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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hurtleberry

/ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hurt-le-ber-ry
IPA
/ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of whortleberry.

Etymology

From Middle English hurtil-beri (“bilberry or blue whortleberry (Vaccinium myrtillus); berry of this shrub”); further etymology unknown, compare Middle English horten, hurten (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”), and Old English horte (“bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus)”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/
  • British English: /ˈhɜːtl̩bɛɹi/

Inflected Forms

hurtleberries (plural)

Synonyms

whortleberry

Questions

How do you pronounce hurtleberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɜɹt(ə)lˌbɛɹi/.
What does hurtleberry mean?
Synonym of whortleberry.
Where does hurtleberry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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