myrtille

French

Des myrtilles.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrtus (“myrtle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʁ.tij/

• Audio:

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Noun

myrtille f (plural myrtilles)

1. blueberry (fruit), bilberry

Synonyms

• bleuet (Canadian)

Further reading

• “myrtille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myrˈtil.le/, [mʏrˈt̪ɪlːʲɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mirˈtil.le/, [mirˈt̪ilːe]

Noun

(deprecated template usage) myrtille

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