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blackberry

noun · verb · 10 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈblækbəɹi/
  • UK: /ˈblækbɹi/
  • US: /ˈblækbɛɹi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 K B EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry

2

noun

Meaning 2

The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bramble, brambleberry

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry, fruit

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any Rubus berry that is black or blackish; the plant that produces it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The blackcurrant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A wireless handheld device, a cross between a cellphone and a mobile email appliance and Internet-capable PDA, marketed by BlackBerry Limited.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

To gather or forage for blackberries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To send a text message or e-mail with a BlackBerry device.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry, drupelet

9

noun

Meaning 9

bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: blackberry bush

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bramble bush

Narrower terms: true blackberry, Rubus fruticosus, sand blackberry, Rubus cuneifolius, dewberry, dewberry bush, running blackberry, western blackberry, western dewberry, Rubus ursinus

10

verb

Meaning 10

pick or gather blackberries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The children went blackberrying

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: berry

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English blæcberġe Middle English blakberie English blackberry From Middle English blakberie, blakeberie (“brambleberry”), from Old English blacu berġe, blæcberġe (attested in plural blaca berġan), equivalent to black + berry.

Brand name, from the resemblance of the keyboard's buttons to the skin of a fruit.

Across languages

Translations

259 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abenaki: pezagwdamenakwam — shrub
  • Arabic: عُلَّيْق (ʕullayq) — shrub
  • Arabic: بَاطُس (bāṭus) — shrub
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ (hālwāzna) — shrub
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā) — shrub
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā) — shrub
  • Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 (snyʾ) — shrub
  • Aramaic: סַנְיָא (sanyā) — shrub
  • Armenian: մոշենի (mošeni) — shrub
  • Asturian: artu — shrub
  • Bashkir: бөрлөгән (börlögən) — shrub
  • Bashkir: ҡара бөрлөгән (qara börlögən) — shrub
  • Basque: masustondo — shrub
  • Basque: lapar — shrub
  • Belarusian: ажы́на (ažýna) — shrub
  • Bulgarian: къпина (kǎpina) — shrub
  • Catalan: esbarzer — shrub
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (kanugalv) — shrub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑莓 (hēiméi) — shrub
  • Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (batos) — shrub
  • Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᓈᐦᑎᐠ (kaskiteminaahtik) — shrub
  • Crimean Tatar: büldürgen — shrub
  • Crimean Tatar: bürlegen — shrub
  • Crimean Tatar: búldúrgen — shrub
  • Crimean Tatar: búrlegen — shrub
  • Czech: ostružiník — shrub
  • Danish: brombær — shrub
  • Dutch: braamstruik — shrub
  • Dutch: braam — shrub
  • Esperanto: rubuso — shrub
  • Esperanto: rubusujo — shrub
  • Estonian: põldmurakas — shrub
  • Faroese: rossaber — shrub
  • Faroese: reyðber — shrub
  • Finnish: karhunvatukka — shrub
  • Finnish: vatukka — shrub
  • French: ronce — shrub
  • French: roncier — shrub
  • French: mûrier — shrub
  • Galician: silva — shrub
  • Galician: silveira — shrub
  • Galician: xibarda — shrub
  • Galician: rubo — shrub
  • Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos) — shrub
  • Ge'ez: ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos) — shrub
  • Ge'ez: ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos) — shrub
  • Georgian: მაყვალი (maq̇vali) — shrub
