Meanings
plural lingonberries
- A berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms: lowbush cranberry, mountain bilberry, cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry, red whortleberry, csejka berry
- The berry of this shrub.
Ze lingonberry pancake!
1998, The Big Lebowski (motion picture), spoken by Nihilist (Peter Stormare)Synonyms: cowberry, foxberry, partridgeberry
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA berry-bearing shrub, Vaccinium vitis-idaea, native to the cool temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere.
nounThe berry of this shrub.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlow evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
nountart red berries similar to American cranberries but smaller
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Swedishlingon
- Proto-Germanic*bazją
- Proto-West Germanic*baʀi
- Old Englishberġe
- Middle Englishberie
- Englishberry
- Englishlingonberry
From Swedish lingon (“cowberry, lingonberry”) + English berry.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian червена боровинка, червена боровинка
- червена боровинка (červena borovinka)berry
- червена боровинка (červena borovinka)shrub
Catalan mirtil roij
- mirtil roijberry
Chinese Mandarin 越橘, 越橘
- 越橘 (yuèjú)berry
- 越橘 (yuèjú)shrub
Danish tyttebær, tyttebær
- tyttebærberry
- tyttebærshrub
Dutch rode bosbes, vossenbes
- rode bosbesshrub
- vossenbesshrub
Esperanto ruĝa vakcinio
- ruĝa vakcinioberry
Estonian pohl, pohl
- pohlberry
- pohlshrub
Finnish puolukka, puolukka
- puolukkaberry
- puolukkashrub
French airelle rouge, airelle vigne d'Ida
- airelle rougeberry
- airelle vigne d'Idaberry
German Preiselbeere, Preiselbeere
- Preiselbeereberry
- Preiselbeereshrub
Hungarian vörös áfonya, vörös áfonya
- vörös áfonyaberry
- vörös áfonyashrub
Icelandic týtuber
- týtuberberry
Irish bódhearc
- bódhearcberry
Italian mirtillo rosso
- mirtillo rossoberry
Japanese 苔桃
- 苔桃 (kokemomo)berry
Latin myrtillus rubeus
- myrtillus rubeusberry
Latvian brūklene
- brūkleneshrub
Lithuanian bruknė, bruknės uoga
- bruknėberry
- bruknės uogaberry
- bruknėshrub
Norwegian tyttebærlyng
- tyttebærlyngshrub
Norwegian Bokmål tyttebær
- tyttebærberry
Polish borówka brusznica, borówka czerwona
- borówka brusznicaberry
- borówka czerwonaberry
- borówka brusznicashrub
- brusznicashrub
Portuguese arando-vermelho, arando-vermelho
- arando-vermelhoberry
- arando-vermelhoshrub
Romanian merișor, merișor
- merișorberry
- merișorshrub
Russian брусни́ка, брусни́ка
- брусни́ка (brusníka)berry
- брусни́ка (brusníka)shrub
Scottish Gaelic dearc-fhraoich, dearcag-fhraoich
- dearc-fhraoichberry
- dearcag-fhraoichberry
Spanish lingonberry, cowberry
- lingonberryberry
- cowberryberry
- lingonberiberry
- cauberiberry
- arándano silvestreberry
- arándano árticoberry
- foxberryberry
- foxberiberry
Swedish lingon, lingon
- lingonberry
- lingonshrub
Turkish kekreyemiş
- kekreyemişberry
Ukrainian брусни́ця, брусни́ця
- брусни́ця (brusnýcja)berry
- брусни́ця (brusnýcja)shrub
Welsh llusaeronen y mynydd
- llusaeronen y mynyddberry
Cite this entry
lingonberry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingonberry
“lingonberry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingonberry. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lingonberry,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lingonberry.
Source: lingonberry on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.