Meanings
nounbilberry (plural bilberries)
plural bilberries
- Vaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
Among the pines grew rowans hung with scarlet berries, and bilberry bushes whose leaves would be fair game for white moth caterpillars in spring.
2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2026Synonyms: blaeberry, fraughan, whort, whortle, whortleberry, whimberry
- The shrub of the above-mentioned plant.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounVaccinium myrtillus, the wild European blueberry of the cowberry family.
More synonyms by meaning
nounerect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries
Similar
Broader
blueberryblueberry bush
nounerect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries
Similar
thin-leaved bilberrymountain blue berryVaccinium membranaceummountain blueberry
Broader
blueberryblueberry bush
nounblue-black berries similar to American blueberries
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*bullǭ
- Old Norsebolli
- Danishbøllebær
- Englishbilberry
Probably of North Germanic origin (Danish bøllebær), from Old Norse bolli (Proto-Germanic *bullǭ) + ber.
More words from Danish, Old Norse, Proto-Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans bosbessen
- bosbessenthe shrub of this plant
Bulgarian черна боровинка, черна боровинка
- черна боровинка (černa borovinka)type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- черна боровинка (černa borovinka)the shrub of this plant
Catalan nabiu, nabinera
- nabiutype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- nabinerathe shrub of this plant
Czech borůvka
- borůvkatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Danish blåbær
- blåbærtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Dutch bosbes, bosbessenstruik
- bosbestype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- bosbessenstruikthe shrub of this plant
Estonian mustikas, harilik mustikas
- mustikastype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- harilik mustikastype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- mustikasthe shrub of this plant
Finnish mustikka, mustikanvarpu
- mustikkatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- mustikanvarputhe shrub of this plant
French myrtille
- myrtilletype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
German Heidelbeere, Blaubeere
- Heidelbeeretype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- Blaubeerethe shrub of this plant
Greek μύρτιλο
- μύρτιλο (mýrtilo)type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Hungarian fekete áfonya
- fekete áfonyatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Icelandic aðalbláber
- aðalblábertype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Irish fraochán
- fraochántype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Italian mirtillo
- mirtillotype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Latin vaccīnium
- vaccīniumtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Latvian mellene
- mellenetype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Lithuanian mėlynė
- mėlynėtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Malay bilberi
- bilberitype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Norwegian Bokmål blåbær, blåbær
- blåbærtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- blåbærthe shrub of this plant
Polish borówka, czarna jagoda
- borówkatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- czarna jagodatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- jagodatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- borówkathe shrub of this plant
- czarna jagodathe shrub of this plant
- jagodathe shrub of this plant
Portuguese arando
- arandotype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Romanian afin
- afintype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Russian черни́ка, голуби́ка
- черни́ка (černíka)type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- голуби́ка (golubíka)type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- черни́ка (černíka)the shrub of this plant
- голуби́ка (golubíka)the shrub of this plant
Scottish Gaelic dearc-fhraoich, dearcag-mhonaidh
- dearc-fhraoichtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- dearcag-mhonaidhtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- dearcag-fhraoichtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- dearc-fhraoichthe shrub of this plant
Slovak čučoriedka, čučoriedka
- čučoriedkatype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- čučoriedkathe shrub of this plant
Spanish arándano, mirtillo
- arándanotype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- mirtillotype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Swedish blåbär
- blåbärtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Turkish yaban mersini, keçi yemişi
- yaban mersinitype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- keçi yemişitype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- çobanüzümütype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- peygamber üzümütype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- yaban mersinithe shrub of this plant
- keçi yemişithe shrub of this plant
- çobanüzümüthe shrub of this plant
- peygamber üzümüthe shrub of this plant
Ukrainian чорни́ця, чорни́ця
- чорни́ця (čornýcja)type of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
- чорни́ця (čornýcja)the shrub of this plant
Vietnamese cây nham lê
- cây nham lêtype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Welsh llusen
- llusentype of blueberry from the cowberry family — see also blueberry
Cite this entry
APA
bilberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilberry
MLA
“bilberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilberry. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bilberry,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bilberry.
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