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Meaning of Berry | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈbɛɹi

Definitions

  1. A surname from Middle English.
  2. A female given name from English.
    rare
  3. A former province in Centre-Val de Loire region, France.
  4. A small succulent fruit, of any one of many varieties.
  5. A mound; a barrow.
    dialectal
  6. A burrow, especially a rabbit's burrow.
    dialectal
  7. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  8. A soft fruit which develops from a single ovary and contains seeds not encased in pits.
  9. An excavation; a military mine.
  10. A place name:
  11. A town in Fayette County, Alabama, United States, named after Thompson Berry.
  12. A coffee bean.
  13. A minor city in Harrison County, Kentucky, United States.
  14. One of the ova or eggs of a fish or crustacean.
  15. A town in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States.
  16. A police car.
    US, slang
  17. A municipality in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
  18. A dollar.
    US, dated, slang
  19. A village in the City of Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia, named after Alexander Berry.

Equivalents

Afrikaans bessie
العربية التّوت توت حبة
Azərbaycanca gilə meyvə
Беларуская ягада
བོད་སྐད བསེའུ
Bosanski baca bar bes jagoda
Català baia
Čeština bobule
Cymraeg aeron aeronen macon maconen mwyar mwyaren
Dansk bær
Deutsch Beere
Ελληνικά μούρο ρώγα
Esperanto bero
Español baya
Eesti mari
Suomi marja
Français baie Berry
Gaeilge caor
Gàidhlig dearc sùbh
Galego baga
עברית גרגר ענבה
Hrvatski baca bar bes jagoda
Magyar bogyó
Հայերեն հատապտուղ
Bahasa Indonesia beri
Íslenska ber
Italiano bacca coccola
ქართული კენკრა
Қазақша жидек
한국어 장과
Кыргызча жемиш
Latina acinus baca
Lëtzebuergesch Bier
Lietuvių uoga
Latviešu oga
Te Reo Māori kākano
Македонски бобинка
Монгол жимс
Bahasa Melayu beri
Nederlands bes
Polski jagoda jagodowy
Português baga frutinha
Română baca
Русский ягода
Slovenčina Bobuľa
Slovenščina jagoda
Shqip kokërr
Српски baca bar bes jagoda
Svenska bar
Türkmençe iýmiş
Tagalog baya
Türkçe meyve yemiş
ئۇيغۇرچە مېۋە
Українська ягідний ягода
اردو بَیری
Oʻzbekcha meva
Tiếng Việt qua quả mọng

Examples

“The crabs carry their berries for six months.”
“That is the only restriction existing: not even small fish or fish in berry, and there are no restrictions on soft-shelled fish.”
“These crawfish are speared by the Kafirs, who bring them in to the village for sale, and who catch anything and everything either female fish in berry, or male fish in soft shell.”
“The corals have the shape of a shrub and are green. Their berries are snow-white under water and soft. As soon as you take them out of the water, they grow hard and red.”
“McCormick (1934) stated that eggs in various stages of development were found in females at the same time that they were in berry, which indicates a long egg-laying season.”
“Today was like one of those fly dreams / Didn't even see a berry flashin' those high beams”
“Four rounds and Enright still on his feet and a hundred and fifty thousand berries gone if he stays two more!”
“Beresford Conway. All my pals call me Berry.”
“Since my father's name was Berry Gordy, he named me Berry Gordy. There's no middle name.”
“"I'm Beryl Shaddock. Call me Berry," the girl said.”
“"What's with your dad calling you 'Berry' anyway? What kind of name is 'Berry'?" "Oh, it's short for Huckleberry," she replied, as if that explained everything.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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