Standard Lemma guide

cranberry

adj · name · noun · verb · 12 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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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/
  • US: /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K R AE1 N B EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

name

Meaning 2

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

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3

name

Meaning 3

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

name

Meaning 4

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

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5

name

Meaning 5

A number of other townships in the United States, listed under Cranberry Township.

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6

name

Meaning 6

A hamlet in Standon parish, Stafford borough, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SJ8236).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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7

noun

Meaning 7

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

The edible red berry of that shrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

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

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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10

verb

Meaning 10

To gather wild cranberries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Appalachia, colloquial

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11

noun

Meaning 11

very tart red berry used for sauce or juice

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: berry

12

noun

Meaning 12

any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: shrub, bush

Narrower terms: American cranberry, large cranberry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, European cranberry, small cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccus, cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingonberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Northern Altai: торвос (torvos) — shrub
  • Southern Altai: сас јиилеги (sas ǰiilegi) — shrub
  • Armenian: լոռամրգի (loṙamrgi) — shrub
  • Azerbaijani: quşüzümü — shrub
  • Bulgarian: червена боровинка (červena borovinka) — shrub
  • Bulgarian: клю́ква (kljúkva) — shrub
  • Catalan: nabiu de grua — shrub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔓越橘 (mànyuèjú) — shrub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔓越桔 (mànyuèjú) — shrub
  • Chukchi: кԓёкаԓгын (kḷjokaḷgyn) — shrub
  • Chukchi: кԓюкэт (kḷjukėt) — shrub
  • Czech: brusinka — shrub
  • Danish: tranebær — shrub
  • Esperanto: oksikoko — shrub
  • Finnish: karpalo — shrub
  • French: canneberge — shrub
  • Georgian: შტოში (šṭoši) — shrub
  • German: Moosbeere — shrub
  • German: Kronsbeere — shrub
  • German: Kranbeere — shrub
  • German: Cranberry — shrub
  • Hungarian: tőzegáfonya — shrub
  • Ingrian: karpalo — shrub
  • Irish: mónóg — shrub
  • Irish: tom mónóg — shrub
  • Latgalian: dzērvine — shrub
  • Latvian: dzērvene — shrub
  • Low German: Kroonsbeer — shrub
  • Macedonian: брусница (brusnica) — shrub
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tranebær — shrub
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tranebær — shrub
  • Ojibwe: mashkiigiminaganzh — shrub
  • Ojibwe: mashkiigiminagaawanzh — shrub
  • Polish: żurawina — shrub
  • Portuguese: oxicoco — shrub
  • Russian: клю́ква (kljúkva) — shrub
  • Scottish Gaelic: muileag — shrub
  • Shor: торбас честеги (torbas čestegi) — shrub
  • Spanish: arándano rojo — shrub
  • Spanish: mortiño rojo — shrub
  • Spanish: anavia roja — shrub
  • Swahili: mkranberi — shrub
  • Turkish: turna yemişi — shrub
  • Ukrainian: журавли́на (žuravlýna) — shrub
  • Winnebago: hoocąkehu — shrub
  • Albanian: boronicë e kuqe — berry
  • Northern Altai: торвос (torvos) — berry
  • Southern Altai: сас јиилеги (sas ǰiilegi) — berry
  • Arabic: عَنْبِيَّة حَادَة الخَبَاء — berry
  • Armenian: լոռամիրգ (loṙamirg) — berry
  • Basque: ahabi garratz — berry
  • Bulgarian: клю́ква (kljúkva) — berry
  • Bulgarian: червена боровинка (červena borovinka) — berry
  • Catalan: nabiu — berry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蔓越莓 (mànyuèméi) — berry
  • Chinook Jargon: suləmix — berry
  • Chukchi: кԓёкаԓгын (kḷjokaḷgyn) — berry
  • Chukchi: кԓюкэт (kḷjukėt) — berry
  • Atikamekw: mickekominan — berry
  • Czech: brusinka — berry
  • Danish: tranebær — berry
  • Dutch: veenbes — berry
  • Dutch: cranberry — berry
  • Esperanto: oksikoko — berry
  • Estonian: jõhvikas — berry
  • Estonian: kuremari — berry
  • Faroese: tranuber — berry
  • Finnish: karpalo — berry
  • French: canneberge — berry
  • West-Frisian: feanbei — berry
  • Georgian: შტოში (šṭoši) — berry
  • German: Cranberry — berry
  • German: Moosbeere — berry
  • German: Kranichbeere — berry
  • German: Kronsbeere — berry
  • Greek: κρανμπερι (kranmperi) — berry
  • Hebrew: חֲמוּצִית (khamutsít) — berry
  • Hebrew: קַפְטָה (kaftá) — berry
  • Hungarian: tőzegáfonya — berry
  • Icelandic: trönuber — berry
  • Ingrian: karpalo — berry
  • Irish: mónóg — berry
  • Italian: ossicocco — berry
  • Italian: mirtillo palustre — berry
  • Japanese: クランベリー (kuranberī) — berry
  • Kazakh: мүкжидек (mükjidek) — berry
  • Korean: 넌출월귤 (neonchurwolgyul) — berry
  • Korean: 크랜베리 (keuraenberi) — berry
  • Macedonian: брусница (brusnica) — berry
  • Miami: neehpikicia — berry
  • Mohegan-Pequot: pôcum — berry
  • Mongolian: цангис жимс (cangis žims) — berry
  • Norman: cannebèrge — berry
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tranebær — berry
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tranebær — berry
  • Occitan: brimbalièr — berry
  • Occitan: brimbèla — berry
  • Ojibwe: mashkiigimin — berry
  • Polish: żurawina — berry
  • Portuguese: oxicoco — berry
  • Portuguese: arando — berry
  • Romanian: merișor — berry
  • Russian: клю́ква (kljúkva) — berry
  • Kildin-Sami: рыһпмӯррьй (ryhpmūrr’j) — berry
  • Kildin-Sami: рыһпмушш (ryhpmušš) — berry
  • Skolt-Sami: reppjoŋŋ — berry
  • Skolt-Sami: jeäʹǧǧlåʹddmueʹrjj — berry
  • Scottish Gaelic: muileag — berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: брусница — berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: brusnica — berry
  • Shor: торбас честеги (torbas čestegi) — berry
  • Slovene: brusnica — berry
  • Spanish: arándano — berry
  • Spanish: arándano rojo — berry
  • Spanish: mortiño rojo — berry
  • Spanish: anavia roja — berry
  • Swahili: kranberi — berry
  • Swedish: tranbär — berry
  • Tagalog: arandano — berry
  • Tagalog: pulang arandano — berry
  • Tlingit: ḵ'eishkaháagu — berry
  • Tlingit: dáxw — berry
  • Turkish: turna yemişi — berry
  • Udmurt: нюрмульы (ńurmuľy) — berry
  • Ukrainian: журавли́на (žuravlýna) — berry
  • Unami: pakim — berry
  • Welsh: llugaeronen — berry
  • Welsh: cryglusen — berry
  • Winnebago: hoocąke — berry
  • Wolof: kanbeers — berry
  • Yiddish: זשורעכלינע (zhurekhline) — berry