blackberry

blackberry

See also: BlackBerry

English

Blackberries on a bush

Etymology

From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan, equivalent to black +‎ berry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblækbəɹi/, /ˈblækbɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈblækbeɹi/

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Noun

blackberry (plural blackberries)

1. A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

   Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry

2. The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

   Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry

3. (UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.

Derived terms

• Armenian blackberry
• blackberry lily
• blackberry winter
• California blackberry
• Chehalem blackberry
• Himalayan blackberry
• Pacific blackberry
• plenty as blackberries

 

Translations

shrub

Abenaki: pezagwdamenakwam Arabic: عُلَّيْق‎ m (ʿullayq) (same word as for raspberry), بَاطُس‎ m (bāṭus) (Medieval, rare) Aramaic: Jewish Aramaic: סַנְיָא‎ (sanyā), absolute state סְנֶה‎ (sne); פטל‎ (*pṭal) (indeclinable) (neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar) Classical Syriac: ܣܢܝܐ‎ (sanyā), absolute state ܣܢܐ‎ (sne); ܦܛܠ‎ (pṭal) (indeclinable) (neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar) Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ‎ (sanyā), absolute state like in Syriac but not attested Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀‎ (snyʾ) Armenian: մոշենի (hy) (mošeni) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ‎ m (hālwāzna) Asturian: artu m Bashkir: бөрлөгән (börlögän), ҡара бөрлөгән (qara börlögän) Basque: masustondo, lapar Belarusian: ажы́на f (ažýna) Bulgarian: къпина (bg) f (kǎpina) Catalan: esbarzer (ca) m Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (kanugalv) Chinese: Mandarin: 黑莓 (zh) (hēiméi) Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ m (batos) Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᓈᐦᑎᐠ (kaskiteminaahtik) Crimean Tatar: Crimean Latin: büldürgen, bürlegen Romanian Latin: búldúrgen, búrlegen Czech: ostružiník (cs) Danish: brombær (da) n Dutch: braamstruik m Esperanto: rubusujo (eo) Faroese: rossaber n, reyðber n Finnish: karhunvatukka (fi), vatukka (fi) French: ronce (fr) f, roncier (fr) m, mûrier (fr) m, Galician: silva f, silveira (gl) f Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos), ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos), ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos) Georgian: მაყვალი (maq̇vali) German: Brombeerstrauch m Greek: βατομουριά (el) f (vatomouriá) Ancient: βάτος f (bátos), μόρον n (móron) Hungarian: szeder (hu), földi szeder Icelandic: brómber (is) n, bjarnarber n Italian: rovo (it) m Kikuyu: mũtare class 3, ndare class 9/10 Korean: 검은딸기 (geomeunttalgi) Kumyk: бюлдюрген (büldürgen), бюрюлген (bürülgen), бюрлюген (bürlügen) Latin: rubus m, batus m Latvian: kazene (lv) f Macedonian: капина f (kapina) Maori: parakipere Nogai: буьлдирген (büldirgen), боьлдирген (böldirgen) Norman: ronche f (Jersey) Norwegian: bjørnebær (no) n Ojibwe: odatagaagominagaawanzh Old English: brǣmel m Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer Polish: jeżyna (pl) f, ożyna (pl) f, ostrężyna (pl) f Portuguese: amoreira (pt) f, sarça (pt) f Romanian: mur (ro) m Russian: ежеви́ка (ru) f (ježevíka) Scottish Gaelic: dris f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: купина f Roman: kupina (sh) f Sicilian: ruvettu (scn) m Slovene: robída f Spanish: zarza (es) f, zarzamora (es) f, mora (es) f Swedish: björnbär (sv) n Tagalog: sapinit, sarsamora Tatar: Cyrillic: кара бөрлегән (tt) (qara börlegän) Latin: qara börlegän Turkish: böğürtlen (tr) Ukrainian: ожи́на (uk) f (ožýna) Unami: hmuwinkwsakw Welsh: miaren f

