blueberry

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English

Blueberries (fruit)

Etymology

blue +‎ berry

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈbluːbəri/, SAMPA: /"blu:b@ri/
• (US) enPR: blu'bĕ"rē, IPA: /ˈblu.ˌbɛ.ri/, SAMPA: /"blu.%bE.ri/

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Noun

blueberry (plural blueberries)

1. An edible round berry belonging to the cowberry family. (A botanically false berry.) It has flared "crowns" at the end that turn blue on ripening.
2. The shrub of the above-mentioned berry.
3. A dark blue colour.

   blueberry colour:

Derived terms

• highbush blueberry
• lowbush blueberry
• wild blueberry
• cultivated blueberry

Translations

fruit

Albanian: boronicë (sq) f. Bosnian: borovnica (bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 藍莓 (cmn), 蓝莓 (cmn) (lánméi) Croatian: borovnica (hr) f., borovnica (hr) f. Czech: borůvka (cs) f. Danish: blåbær (da) n. Dutch: de blauwe bosbes (nl) m. Estonian: mustikas (et) Faroese: bláber (fo) n., aðalbláber (fo) n. Finnish: mustikka (fi) French: myrtille f., bleuet m. (Canada) German: Blaubeere (de) f., Heidelbeere (de) f. Hebrew: אוכמניה (he) (ukhmaniá) f., אוכמניות (he) (ukhmaniyót) f. pl. Hindi: नीलबदरी (nīlabadarī), ब्लूबेरी (blūbērī) Hungarian: áfonya (hu) Icelandic: bláber (is) n. Italian: mirtillo (it) m. Japanese: ブルーベリー (burūberii) Korean: 블루베리 (beulluberi)

Lithuanian: mėlynė (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Molbier (lb) n. Maori: tūrutu (mi) Navajo: dzidzé łikaní dootłʼizhígíí Norwegian: blåbær (no) n. Portuguese: mirtilo (pt) m. Romanian: afină (ro) f. Russian: голубика (ru) f. Scottish Gaelic: braoileag f. Serbian: Cyrillic: боровница f. Latin: borovnica f. Slovak: čučoriedka (sk) f. Slovene: borovnica (sl) f. Spanish: arándano m. mora azul f. Swahili: buluuberi (sw), beri ya buluu (sw) Swedish: blåbär (sv) n. Tamil: அவுரிநெல்லி, avurinelli Turkish: yaban mersini (tr)

plant

Bosnian: borovnica (bs) f. Croatian: borovnica (hr) f. Danish: blåbær (da) n. Finnish: mustikka, mustikkapensas French: myrtille (fr) f. German: Blaubeere (de) f. Hebrew: אוכמניות (he) f. pl. Italian: mirtillo (it) m. Norwegian: blåbærplante (no) c.

Romanian: afin (ro) m. Russian: голубика f. Serbian: Cyrillic: боровница f. Latin: borovnica f. Slovene: borovnica (sl) f. Swahili: mbuluuberi (sw) Swedish: blåbär (sv) n. Turkish: yaban mersini (tr)

colour

Swahili: rangi ya buluuberi (sw)

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Northern Sami: sarrit

Adjective

blueberry (comparative more blueberry, superlative most blueberry)

1. Of a dark blue colour.

Translations

of a dark blue colour

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues) [edit]}
• bilberry
• ericaceous
• whortleberry