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/ˈlɪŋɡənb(ə)ɹi/
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/ˈlɪŋɡənˌbɛɹi/
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A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lowbush cranberry, mountain bilberry, cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry, red whortleberry, csejka berry
Antonyms: none provided
The berry of this shrub.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry
Antonyms: none provided
tart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mountain cranberry, cowberry, lowbush cranberry
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: berry
low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cowberry, mountain cranberry, lingenberry, lingberry, foxberry, Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cranberry
Etymology tree Swedish lingon Middle English berye English berry English lingonberry From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + English berry.
Across languages
Translations 93 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Abkhaz :
а́жьрыц
(ážrəc)
— shrub
Bulgarian :
червена боровинка
(červena borovinka)
— shrub
Chinese Mandarin :
越橘
(yuèjú)
— shrub
Danish :
tyttebær
— shrub
Dutch :
rode bosbes
— shrub
Dutch :
vossenbes
— shrub
Estonian :
pohl
— shrub
Faroese :
vínbláber
— shrub
Finnish :
puolukka
— shrub
Galician :
arandeira vermella
— shrub
German :
Preiselbeere
— shrub
German :
Grübli
— shrub
Hungarian :
vörös áfonya
— shrub
Ingrian :
poola
— shrub
Karelian :
puola
— shrub
Kazakh :
қызылжидек
(qyzyljidek)
— shrub
Latgalian :
bryukline
— shrub
Latvian :
brūklene
— shrub
Lithuanian :
bruknė
— shrub
Norwegian :
tyttebærlyng
— shrub
Polish :
borówka brusznica
— shrub
Polish :
brusznica
— shrub
Portuguese :
arando-vermelho
— shrub
Romanian :
merișor
— shrub
Russian :
брусни́ка
(brusníka)
— shrub
Inari-Sami :
juŋŋâ
— shrub
Kildin-Sami :
ёӈӈ
(joŋŋ)
— shrub
Lule-Sami :
jågŋå
— shrub
Northern Sami :
jokŋa
— shrub
Pite Sami :
jågŋå
— shrub
Skolt-Sami :
joŋŋ
— shrub
Southern Sami :
joknge
— shrub
Ter Sami :
joŋŋ
— shrub
Ume-Sami :
jågˈŋa
— shrub
Slovene :
brusnica
— shrub
Swedish :
lingon
— shrub
Ukrainian :
брусни́ця
(brusnýcja)
— shrub
Ahtna :
xay gigeʼ
— berry
Southern Altai :
тийиҥгат
(tiyiŋgat)
— berry
Azerbaijani :
mərcangilə
— berry
Bulgarian :
червена боровинка
(červena borovinka)
— berry
Catalan :
mirtil roij
— berry
Chinese Mandarin :
越橘
(yuèjú)
— berry
Danish :
tyttebær
— berry
Esperanto :
ruĝa vakcinio
— berry
Estonian :
pohl
— berry
Faroese :
vínbláber
— berry
Finnish :
puolukka
— berry
French :
airelle rouge
— berry
French :
airelle vigne d'Ida
— berry
Galician :
arando vermello
— berry
German :
Preiselbeere
— berry
German :
Grübli
— berry
Greenlandic :
kimmernaq
— berry
Hungarian :
vörös áfonya
— berry
Icelandic :
týtuber
— berry
Ingrian :
poola
— berry
Irish :
bódhearc
— berry
Italian :
mirtillo rosso
— berry
Japanese :
苔桃
(kokemomo)
— berry
Kazakh :
қызылжидек
(qyzyljidek)
— berry
Kyrgyz :
кызылгат
(kızılgat)
— berry
Ladin :
granëta
— berry
Latin :
myrtillus rubeus
— berry
Lithuanian :
bruknė
— berry
Lithuanian :
bruknės uoga
— berry
Norwegian Bokmål :
tyttebær
— berry
Norwegian Nynorsk :
tytebær
— berry
Polish :
borówka brusznica
— berry
Polish :
borówka czerwona
— berry
Portuguese :
arando-vermelho
— berry
Romanian :
merișor
— berry
Russian :
брусни́ка
(brusníka)
— berry
Lule-Sami :
jågŋå
— berry
Northern Sami :
jokŋa
— berry
Southern Sami :
jogknoeh
— berry
Scottish Gaelic :
dearc-fhraoich
— berry
Scottish Gaelic :
dearcag-fhraoich
— berry
Slovene :
brusnica
— berry
Lower Sorbian :
pogjarzlina
— berry
Upper Sorbian :
brusnica
— berry
Spanish :
lingonberry
— berry
Spanish :
cowberry
— berry
Spanish :
lingonberi
— berry
Spanish :
cauberi
— berry
Spanish :
arándano silvestre
— berry
Spanish :
arándano ártico
— berry
Spanish :
foxberry
— berry
Spanish :
foxberi
— berry
Swedish :
lingon
— berry
Turkish :
kekreyemiş
— berry
Ukrainian :
брусни́ця
(brusnýcja)
— berry
Welsh :
llusaeronen y mynydd
— berry
