Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whortleberry

/ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
whor-tle-ber-ry
IPA
/ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/
23
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:

noun

Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:

noun

Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:

noun

A berry of one of these shrubs.

Etymology

An alteration of Middle English hurtilbery, hurtil-beri (see English hurtleberry), analysable as whortle + berry. Compare English huckleberry.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/
  • British English: /ˈwɜːtl̩bəɹi/

Inflected Forms

whortleberries (plural)

Phrases

grouse whortleberry

Synonyms

hurt hurtle whortle bush whort bilberry european blueberry whinberry blaeberry vaccinium myrtillus

Questions

How do you pronounce whortleberry?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɝtl̩bɛɹi/.
What does whortleberry mean?
Any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Vaccinium:
Where does whortleberry come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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