  • German: Brombeerstrauch — shrub
  • Greek: βατομουριά (vatomouriá) — shrub
  • Ancient Greek: βάτος (bátos) — shrub
  • Ancient Greek: μόρον (móron) — shrub
  • Hungarian: szeder — shrub
  • Hungarian: földi szeder — shrub
  • Icelandic: brómber — shrub
  • Icelandic: bjarnarber — shrub
  • Italian: rovo — shrub
  • Kikuyu: mũtare — shrub
  • Kikuyu: ndare — shrub
  • Korean: 검은딸기 (geomeunttalgi) — shrub
  • Kumyk: бюлдюрген (büldürgen) — shrub
  • Kumyk: бюрюлген (bürülgen) — shrub
  • Kumyk: бюрлюген (bürlügen) — shrub
  • Latin: rubus — shrub
  • Latin: batus — shrub
  • Latvian: kazene — shrub
  • Macedonian: капина (kapina) — shrub
  • Māori: parakipere — shrub
  • Middle English: blakberie — shrub
  • Middle English: brembel — shrub
  • Nogai: буьлдирген (büldirgen) — shrub
  • Nogai: боьлдирген (böldirgen) — shrub
  • Norman: ronche — shrub
  • Norwegian: bjørnebær — shrub
  • Ojibwe: odatagaagominagaawanzh — shrub
  • Old English: brǣmel — shrub
  • Pannonian Rusyn: чернїца (černjica) — shrub
  • Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer — shrub
  • Polish: jeżyna — shrub
  • Polish: ożyna — shrub
  • Polish: ostrężyna — shrub
  • Portuguese: amoreira — shrub
  • Portuguese: sarça — shrub
  • Quapaw: waxéka hi — shrub
  • Romanian: mur — shrub
  • Russian: ежеви́ка (ježevíka) — shrub
  • Scottish Gaelic: dris — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: купина — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupina — shrub
  • Sicilian: ruvettu — shrub
  • Slovene: robída — shrub
  • Spanish: zarza — shrub
  • Spanish: zarzamora — shrub
  • Spanish: mora — shrub
  • Swedish: björnbär — shrub
  • Tagalog: sapinit — shrub
  • Tagalog: sarsamora — shrub
  • Tatar: кара бөрлегән (qara börlegän) — shrub
  • Tatar: qara börlegän — shrub
  • Turkish: böğürtlen — shrub
  • Ukrainian: ожи́на (ožýna) — shrub
  • Unami: mhuwinkwsakw — shrub
  • Welsh: mieri — shrub
  • Abenaki: pezagwdamen — fruit
  • Afrikaans: braam — fruit
  • Albanian: manaferrë — fruit
  • Albanian: ferrëmanzë — fruit
  • Arabic: تُوت العُلَّيْق (tūt al-ʕullayq) — fruit
  • Arabic: بَاطُس (bāṭus) — fruit
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܠܘܲܙܢܵܐ (hālwāzna) — fruit
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā) — fruit
  • Aramaic: ܣܢܝܐ (sanyā) — fruit
  • Aramaic: 𐡎𐡍𐡉𐡀 (snyʾ) — fruit
  • Aramaic: סַנְיָא (sanyā) — fruit
  • Armenian: մոշ (moš) — fruit
  • Armenian: մոր (mor) — fruit
  • Azerbaijani: böyürtkən — fruit
  • Bashkir: бөрлөгән (börlögən) — fruit
  • Bashkir: ҡара бөрлөгән (qara börlögən) — fruit
  • Basque: masusta — fruit
  • Belarusian: ажы́на (ažýna) — fruit
  • Bengali: কালজামজাতীয় ফল (kalojamjatiẏo phol) — fruit
  • Bulgarian: къпина (kǎpina) — fruit
  • Catalan: móra — fruit
  • Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦᎸ (kanugalv) — fruit
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黑莓 — fruit
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑莓 (hēiméi) — fruit
  • Chinook Jargon: klikamuks — fruit
  • Chinook Jargon: ɬikhəmuksh — fruit
  • Coptic: ⲃⲁⲧⲟⲥ (batos) — fruit
  • Cornish: moren dhu — fruit
  • Cree: ᑲᐢᑭᑌᒥᐣ (kaskitemin) — fruit
  • Crimean Tatar: büldürgen — fruit
  • Crimean Tatar: bürlegen — fruit
  • Crimean Tatar: búldúrgen — fruit
  • Crimean Tatar: búrlegen — fruit
  • Czech: ostružina — fruit
  • Danish: brombær — fruit
  • Dutch: braam — fruit
  • Dutch: braambes — fruit
  • Esperanto: rubusbero — fruit
  • Estonian: põldmurakas — fruit
  • Faroese: bromber — fruit
  • Finnish: karhunvatukka — fruit
  • French: mûre — fruit
  • French: mûre sauvage — fruit
  • Galician: amora — fruit
  • Galician: morodo — fruit
  • Galician: crolla — fruit
  • Ge'ez: ባጦስ (baṭos) — fruit
  • Ge'ez: ጳጦስ (p̣aṭos) — fruit
  • Ge'ez: ጰጦስ (p̣äṭos) — fruit
  • Georgian: მაყვალი (maq̇vali) — fruit
  • German: Brombeere — fruit
  • Greek: βατόμουρο (vatómouro) — fruit
  • Ancient Greek: βάτον (báton) — fruit
  • Greenlandic: kigutaarnaasaq — fruit
  • Haitian Creole: mi — fruit
  • Halkomelem: skw'ṓlmexw — fruit
