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cranberry

/ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.17 in modern English

Syllables
cran-ber-ry
IPA
/ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.

Countable

noun

The edible red berry of that shrub.

Countable

noun

An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.

verb

To gather wild cranberries.

Colloquial

name

A community and neighbourhood in the city of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.

name

An unincorporated community in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

name

A township and unincorporated community therein, in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Kraanbeere

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/
  • British English: /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/

Usage

Inflected Forms

cranberries (plural) cranberries (present, singular) cranberrying (participle, present) cranberried (participle, past) cranberried (past)

Derived Forms

plants other craisin cranapple cranberried cranberrita cranberryade cranberrying cranberrylike crangrape Cranmoor crantini

Phrases

American cranberry Chilean cranberry common cranberry cranberry heath highbush cranberry large cranberry lowbush cranberry mountain cranberry

Frequently Paired Words

arando bearberry dingleberry fenberry moorberry

Synonyms

fenberry[w:en:common cranberry|common cranberry]], Vaccinium oxycoccos>

Rhymes With

banbury hanbury stanbury stanberry granberry

Questions

How do you pronounce cranberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/.
What does cranberry mean?
A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
Where does cranberry come from?
Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- + berry. Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

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