raspberry

raspberry

See also: Raspberry

English

raspberry

ripe raspberries

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: räz'brē, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɑːzbɹi/
• (UK) enPR: răz'brē, IPA^(key): /ˈɹæzbɹi/

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• (US) enPR: răz'bĕ"rē, IPA^(key): /ˈɹæzˌbɛɹi/

Etymology 1

From earlier raspis berry, possibly from raspise (a sweet rose-colored wine), from Anglo-Latin vinum raspeys, of uncertain origin. Possibly related to rasp (“coarse, rough”), of Germanic origin.[1]

Noun

raspberry (plural raspberries)

1. The plant Rubus idaeus.
2. Any of many other (but not all) species in the genus Rubus.
3. The juicy aggregate fruit of these plants.
4. A red colour, the colour of a ripe raspberry.

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Synonyms

• (obsolete) hindberry, raspis

Hypernyms

• fruit
  • berry

Meronyms

• (aggregate fruit): drupelet

Derived terms

• black raspberry
• raspberryade
• raspberry crown borer
• raspberrylike
• raspberry ripple
• raspberry tart
• raspberry tongue
• raspberry vinegar

 

Descendants

• → Japanese: ラズベリー (razuberī)

Translations

plant

Afrikaans: framboos (af) Albanian: mjedër (sq), mjedhër (sq), midër f, malinë f, njetër f Arabic: عُلَّيْق‎ m (ʕullayq) (which also means blackberry), فْرَامْبْوَاز‎ m (frāmbwāz) Hijazi: عُلَّيْق‎ m (ʿullēg) Aragonese: chordonera f Armenian: ազնվամորի (hy) (aznvamori) Assamese: জুটুলিপকা গছ (zutulipoka gos) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܡܒܘܵܙ‎ m (frambwaz) Azerbaijani: moruq (az) Bashkir: ҡурай еләге (quray yeläge) Belarusian: малі́на f (malína) Breton: flamboez Bulgarian: мали́на (bg) f (malína) Catalan: gerdera f Cherokee: ᏒᏗᏩᎵ (svdiwali) Chinese: Mandarin: 懸鉤子／悬钩子 (zh) (xuángōuzi), 覆盆子 (zh) (fùpénzǐ) Czech: malina (cs) f Danish: hindbær (da) c Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dutch: frambozenstruik m, framboos (nl) m Esperanto: frambujo (eo) Estonian: vaarikas Faroese: hindber m Finnish: vadelma (fi), vadelmapensas French: framboisier (fr) m Friulian: please add this translation if you can Galician: framboeseiro (gl) m Georgian: ჟოლო (žolo) German: Himbeere (de) f, Himbeerstrauch (de) m Greek: σμεουριά (el) f (smeouriá) Haitian Creole: franbwaz Hebrew: פֶּטֶל‎ (he) m (pétel) Hungarian: málna (hu) Icelandic: hindber (is) n Ido: frambiero (io) Indonesian: frambosen Irish: tor sútha craobh m Italian: lampone (it) m Japanese: ラズベリー (ja) (razuberī), 木苺 (キイチゴ, kiichigo) Khmer: សមលេងរតកោហ (sâmôléngrôtkaôh) Korean: 나무딸기 (namuttalgi), 산딸기 (ko) (santtalgi) Lao: ໝາກໄມ້ສົ້ມໃຊ້ເຮັດແຍມ (māk mai som sai het nyǣm) Latgalian: avīkša f Latvian: avene (lv) f Lithuanian: avietė (lt) f Macedonian: ма́лина f (málina) Maltese: lampun f Mingrelian: იმღვა (imɣva) Mirandese: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: бөөрөлзгөнө (mn) (böörölzgönö) Mòcheno: himper n Navajo: dzidzé łikaní dinilchííʼígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: bringebærbusk m, bringebær n Nynorsk: bringebær n, bringbær n Ojibwe: miskwimin Old English: hindberġe f Polish: malina (pl) f Portuguese: framboeseira (pt) f Romanian: zmeur (ro) m Russian: мали́на (ru) f (malína) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: малина f Latin: malina (sh) f Slovak: malina (sk) f Slovene: malina (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: malina f Upper Sorbian: malena f, maleńka f Spanish: frambueso m Svan: ინღა (inɣa) Swahili: mrasiberi Swedish: hallonbuske c, hallonsnår n Tagalog: sampinit, prambuwesas Thai: แรสเบอร์รี (rɛ́ɛs-bəə-rîi) Turkish: ahududu (tr), ağaç çileği (tr) Ukrainian: мали́на f (malýna) Urdu: تُوت الارض‎ Vietnamese: mâm xôi (vi) Volapük: please add this translation if you can Walloon: ampône (wa) f, rodje amonne f, frambåjhe (wa) f Welsh: mafonen (cy) m Western Ojibwa: miskomin Yiddish: מאַלענע‎ (malene)

