Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boysenberry

/ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: boy-sen-ber-ry
IPA: /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.

adj

A colour of the purple colour spectrum, based on the same fruit's colour, whose hexadecimal code is #873260, RGB is rgb(135, 50, 96), CMYK is (63%, 29%, 47%) and HSL is hsl(328°, 46%, 36%).

Example Sentences

"Like all caneberries, boysenberries are an etaerio or aggregate fruit containing several drupelets."
"As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg."
"Here’s a grocery list of foods Chestnut has eaten competitively, drawn from his Major League Eating bio: apple pie, asparagus, boysenberry pie, brats, burritos, chicken spiedies (a kind of sandwich), chicken wings, chili, corned beef sandwiches, eggs, fish tacos, funnel cake, grilled cheese sandwiches, gyoza, Krystal hamburgers, horseshoe sandwiches, hot dogs, ice cream, jalapeno poppers, kolaches, pastrami sandwiches, Philly cheesesteaks, pierogi, pizza, pork ribs, pulled pork, poutine, salt potatoes, shrimp, tacos, tamales, turkey and Twinkies."

Etymology

From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen.

Inflected Forms

boysenberries (plural)

Synonyms

boysenberry bush

Rhymes With

poisonberry

Questions

How do you pronounce boysenberry?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/.
What does boysenberry mean?: A hybrid berry created from crossing blackberry, red raspberry, and loganberry.
Where does boysenberry come from?: From Boysen + berry, named after its creator Rudolph Boysen.

How to pronounce boysenberry

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “boysenberry”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˈbɔɪzn̩ˌbɛɹi/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “boysenberry”.
Repeat and practice — Say “boysenberry” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.