berry

Meaning

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. (US, slang) A police car.
6. (US, dated, slang) A dollar.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To pick berries.
2. To bear or produce berries.

Verb

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

Synonyms

fruit

nut

soft fruit

berries

black currant

blueberries

🫐

bollocks

boysenberry

cobblers

cove

creek

heirloom

mulberry

nipple

nutmeg

picture window

pills

pip

seed

testicle

ballocks

bacca

goolie

gooly

knackers

small fruit

single grape

acorn

simple fruit

balls

bay

bight

Translations

Beere

baie

bacca

baya

bes

baga

baca

baia

acinus

airelle

μούτρο

ρόφημα

Frucht

μούρο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbɛɹ.i/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: berye

Inherited from Old English: berġe

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Bäie

Cognate with West Flemish: beier

Cognate with German: Beere

Cognate with Icelandic: ber

Cognate with Danish: bær

Inherited from Middle English: berȝe

Inherited from Old English: beorġe

Inherited from Middle English: bery

Inherited from Middle English: beryen

Inherited from Old English: *berian

Cognate with Scots: berry

Cognate with German: beren

Cognate with Icelandic: berja

Cognate with Latin: feriō

In summary

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.