কালজামজাতীয় ফল (fruit) · nl braam (shrub) · grc μόρον (shrub) · uk ожи́на (fruit) · ast artu (shrub) · eo rubuso (shrub) · gd smeur (fruit) · eu lapar (shrub) · ro mură (fruit) · sh kupina (fruit) · sh купина (fruit) · lv kazene (shrub) · ja ブラックベリー (fruit) · lb Schwaarzbier (fruit) · sh kupina (shrub) · cop ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (fruit) · arc סַנְיָא (shrub) · ro mur (shrub) · crh búrlegen (fruit) · syc ܣܢܝܐ (fruit) · fr mûrier (shrub) · pdc Blaeckbeer (fruit) · es zarza (shrub) · qua waxéka (fruit) · ba бөрлөгән (shrub) · eo rubusujo (shrub) · ang brǣmel (shrub) · hy մոշենի (shrub) · ti ጸሊም ጐምጠጥ (fruit) · kmr tûdirik (fruit) · yi אָזשענע (fruit) · ca esbarzer (shrub) · cy mwyar (fruit) · sl robída (shrub) · ba бөрлөгән (fruit) · chr ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (shrub) · eu masustondo (shrub) · pl ostrężyna (shrub) · qua waxéka hi (shrub) · th แบล็กเบอร์รี (fruit) · mk капина (fruit) · el βατομουριά (shrub) · mt tuta tal-għollieq (fruit) · hu szeder (fruit) · pl jeżyna (fruit) · yue 黑莓 (fruit) · be ажы́на (fruit) · pt amoreira (shrub) · crh büldürgen (shrub) · tt кара бөрлегән (fruit) · tt qara börlegän (shrub) · es mora (shrub) · gez ጳጦስ (shrub) · eu masusta (fruit) · cmn 黑莓 (shrub) · ang blacu berġe (fruit) · crh búldúrgen (fruit) · mk капина (shrub) · tl sarsamora (fruit) · la mōrum (fruit) · uz maymunjon (fruit) · bg къпина (shrub) · ka მაყვალი (fruit) · ca móra (fruit) · pt sarça (shrub) · scn ruvettu (shrub) · cr ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᓈᐦᑎᐠ (shrub) · kum бюрюлген (fruit) · unm mhuwinkwës (fruit) · fr roncier (shrub) · kum бюлдюрген (shrub) · gl silva (shrub) · cop ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (shrub) · tt qara börlegän (fruit) · nog боьлдирген (fruit) · gez ጰጦስ (shrub) · ka მაყვალი (shrub) · et põldmurakas (fruit) · nrf ronche (shrub) · lt gervuogė (fruit) · fa تمشک (fruit) · tk böwürslen (fruit) · rsk чернїца (shrub) · lv kazene (fruit) · sh купина (shrub) · cmn 黑莓 (fruit) · ar تُوت العُلَّيْق (fruit) · hy մոշ (fruit) · ko 검은딸기 (shrub) · la batus (shrub) · nl braam (fruit) · wa meuron (fruit) · aii ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ (shrub) · enm blakberie (fruit) · fi karhunvatukka (shrub) · fo reyðber (shrub) · aii ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ (fruit) · pt silva (fruit) · fi karhunvatukka (fruit) · ki mũtare (shrub)

wikidata: Q19842373 · wikipedia: Rubus leucodermis · wikipedia: Rubus fruticosus · wikidata: Q13541716 · wikipedia: Rubus occidentalis

blackberry en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈblækbɹi/ (UK)
  • /ˈblækbɛɹi/ (US)
  • /ˈblækbəɹi/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry.

Meanings

  1. To gather or forage for blackberries.
    • My wife and children were blackberrying at the end of the garden and I was simply reading. 2001, Thomas Keneally, Victim of the Aurora, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2001, →ISBN, page 72:
    • She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway:
    • Another instance of someone who is blackberrying and sees fairies can be found at Kingheriot Farm (South-West Wales: Pembrokeshire): maybe gathering berries puts the percipient into a relaxed or dissociated frame of mind, more conducive to being able to see things that one would perhaps not normally be able to see. 2004, Janet Bord, The Traveller's Guide to Fairy Sites: The Landscape and Folklore of Fairyland In England, Wales And Scotland, Gothic Image, published 2004, →ISBN, page 48:
    • Thereafter we blackberried unceasingly and returned with a large basketful, together with some maggoty windfall apples found neglected in the wet grass on the edge of an orchard and Mrs Clare duly stewed these for us. 1988, Arthur Bryson Gerrard, Butterflies & coalsmoke, page 62:
    • My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow. 1977, Howard Frank Mosher, Disappearances, Mariner Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 111:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
blackberries Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
blackberried Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
blackberried Tense=Past lexicographic
blackberrying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

blackberrying

Translations (5)

nb plukke bjørnebær (gather blackberries) · pl zebrać jeżyny (gather blackberries) · cy mwyara (gather blackberries) · ga piocadh sméara dubha (gather blackberries) · pl zbierać jeżyny (gather blackberries)