berry

Reikšmė

Noun

1. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
2. A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
3. A coffee bean.
4. One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
5. (slang) A police car.
6. (slang) A dollar.

Verb

1. To pick berries.
2. To bear or produce berries.

Verb

1. To beat; give a beating to; thrash.
2. To thresh (grain).

Tariama kaip (IPA)

/ˈbɛɹ.i/

Etimologija

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *bazją
Proto-West Germanic *baʀi
Old English berġe
Middle English berye
English berry
From Middle English berye, from Old English berġe, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bäie, West Flemish beier, German Beere, Icelandic ber, Danish bær.
The slang sense "police car" may come from the lights on the vehicles' roofs.