berry
English
/ˈbɛɹi/
noun
Definitions
- A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
- (botany) A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
- A coffee bean.
- One of the ova or eggs of a fish.
- (slang) A police car.
- (US) A dollar.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English berye inherited from Old English beriġe (berry, fruit) inherited from *baʀi inherited from Proto-Germanic *bazją (berry).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*bazją
Gloss
berry
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Boysen English
- China English
- June English
- Juneberry English
- Logan English
- Tay English
- Tummel English
- Veitch English
- Worcester English
- Young English
- apple English
- apple-berry English
- bane English
- baneberry English
- bay English
- bayberry English
- beach English
- beachberry English
- bear English
- bearberry English
- beauty English
- beautyberry English
- berryish English
- berryless English
- berrylike English
- berrypecker English
- black English
- blackberry English
- blackberryade English
- blackberrying English
- blackberrylike English
- blae English
- blaeberry English
- blood English
- bloodberry English
- blue English
- blueberried English
- blueberry English
- blueberrying English
- blueberrylike English
- bog English
- bogberry English
- boysenberry English
- bramble English
- brambleberry English
- brier English
- brierberry English
- buck English
- buckberry English
- buffalo English
- buffaloberry English
- bunch English
- bunchberry English
- cackle English
- cackleberry English
- candle English
- candleberry English
- caper English
- caperberry English
- chaste English
- chasteberry English
- chinaberry English
- choke English
- chokeberry English
- cloud English
- cloudberry English
- coffee English
- coffeeberry English
- coral English
- coralberry English
- cow English
- cowberry English
- cracker English
- crackerberry English
- crow English
- crowberry English
- dangle English
- dangleberry English
- deer English
- deerberry English
- dew English
- dewberry English
- dingleberry English
- earth English
- earthberry English
- elder English
- elderberry English
- elderberrying English
- fen English
- fenberry English
- fish English
- fishberry English
- fox English
- foxberry English
- golden English
- goldenberry English
- goose English
- gooseberry English
- gooseberrying English
- gooseberryish English
- gooseberrylike English
- guava English
- guavaberry English
- hag English
- hagberry English
- hedge English
- hedgeberry English
- hind English
- hindberry English
- hog English
- hogberry English
- honey English
- honeyberry English
- hound English
- houndsberry English
- indigo English
- indigoberry English
- ink English
- inkberry English
- jackal English
- jackalberry English
- knot English
- knotberry English
- lantern English
- lantern berry English
- lingonberry English
- loganberry English
- marsh English
- marshberry English
- moor English
- moorberry English
- nanny English
- nannyberry English
- orange English
- orangeberry English
- partridge English
- partridgeberry English
- pea English
- peaberry English
- pecker English
- pepper English
- pepperberry English
- pigeon English
- pigeonberry English
- poison English
- poisonberry English
- poke English
- pokeberry English
- quinsy English
- quinsyberry English
- red English
- redberry English
- rose English
- roseberry English
- rowan English
- rowanberry English
- salal English
- salalberry English
- salmon English
- salmonberry English
- sea English
- seaberry English
- service English
- serviceberry English
- sheep English
- sheepberry English
- silver English
- silverberry English
- snake English
- snakeberry English
- snow English
- snowberry English
- soap English
- soapberry English
- sour English
- sourberry English
- sparkle English
- sparkleberry English
- spice English
- spiceberry English
- squash English
- squashberry English
- squaw English
- squawberry English
- straw English
- strawberried English
- strawberry English
- strawberryade English
- strawberryish English
- strawberryless English
- strawberrylike English
- sugar English
- sugarberry English
- sun English
- sunberry English
- tayberry English
- tea English
- teaberry English
- tetter English
- tetterberry English
- thimble English
- thimbleberry English
- tummelberry English
- twin English
- twinberry English
- veitchberry English
- vine English
- vine-berry English
- vineberry English
- wax English
- waxberry English
- wheat English
- wheatberry English
- whin English
- whinberry English
- whortle English
- whortleberry English
- wild English
- wildberry English
- wine English
- wineberry English
- winter English
- winterberry English
- wolf English
- wolfberry English
- wonder English
- wonderberry English
- worcesterberry English
- yellow English
- yellowberry English
- youngberry English
- yum English
- yumberry English
- loganinmarja Finnish
- loganmarja Finnish
- ferentarius Latin
- ferio Latin
- Beere German
- Beerenauslese German
- Beerenobst German
- Blaubeere German
- Brustbeere German
- Christorbeere German
- Erdbeere German
- Fuchsbeere German
- Heidelbeere German
- Kranbeere German
- Moorbeere German
- Stachelbeere German
- Vogelbeere German
- Wacholderbeere German
- Wunderbeere German
- beerentragend German
- aalbes Dutch, Flemish
- bes Dutch, Flemish
- bessensap Dutch, Flemish
- bessenstruik Dutch, Flemish
- bezie Dutch, Flemish
- bosbes Dutch, Flemish
- jeneverbes Dutch, Flemish
- lijsterbes Dutch, Flemish
- zeepbes Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰerH- Proto-Indo-European
- loganberry Portuguese
- *bazją Proto-Germanic
- lingon Swedish
- ブラックベリー Japanese
- ブルーベリー Japanese
- ベリー Japanese
- bjørnebær Norwegian Nynorsk
- blåbær Norwegian Nynorsk
- bær Norwegian Nynorsk
- hyllebær Norwegian Nynorsk
- jordbær Norwegian Nynorsk
- solbær Norwegian Nynorsk
- tranebær Norwegian Nynorsk
- tytebær Norwegian Nynorsk
- vinbær Norwegian Nynorsk
- berige Old English
- beriġe Old English
- laurberige Old English
- strēawberiġe Old English
- winberige Old English
- *brambelberie Middle English
- *hindberie Middle English
- berye Middle English
- blakberie Middle English
- houndesberye Middle English
- hurtilbery Middle English
- strawbery Middle English
- winberie Middle English
- wyneberye Middle English
- ber Old Norse
- berr Old Norse
- blåbær Danish
- bær Danish
- enebær Danish
- hyldebær Danish
- solbær Danish
- tranebær Danish
- bero Esperanto
- ber Icelandic
- bláber Icelandic
- jarðarber Icelandic
- rifsber Icelandic
- trönuber Icelandic
- vínber Icelandic
- สตรอว์เบอร์รี Thai
- เบอร์รี Thai
- estroberi Cebuano
- stroberi Indonesian
- bes Middle Dutch
- besie Middle Dutch
- bēre Middle Dutch
- ber Old High German
- beri Old High German
- ber Middle High German
- fshij Albanian
- përfshij Albanian
- *baʀi gmw-pro
- *beri Old Dutch
- 士多啤梨 Chinese
- Berri Alemannic German
- beri Swahili
- stroberi Swahili
- ស្ត្រប៊េរី Central Khmer
- ໝາກສະຕໍເບີຣີ Lao
- Beer Pennsylvania German
- Grumbeer Pennsylvania German
- beier West Flemish
- brombeier West Flemish
- stekebeier West Flemish
- Tay
- tea
- sea
- bog
- fox
- bay
- cow
- sun
- fen
- hog
- yum
- wax
- hag
- pea
- ink
- dew
- red
- whin
- moor
- crow
- wolf
- blue
- fish
- hind
- knot
- buck
- twin
- sour
- deer
- wine
- rose
- poke
- blae
- bane
- June
- vine
- wild
- soap
- snow
- bear
- bunch
- rowan
- goose
- guava
- snake
- black
- earth
- nanny
- hedge
- Logan
- wheat
- beach
- brier
- salal
- hound
- sugar
- honey
- apple
- spice
- coral
- blood
- choke
- cloud
- China
- Young
- squaw
- elder
- straw
- caper
- marsh
- sheep
- yellow
- golden
- silver
- winter
- squash
- Veitch
- tetter
- jackal
- orange
- coffee
- indigo
- cackle
- beauty
- poison
- chaste
- wonder
- quinsy
- Boysen
- salmon
- candle
- pigeon
- pepper
- Tummel
- dangle
- pecker
- service
- whortle
- buffalo
- thimble
- sparkle
- cracker
- lantern
- bramble
- seaberry
- sunberry
- fenberry
- waxberry
- foxberry
- teaberry
- tayberry
- hogberry
- bogberry
- yumberry
- bayberry
- berryish
- hagberry
- inkberry
- peaberry
- cowberry
- dewberry
- redberry
- buckberry
- wolfberry
- pokeberry
- blaeberry
- baneberry
- blueberry
- twinberry
- snowberry
- wildberry
- moorberry
- sourberry
- soapberry
- berryless
- bearberry
- Worcester
- roseberry
- knotberry
- crowberry
- berrylike
- fishberry
- deerberry
- hindberry
- vineberry
- whinberry
- partridge
- Juneberry
- wineberry
- bloodberry
- vine-berry
- snakeberry
- coralberry
- squawberry
- salalberry
- beachberry
- honeyberry
- spiceberry
- chokeberry
- chinaberry
- earthberry
- blackberry
- bunchberry
- wheatberry
- gooseberry
- elderberry
- nannyberry
- caperberry
- cloudberry
- marshberry
- sheepberry
- loganberry
- hedgeberry
- sugarberry
- strawberry
- guavaberry
- brierberry
- rowanberry
- youngberry
- dingleberry
- veitchberry
- cackleberry
- apple-berry
- poisonberry
- candleberry
- coffeeberry
- lingonberry
- dangleberry
- tummelberry
- berrypecker
- boysenberry
- squashberry
- goldenberry
- orangeberry
- jackalberry
- chasteberry
- houndsberry
- quinsyberry
- pepperberry
- yellowberry
- tetterberry
- indigoberry
- beautyberry
- winterberry
- salmonberry
- wonderberry
- pigeonberry
- silverberry
- blueberried
- thimbleberry
- whortleberry
- serviceberry
- sparkleberry
- crackerberry
- blueberrying
- strawberried
- buffaloberry
- brambleberry
- strawberryade
- blueberrylike
- lantern berry
- blackberryade
- blackberrying
- strawberryish
- elderberrying
- gooseberrying
- gooseberryish
- strawberryless
- blackberrylike
- strawberrylike
- partridgeberry
- gooseberrylike
- worcesterberry