fruit

Afrikaans: framboos (af) Albanian: manaferrë (sq) f Arabic: عُلَّيْق‎ m (ʕullayq)(which also means blackberry), فْرَامْبْوَاز‎ m (frāmbwāz) Hijazi: عُلَّيْق‎ m (ʿullēg) Aragonese: chordón m Armenian: ազնվամորի (hy) (aznvamori) Assamese: জুটুলিপকা (zutulipoka) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦ̮ܪܵܡܒܘܵܙ‎ m (frambwaz) Asturian: altimora f Atikamekw: mikominan Azerbaijani: moruq (az) Bashkir: ҡурай еләге (quray yeläge) Basque: mugurdi Belarusian: малі́на f (malína) Bulgarian: мали́на (bg) f (malína) Catalan: gerd (ca) m Cherokee: ᏒᏗᏩᎵ (svdiwali) Chinese: Hakka: 三月泡 Mandarin: 覆盆子 (zh) (fùpénzǐ), 懸鉤子／悬钩子 (zh) (xuángōuzi), 木莓 (zh) (mùméi), 樹莓／树莓 (zh) (shùméi) Cornish: avanen f Czech: malina (cs) f Danish: hindbær (da) n Dutch: framboos (nl) m Esperanto: frambo (eo) Estonian: vaarikas Faroese: hindber n Finnish: vadelma (fi) French: framboise (fr) f Galician: framboesa (gl) f, camiña f Georgian: ჟოლო (žolo), მალინა (malina) German: Himbeere (de) f Greek: σμέουρο (el) n (sméouro), φραμπουάζ (el) n (frampouáz) Greenlandic: hindbæri Haitian Creole: franbwaz Hebrew: פֶּטֶל‎ (he) m (pétel) Hindi: रसभरी (hi) (rasabhrī) Hungarian: málna (hu) Icelandic: hindber (is) n Ido: frambo (io) Irish: sú craobh f Italian: lampone (it) m Japanese: , 木苺 (キイチゴ, kiichigo), ラズベリー (ja) (razuberī) Kazakh: таңқурай (tañqurai) Khmer: សមលេងរតកោហ (sâmôléngrôtkaôh) Korean: 산딸기 (ko) (santtalgi), 라즈베리 (rajeuberi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: تووتِڕِک‎ (tûtirrik) Kyrgyz: дан куурай (ky) (dan kuuray) Latgalian: avīkša f Latin: rubus m Latvian: avene (lv) f Lithuanian: avietė (lt) f Livonian: ounõmōŗa Luxembourgish: Hambier f Macedonian: ма́лина f (málina) Manx: soo crouw m Maori: rāhipere (mi), rāpere Mingrelian: იმღვა (imɣva) Mirandese: please add this translation if you can Mongolian: бөөрөлзгөнө (mn) (böörölzgönö) Navajo: dzidzé łikaní dinilchííʼígíí Norman: frambrouaise f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: bringebær n Nynorsk: bringebær n, bringbær n Ojibwe: miskomin Old English: hindberġe f Persian: تمشک‎ (fa) (tamešk) Plautdietsch: Himbäa f Polish: malina (pl) f Portuguese: framboesa (pt) f Romanian: zmeură (ro) f Romansch: ampuauna f Russian: мали́на (ru) f (malína) Scottish Gaelic: sùbh-craoibh f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: малина f Roman: malina (sh) f Slovak: malina (sk) f Slovene: malina (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: malina f Upper Sorbian: malena f, maleńka f Spanish: frambuesa (es) f Svan: ინღა (inɣa) Swahili: rasiberi Swedish: hallon (sv) n Tagalog: sampinit, prambuwesas Tajik: тамашк (tamašk), малина (tg) (malina) Thai: แรสเบอร์รี (rɛ́ɛs-bəə-rîi) Turkish: ahududu (tr), frambuaz (tr), ağaç çileği (tr) Turkmen: ýer tudana Ukrainian: мали́на f (malýna) Uzbek: malina (uz) Vietnamese: mâm xôi (vi) Volapük: frambod (vo) Võro: vabarna' Walloon: ampône (wa) f Welsh: mafonen (cy) f, afanen f Yiddish: מאַלענע‎ (malene)

colour

Chinese: Mandarin: 覆盆子 (zh) Dutch: frambozenrood n Finnish: vadelmanpunainen French: framboise (fr) Ido: frambea Italian: lampone (it) Japanese: 木苺色 (kiichigo-iro) Lithuanian: avietinė spalva m Polish: malinowy (pl) Romanian: zmeuriu (ro) Russian: мали́новый (ru) (malínovyj) Slovak: malinový (sk) Spanish: frambuesa (es) Swahili: rangi ya rasiberi

Adjective

raspberry (not comparable)

1. Containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries.
2. (color) Of a dark pinkish red.
   • 1985, Prince (lyrics and music), “Raspberry Beret”, in Around the World in a Day, performed by Prince and the Revolution:

     She wore a raspberry beret / The kind you find in a second hand store

Translations

containing or having the flavor/flavour of raspberries

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: met frambozensmaak, frambozen- Finnish: vadelmapitoinen (containing); vadelmanmakuinen (having the flavor of) French: à la framboise Italian: al lampone Polish: malinowy (pl) m Russian: мали́новый (ru) (malínovyj) Slovak: malinový (sk) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: мали́новий (uk) (malýnovyj)

the colour

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: frambozenrood Finnish: vadelmanpunainen French: framboise (fr) Ido: frambea Japanese: キイチゴ色の (kiichigo-iro no) Polish: malinowy (pl) m Portuguese: cor de framboesa Romanian: zmeuriu (ro) Russian: мали́новый (ru) (malínovyj) Slovak: malinový (sk) Spanish: color frambuesa Swahili: rangi ya rasiberi Ukrainian: мали́но́вий (uk) (malýnóvyj)

Verb

raspberry (third-person singular simple present raspberries, present participle raspberrying, simple past and past participle raspberried)

1. To gather or forage for raspberries.
   • 1903, M. E. Waller, A Daughter of the Rich, Little, Brown, and Company (1903), page 137:

     […] she stuck burrs in my bed and lead me through the nettle-patch when we were raspberrying, because she knew I did n't know nettles; […]

   • 1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne's House of Dreams, Chapter 37:

     "Owen and she went raspberrying in the woods back of her farm," answered Anne. "They won't be back before supper time—if then."

   • 1944, Cornelius Weygandt, The Heart of New Hampshire: Things Held Dear by Folks of the Old Stocks, G. P. Putnam's Sons (1944), page 129:

     […] Mrs. Thrifty was picking pie cherries, two boys were raspberrying, and the fourth son, as I recall it, blueberrying.

   • 1976, Emily Ward, The Way Things Were: An Autobiography of Emily Ward, Newport Press (1976), page 4:

     My mother told my sister Sally and me that if we were good little girls we might go raspberrying up on the mountains when the raspberries were ripe.

   • 1988, Charles McCarry, The Bride of the Wilderness‎, MysteriousPress.com, published 2011, →ISBN:

     In strawberry time she had seen individual bears grazing in the meadows along the bluff, and later, while raspberrying, she heard one gobbling fruit and snorting on the other side of the bush.

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}
• boysenberry
• loganberry
• salmonberry
• tayberry
• thimbleberry
• whitebark raspberry

References

1. Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.

Etymology 2

Cockney rhyming slang, from raspberry tart = fart (though "raspberry" is rarely used for a fart, merely a noise which imitates it). Compare raspberry ripple = cripple.

Noun

raspberry (plural raspberries)

1. (colloquial) A noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence, made by blowing air out of the mouth while the tongue is protruding from and pressed against the lips, or by blowing air through the lips while they are pressed firmly together or against skin, used humorously or to express derision.
   • 2021 December 1, “Network News: Integrated Rail Plan: Osborne predicts HS2 eastern leg will return”, in RAIL, number 945, page 8:

     Of the announcement, Osborne said: "They have spent a hundred billion pounds of public money and they've got a massive raspberry from everyone as far as I can see. As a PR exercise, it's been an object lesson in how not to make a government announcement."

   Synonyms: (US) Bronx cheer, razz

2. (derogatory, colloquial) A cripple.

Derived terms

• blow a raspberry

Translations

noise imitative of a fart

Catalan: pets (ca) m pl Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: langofurzo Estonian: keelepuristamine Finnish: päristys Italian: pernacchia (it) f Norwegian: prompelyd m Persian: تمشک‎ (fa) Russian: перде́ние n (perdénije) Spanish: pedorreta f

Verb

raspberry (third-person singular simple present raspberries, present participle raspberrying, simple past and past participle raspberried)

1. (colloquial) To make the noise intended to imitate the passing of flatulence.