elderberry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English eldre

English elder

Proto-Germanic *bazją

Proto-West Germanic *baʀi

Old English berġe

Middle English berye

English berry

English elderberry

Compound of elder +‎ berry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛldə(ɹ)ˌbɛɹi/

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Noun

elderberry (plural elderberries)

1. Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus;

   Synonym: elder

2. The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.

Derived terms

• elderberrying

Translations

elder tree — see elder

fruit

Arabic: بَيْلَسَان (ar) m (baylasān) Azerbaijani: gəndalaş (az) Basque: intsusa (eu) Belarusian: бузіна́ f (buziná) Bulgarian: плод от бъз m (plod ot bǎz) Cherokee: ᎪᏒᎦ (gosvga) Chinese: Cantonese: 接骨木果 (zip3 gwat1 muk6 gwo2) Mandarin: 接骨木果 (jiēgǔmùguǒ) Czech: bezinka (cs) f Danish: hyldebær n Dutch: vlierbes (nl) f Esperanto: sambuko Finnish: seljanmarja (fi) French: baie de sureau (fr) f German: Holunderbeere (de) f, Fliederbeere f (regional) Hungarian: bodza (hu) Icelandic: ylliber n Italian: sambuco (it) m Japanese: 接骨木 (ja) (にわとこ, niwatoko, せっこつぼく, sekkotsuboku) Latin: sambūcum n, sabūcum n Luiseño: kutpat Macedonian: бозел m (bozel) Navajo: jiłhazhí Norman: chérise dé seu f (Jersey), graine dé seu f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: hyllebær n Nynorsk: hyllebær n Polish: bez czarny (pl) m, czarny bez (pl) m Portuguese: sabugo (pt) m Romanian: soc (ro) m Russian: бузина́ (ru) f (buziná) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ба̀зга f, зо́ва f Roman: bàzga (sh) f, zóva (sh) f Slovene: bezeg (sl) m Spanish: baya del saúco f Swedish: fläderbär (sv) n Turkish: mürver (tr) Ukrainian: бузина́ (uk) f (buzyná)

See also

• sambuca

Further reading

• sambucus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia