gooseberry

English

/ˈɡusˌbɛɹi/, /ˈɡʊzb(ə)ɹi/

noun

Definitions

A fruit, Ribes uva-crispa, related to the currant.
Any other plant or fruit in the subgenus , distinguished from currants by bearing spines, including Ribes hirtellum, the .
Any of several other plants that are not closely related but bear fruit in some way similar:
(dated) A chaperone.
(chiefly) An additional person who is neither necessary nor wanted in a given situation.
(dated) A fool.
(dated) A fantastic story; a tall tale; a hoax.
(dated) A testicle.

Etymology

Compound from English goose + English berry (thrash, beat).

Origin

English

berry

Gloss

thrash, beat

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Goose Village English
Juneberry English
apple-berry English
baneberry English
bayberry English
beachberry English
bearberry English
beautyberry English
berry English
berryish English
berryless English
berrylike English
berrypecker English
blackberry English
blaeberry English
bloodberry English
blueberry English
bogberry English
boysenberry English
brambleberry English
brierberry English
buckberry English
buffaloberry English
bunchberry English
cackleberry English
candleberry English
caperberry English
chasteberry English
chinaberry English
chokeberry English
cloudberry English
coffeeberry English
coralberry English
cowberry English
crackerberry English
crowberry English
dangleberry English
deerberry English
dewberry English
dingleberry English
earthberry English
elderberry English
fenberry English
fishberry English
foxberry English
goldenberry English
goose English
gooseberrying English
gooseberryish English
gooseberrylike English
goosecap English
goosedown English
goosefish English
goosegrass English
gooseherd English
goosehood English
gooseish English
gooseless English
gooselike English
gooseling English
goosely English
gooseneck English
goosenecked English
goosequill English
goosery English
gooseskin English
goosetongue English
goosewing English
goosie English
goosish English
goosy English
gosherd English
gosling English
guavaberry English
hagberry English
hedgeberry English
hindberry English
hogberry English
honeyberry English
houndsberry English
indigoberry English
inkberry English
jackalberry English
knotberry English
lantern berry English
lingonberry English
loganberry English
marshberry English
moorberry English
nannyberry English
orangeberry English
partridgeberry English
peaberry English
peagoose English
pepperberry English
pigeonberry English
poisonberry English
pokeberry English
quinsyberry English
redberry English
roseberry English
rowanberry English
salalberry English
salmonberry English
seaberry English
serviceberry English
sheepberry English
sheldgoose English
silverberry English
snakeberry English
snowberry English
soapberry English
sourberry English
sparkleberry English
spiceberry English
squashberry English
squawberry English
strawberry English
sugarberry English
sunberry English
tayberry English
teaberry English
tetterberry English
thimbleberry English
tummelberry English
twinberry English
veitchberry English
vine-berry English
vineberry English
waxberry English
wheatberry English
whinberry English
whortleberry English
wildberry English
wineberry English
winterberry English
wolfberry English
wonderberry English
worcesterberry English
yellowberry English
youngberry English
yumberry English
grossularia Latin
Beere German
groseille French
grosella Spanish, Castilian
ベリー Japanese
berye Middle English
goos Middle English
groso Esperanto
เบอร์รี Thai
grozelo Ido
beri Swahili
groser Scots