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cranberry en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ (UK)
• /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ (US)

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
   • Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […] 2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days:

cranberry en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ (UK)
• /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ (US)

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Meanings

1. (countable) A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
2. (countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.
   • That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls. 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
3. (countable, uncountable) An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.

Forms

Deriveds

craisin · New Zealand cranberry · cranberrylike · small cranberry · crangrape · cranberry heath · northern cranberry · cranberrying · other · Cranmoor · mountain cranberry · lowbush cranberry · cranberry glass · cranberryade · American cranberry · crantini · cranberry morpheme · plants · cranberry bean · Cranberry Portage · cranberry bush · cranberry juice · cranberried · large cranberry · common cranberry · cranapple · Chilean cranberry · southern mountain cranberry · cranberrita · native cranberry · cranberry word · highbush cranberry

Descendants

Cranberry · cranberry

Hypernyms

berry

Synonyms

fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos> · fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>

Translations (131)

atv торвос (berry) · fi karpalo (berry) · izh karpalo (shrub) · he חֲמוּצִית (berry) · es anavia roja (berry) · et kuremari (berry) · hy լոռամրգի (shrub) · ckt кԓёкаԓгын (shrub) · es mortiño rojo (shrub) · fo tranuber (berry) · mk брусница (shrub) · pl żurawina (berry) · ca nabiu (berry) · et jõhvikas (berry) · sjd рыһпмушш (berry) · sjd рыһпмӯррьй (berry) · alt сас јиилеги (berry) · oj mashkiigimin (berry) · de Kranbeere (shrub) · eu ahabi garratz (berry) · ko 넌출월귤 (berry) · mk брусница (berry) · nn tranebær (berry) · de Moosbeere (berry) · win hoocąke (berry) · unm pakim (berry) · tli ḵ'eishkaháagu (berry) · bg клю́ква (shrub) · ko 크랜베리 (berry) · sq boronicë e kuqe (berry) · de Cranberry (berry) · eo oksikoko (shrub) · hy լոռամիրգ (berry) · yi זשורעכלינע (berry) · tli dáxw (berry) · mn цангис жимс (berry) · udm нюрмульы (berry) · es arándano rojo (berry) · ckt кԓёкаԓгын (berry) · de Kranichbeere (berry) · oj mashkiigiminagaawanzh (shrub) · cmn 蔓越橘 (shrub) · ar عَنْبِيَّة حَادَة الخَبَاء (berry) · chn suləmix (berry) · mia neehpikicia (berry) · wo kanbeers (berry) · pt oxicoco (shrub) · bg червена боровинка (berry) · de Cranberry (shrub) · cy cryglusen (berry) · de Kronsbeere (berry) · cy llugaeronen (berry) · nb tranebær (shrub) · es mortiño rojo (berry) · it mirtillo palustre (berry) · xpq pôcum (berry) · lv dzērvene (shrub) · it ossicocco (berry) · hu tőzegáfonya (shrub) · kk мүкжидек (berry) · cmn 蔓越桔 (shrub) · ro merișor (berry) · he קַפְטָה (berry) · fi karpalo (shrub) · ckt кԓюкэт (berry) · eo oksikoko (berry) · tl arandano (berry) · sw mkranberi (shrub) · ga mónóg (berry) · pl żurawina (shrub) · nl cranberry (berry) · sh brusnica (berry) · tr turna yemişi (berry) · atj mickekominan (berry) · oc brimbalièr (berry) · sl brusnica (berry) · sh брусница (berry) · cs brusinka (berry) · atv торвос (shrub) · sms reppjoŋŋ (berry) · sms jeäʹǧǧlåʹddmueʹrjj (berry) · ru клю́ква (berry) · fy feanbei (berry) · es arándano (berry) · da tranebær (shrub) · nn tranebær (shrub) · win hoocąkehu (shrub) · ga mónóg (shrub) · pt arando (berry) · nl veenbes (berry) · da tranebær (berry) · cs brusinka (shrub) · fr canneberge (shrub) · cjs торбас честеги (berry) · tr turna yemişi (shrub) · ca nabiu de grua (shrub) · es arándano rojo (shrub) · tl pulang arandano (berry) · sw kranberi (berry) · es anavia roja (shrub) · el κρανμπερι (berry) · alt сас јиилеги (shrub) · uk журавли́на (berry) · gd muileag (shrub) · de Kronsbeere (shrub) · oc brimbèla (berry) · pt oxicoco (berry) · ru клю́ква (shrub) · uk журавли́на (shrub) · de Moosbeere (shrub) · izh karpalo (berry) · fr canneberge (berry) · ka შტოში (berry) · cmn 蔓越莓 (berry) · is trönuber (berry) · sv tranbär (berry) · oj mashkiigiminaganzh (shrub) · nds-de Kroonsbeer (shrub) · bg клю́ква (berry) · cjs торбас честеги (shrub) · ja クランベリー (berry) · hu tőzegáfonya (berry) · ga tom mónóg (shrub) · ckt кԓюкэт (shrub) · ltg dzērvine (shrub) · gd muileag (berry) · bg червена боровинка (shrub) · ka შტოში (shrub) · nrf cannebèrge (berry) · az quşüzümü (shrub) · nb tranebær (berry)

cranberry en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/ (UK)
• /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/ (US)

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Meanings

1. (Appalachia, colloquial) To gather wild cranberries.

Forms

Relateds

dingleberry · arando · fenberry · bearberry · moorberry