Masculine

rubus

Meaning

  1. (declension-2, masculine) bramble, blackberry bush
  2. (declension-2, masculine) a blackberry (fruit), raspberry (fruit)

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈrʊ.bʊs]
Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wruðos, from Proto-Indo-European *wr̥dʰo- (“sweetbriar”) (compare dialectal Norwegian erre, orr (“bush”), Albanian hurdhe (“ivy”), Old Persian *vr̥dah (“flower, rose”), Old English word (“thornbush”)). See rose.

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