  • Hebrew: פֶּטֶל שָׁחֹר (pétel shakhór) — fruit
  • Hindi: शहतूत (śahtūt) — fruit
  • Hungarian: szeder — fruit
  • Hungarian: vadszeder — fruit
  • Icelandic: brómber — fruit
  • Ido: moruso — fruit
  • Irish: sméar dhubh — fruit
  • Italian: mora — fruit
  • Italian: mora di rovo — fruit
  • Japanese: ブラックベリー (burakkuberī) — fruit
  • Korean: 블랙베리 (beullaekberi) — fruit
  • Kumyk: бюлдюрген (büldürgen) — fruit
  • Kumyk: бюрюлген (bürülgen) — fruit
  • Kumyk: бюрлюген (bürlügen) — fruit
  • Northern Kurdish: tûdirik — fruit
  • Kyrgyz: кара бүлдүркөн (kara büldürkön) — fruit
  • Latin: mōrum — fruit
  • Latin: rubus — fruit
  • Latvian: kazene — fruit
  • Lithuanian: gervuogė — fruit
  • Luxembourgish: Schwaarzbier — fruit
  • Luxembourgish: Päerdsbier — fruit
  • Macedonian: капина (kapina) — fruit
  • Malay: sj buah kecil — fruit
  • Maltese: tuta — fruit
  • Maltese: tuta tal-għollieq — fruit
  • Māori: parakipere — fruit
  • Miami: makiinkweemina — fruit
  • Middle English: blakberie — fruit
  • Mi'kmaq: ajioqjemin — fruit
  • Nogai: буьлдирген (büldirgen) — fruit
  • Nogai: боьлдирген (böldirgen) — fruit
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bjørnebær — fruit
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: bjørnebær — fruit
  • Occitan: amora — fruit
  • Ojibwe: odatagaagomin — fruit
  • Old English: brǣmelberġe — fruit
  • Old English: blacu berġe — fruit
  • Pannonian Rusyn: чернїца (černjica) — fruit
  • Pennsylvania German: Blaeckbeer — fruit
  • Persian: تمشک (tamešk) — fruit
  • Polish: jeżyna — fruit
  • Polish: ożyna — fruit
  • Polish: ostrężyna — fruit
  • Portuguese: amora — fruit
  • Portuguese: amora-silvestre — fruit
  • Portuguese: silva — fruit
  • Quapaw: waxéka — fruit
  • Quechua: khari-khari — fruit
  • Romanian: mură — fruit
  • Romansh: mura — fruit
  • Russian: ежеви́ка (ježevíka) — fruit
  • Scots: brammle — fruit
  • Scottish Gaelic: smeur — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: купина — fruit
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupina — fruit
  • Sicilian: muri — fruit
  • Slovene: robidnica — fruit
  • Lower Sorbian: śernjowka — fruit
  • Spanish: zarzamora — fruit
  • Spanish: mora — fruit
  • Swahili: forosadi nyeusi — fruit
  • Swedish: björnbär — fruit
  • Tagalog: sapinit — fruit
  • Tagalog: sarsamora — fruit
  • Tatar: кара бөрлегән (qara börlegän) — fruit
  • Tatar: qara börlegän — fruit
  • Thai: แบล็กเบอร์รี (blaekboeri) — fruit
  • Tigrinya: ጸሊም ጐምጠጥ (ṣälim gwämṭäṭ) — fruit
  • Tigrinya: ሮቮ (rovo) — fruit
  • Turkish: böğürtlen — fruit
  • Turkish: bük — fruit
  • Turkmen: böwürslen — fruit
  • Ukrainian: ожи́на (ožýna) — fruit
  • Unami: mhuwinkwës — fruit
  • Uzbek: maymunjon — fruit
  • Vietnamese: trái ngấy — fruit
  • Volapük: murb — fruit
  • Walloon: meuron — fruit
  • Walloon: meumeure — fruit
  • Walloon: noere åmône — fruit
  • Walloon: meure — fruit
  • Welsh: mwyar — fruit
  • Welsh: mwyar duon — fruit
  • Yiddish: אָזשענע (ozhene) — fruit
  • Arabic: بْلَاك بِيرِي (blāk birī) — device (transliterations)
  • Arabic: بْلَاك بِيرِي (blak berī) — device (transliterations)
  • Bulgarian: Блекбери (Blekberi) — device (transliterations)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑莓手機 /黑莓手机 (hēiméi shǒujī) — device (transliterations)
  • Greek: Μπλάκ-μπερη (Blák-beri) — device (transliterations)
  • Hebrew: בלקברי (blaqberi) — device (transliterations)
  • Japanese: ブラックベリー (burakkuberī) — device (transliterations)
  • Korean: 블랙베리 (beullaekberi) — device (transliterations)
  • Marathi: ब्लॅक्बेरी (blĕkberī) — device (transliterations)
  • Persian: بلکبری (blak-beri) — device (transliterations)
  • Russian: Блэ́кберри (Blɛ́kberri) — device (transliterations)
  • Irish: piocadh sméara dubha — gather blackberries
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plukke bjørnebær — gather blackberries
  • Polish: zbierać jeżyny — gather blackberries
  • Polish: zebrać jeżyny — gather blackberries
  • Welsh: mwyara — gather blackberries
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