Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bilberry

/ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.87 in modern English

Syllables: bil-ber-ry
IPA: /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.

noun

The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.

Example Sentences

"Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring."

Etymology

Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.

Origin

Source language: Danish

Word Breakdown

Root: -, bøllebær, bolli, *bullǭ

Inflected Forms

bilberries (plural)

Derived Forms

bilberried bilberrying

Phrases

bog bilberry dwarf bilberry mountain bilberry northern bilberry

Synonyms

blaeberry fraughan whort whortle whortleberry whimberry european blueberry thin-leaved bilberry mountain blue berry vaccinium membranaceum mountain blueberry

Questions

How do you pronounce bilberry?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɪlb(ə)ɹɪ/.
What does bilberry mean?: Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
Where does bilberry come from?: It is traced to Danish.

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