fruit

Abenaki: pezagwdamen Afrikaans: braam (af) Albanian: manaferrë (sq) f, ferrëmanzë (sq) f Arabic: تُوت العُلَّيْق‎ m (tūt al-ʿullayq) (same word as for a raspberry), بَاطُس‎ m (bāṭus) (Medieval, rare) Aramaic: Jewish Aramaic: סַנְיָא‎ (sanyā), absolute state סְנֶה‎ (sne); פטל‎ (*pṭal) (indeclinable) (neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar) Classical Syriac: ܣܢܝܐ‎ (sanyā), absolute state ܣܢܐ‎ (sne); ܦܛܠ‎ (pṭal) (indeclinable) (neither means blackberry reliably but also thornbush, bramble. briar) Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ‎ (sanyā), absolute state like in Syriac but not attested Imperial Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀‎ (snyʾ) Armenian: մոշ (hy) (moš), մոր (hy) (mor) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ‎ m (hālwāzna) Azerbaijani: böyürtkən (az) Bashkir: бөрлөгән (börlögän), (more specifically) ҡара бөрлөгән (qara börlögän) Basque: masusta (eu) Belarusian: ажы́на f (ažýna) Bengali: কালজামজাতীয় ফল (kalôjamjatīy phôlô) Bulgarian: къпина (bg) f (kǎpina) Catalan: móra (ca) f Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (kanugalv) Chinese: Cantonese: 黑莓 (hak1 mui4-2) Mandarin: 黑莓 (zh) (hēiméi) Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ m (batos) Cornish: moren dhu f Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᐣ (kaskitemin) Crimean Tatar: Crimean Latin: büldürgen, bürlegen Romanian Latin: búldúrgen, búrlegen Czech: ostružina (cs) f Danish: brombær (da) n Dutch: braam (nl) m or f, braambes (nl) m or f Esperanto: rubusbero (eo) Estonian: põldmurakas (et) Faroese: bromber n Finnish: karhunvatukka (fi) French: mûre (fr) f, mûre sauvage f Galician: amora (gl) f, morodo m, crolla f Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos), ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos), ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos) Georgian: მაყვალი (maq̇vali) German: Brombeere (de) f Greek: βατόμουρο (el) n (vatómouro) Ancient: βάτον n (báton) Greenlandic: kigutaarnaasaq Haitian Creole: mi Halkomelem: skw'ṓlmexw Hebrew: פֶּטֶל שָׁחֹר‎ m (pétel shakhór) Hindi: शहतूत (hi) (śahtūt) Hungarian: szeder (hu) Icelandic: brómber (is) n Ido: moruso (io) Irish: sméar dhubh f Italian: mora (it) f, mora di rovo (it) f Japanese: ブラックベリー (burakkuberī) Korean: 블랙베리 (ko) (beullaekberi) Kumyk: бюлдюрген (büldürgen), бюрюлген (bürülgen), бюрлюген (bürlügen) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: tûdirik f Kyrgyz: кара бүлдүркөн (ky) (kara büldürkön) Latin: mōrum (la) n, rubus m Latvian: kazene (lv) f Lithuanian: gervuogė (lt) f Luxembourgish: Schwaarzbier (lb) n, Päerdsbier n Macedonian: капина f (kapina) Malay: sj buah kecil Maltese: tuta f, tuta tal-għollieq f Maori: parakipere Mi'kmaq: ajioqjemin anim Miami: makiinkweemina Nogai: буьлдирген (büldirgen), боьлдирген (böldirgen) Norwegian: bjørnebær (no) n Ojibwe: odatagaagomin Old English: brǣmelberġe f, blacu berġe f Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer Persian: شاه‌توت‎ (fa) (šâh-tut) Polish: jeżyna (pl), ożyna (pl) f, ostrężyna (pl) Portuguese: amora (pt) f, amora-silvestre f, silva (pt) f Quechua: khari-khari Romanian: mură (ro) f Romansch: mura f Russian: ежеви́ка (ru) f (ježevíka) Scots: brammle Scottish Gaelic: smeur f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: купина f Roman: kupina (sh) f Sicilian: muri f Slovene: robidnica (sl) f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: śernjowka f Spanish: zarzamora (es) f, mora (es) f Swahili: forosadi nyeusi Swedish: björnbär (sv) n Tagalog: sapinit, sarsamora Tatar: Cyrillic: кара бөрлегән (tt) (qara börlegän) Latin: qara börlegän Thai: แบล็กเบอร์รี (blaekboeri) Tigrinya: ጸሊም ጐምጠጥ (ṣälim gʷämṭäṭ), ሮቮ (rovo) Turkish: böğürtlen (tr) Turkmen: böwürslen (tk) Ukrainian: ожи́на (uk) f (ožýna) Unami: hmuwinkwës Uzbek: maymunjon (uz) Vietnamese: trái ngấy Volapük: murb (vo) Walloon: meuron (wa) f, meumeure (wa) m, noere åmône (wa) f, meure (wa) f Welsh: mwyaren (cy) f, mwyaren ddu f, mafonen ddu f Yiddish: אָזשענע‎ f (ozhene)

blackcurrant — see blackcurrant

Verb

blackberry (third-person singular simple present blackberries, present participle blackberrying, simple past and past participle blackberried)

1. To gather or forage for blackberries.
   • 1925, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway:

     She had gone up into the tower alone and left them blackberrying in the sun

   • 1977, Howard Frank Mosher, Disappearances, Mariner Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 111:

     My mother and Cordelia were blackberrying along the woods edge of a nearby meadow.

   • 1988, Arthur Bryson Gerrard, Butterflies & coalsmoke, page 62:

     Thereafter we blackberried unceasingly and returned with a large basketful, together with some maggoty windfall apples found neglected in the wet grass on the edge of an orchard and Mrs Clare duly stewed these for us.

   • 2001, Thomas Keneally, Victim of the Aurora, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2001, →ISBN, page 72:

     My wife and children were blackberrying at the end of the garden and I was simply reading.

   • 2004, Janet Bord, The Traveller's Guide to Fairy Sites: The Landscape and Folklore of Fairyland In England, Wales And Scotland, Gothic Image, published 2004, →ISBN, page 48:

     Another instance of someone who is blackberrying and sees fairies can be found at Kingheriot Farm (South-West Wales: Pembrokeshire): maybe gathering berries puts the percipient into a relaxed or dissociated frame of mind, more conducive to being able to see things that one would perhaps not normally be able to see.

Derived terms

• blackberrying

Translations

gather blackberries

Irish: dul ag piocadh sméara dubha Welsh: mwyara (cy)

Further reading

• blackberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rubus fruticosus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies