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common cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos)

Adapted in the 1640s from Dutch Low Saxon or German Low German Kraanbeere, from Kraan m (which means and is cognate with crane) + Beere f (which means and is cognate with berry). Equivalent to cran- +‎ berry.

Via PIE cognate with Polish żurawina, Ukrainian журавли́на (žuravlýna) (akin to жураве́ль (žuravélʹ, “crane”)); Latvian dzērvene < dzērve (“crane”).

(UK) IPA(key): /ˈkræn.b(ə).ri/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈkɹæn.bɛr.i/

cranberry (countable and uncountable, plural cranberries)

(countable) A shrub belonging to the section Vaccinium sect. Oxycoccus of the genus Vaccinium.
Synonym: fenberry (esp. the common cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos)
(countable) The edible red berry of that shrub.
- 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
  That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
  Synonym: fenberry (esp. the common cranberry, Vaccinium oxycoccos)
An intense red colour, like that of a cranberry.
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Altai:
Northern Altai: торвос (torvos)
Southern Altai: сас јиилеги (sas ǰiilegi)
Armenian: լոռամրգի (hy) (loṙamrgi)
Bulgarian: червена боровинка f (červena borovinka), клю́ква f (kljúkva)
Catalan: nabiu de grua m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蔓越橘 (zh) (mànyuèjú), 蔓越桔 (mànyuèjú)
Chukchi: кԓёкаԓгын (kḷjokaḷgyn), кԓюкэт pl (kḷjukėt)
Czech: brusinka (cs) f
Danish: tranebær c
Esperanto: oksikoko
Finnish: karpalo (fi)
French: canneberge (fr) f
Georgian: შტოში (šṭoši)
German: Moosbeere (de) f, Kronsbeere (de) f (North German), Kranbeere (de) f, Cranberry (de) f (gastronomy)
Hungarian: tőzegáfonya (hu)
Ingrian: karpalo
Irish: mónóg f, tom mónóg m
Latgalian: dzērvine f
Latvian: dzērvene (lv) f
Low German:
German Low German: Kroonsbeer (nds) f
Macedonian: брусница f (brusnica)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tranebær n
Nynorsk: tranebær n
Ojibwe: mashkiigiminaganzh inan, mashkiigiminagaawanzh inan (Mille Lacs)
Polish: żurawina (pl) f
Portuguese: oxicoco m
Russian: клю́ква (ru) f (kljúkva)
Scottish Gaelic: muileag f
Shor: торбас честеги (torbas čestegi)
Spanish: arándano rojo m, mortiño rojo m, anavia roja f
Swahili: mkranberi
Turkish: turna yemişi
Ukrainian: журавли́на f (žuravlýna)
Winnebago: hoocąkehu

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Altai:
Northern Altai: торвос (torvos)
Southern Altai: сас јиилеги (sas ǰiilegi)
Arabic: عَنْبِيَّة حَادَة الخَبَاء (ʕanbiyya(t) ḥāda(t) al-ḵabāʔ)
Armenian: լոռամիրգ (hy) (loṙamirg)
Basque: ahabi garratz
Bulgarian: клю́ква f (kljúkva), червена боровинка f (červena borovinka)
Catalan: nabiu (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蔓越莓 (zh) (mànyuèméi)
Chinook Jargon: suləmix
Chukchi: кԓёкаԓгын (kḷjokaḷgyn), кԓюкэт pl (kḷjukėt)
Cree:
Atikamekw: mickekominan
Czech: brusinka (cs) f
Danish: tranebær n
Dutch: veenbes (nl) f, cranberry (nl) c
Esperanto: oksikoko
Estonian: jõhvikas, kuremari (et)
Faroese: tranuber n
Finnish: karpalo (fi)
French: canneberge (fr) f
Frisian:
West Frisian: feanbei
Georgian: შტოში (šṭoši)
German: Cranberry (de) f, Moosbeere (de) f, Kranichbeere f (northern German), Kronsbeere (de) f (northern German)
Greek: κρανμπερι (kranmperi)
Hebrew: חֲמוּצִית (he) f (khamutsít), קַפְטָה (kaftá)
Hungarian: tőzegáfonya (hu)
Icelandic: trönuber n
Ingrian: karpalo
Irish: mónóg f
Italian: ossicocco m, mirtillo palustre m
Japanese: クランベリー (ja) (kuranberī)
Kazakh: мүкжидек (mükjidek)
Korean: 넌출월귤 (neonchurwolgyul), 크랜베리 (keuraenberi)
Macedonian: брусница f (brusnica)
Miami: neehpikicia
Mohegan-Pequot: pôcum
Mongolian: цангис жимс (cangis žims)
Norman: cannebèrge f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tranebær n
Nynorsk: tranebær n
Occitan: brimbalièr m, brimbèla (oc) f
Ojibwe: mashkiigimin inan
Polish: żurawina (pl) f
Portuguese: oxicoco m, arando (pt) m
Romanian: merișor (ro)
Russian: клю́ква (ru) f (kljúkva)
Sami:
Kildin Sami: рыһпмӯррьй (ryhpmūrr’j), рыһпмушш (ryhpmušš)
Skolt Sami: reppjoŋŋ, jeäʹǧǧlåʹddmueʹrjj
Scottish Gaelic: muileag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: брусница f
Latin: brusnica (sh) f
Shor: торбас честеги (torbas čestegi)
Slovene: brusnica (sl) f
Spanish: arándano (es) m, arándano rojo m, mortiño rojo m, anavia roja f
Swahili: kranberi
Swedish: tranbär (sv) n
Tagalog: arandano, pulang arandano
Tlingit: ḵ'eishkaháagu (bog, low bush), dáxw (bog, low bush)
Turkish: turna yemişi
Udmurt: нюрмульы (ńurmuľy)
Ukrainian: журавли́на f (žuravlýna)
Unami: pakim
Welsh: llugaeronen f, cryglusen f
Winnebago: hoocąke
Wolof: kanbeers
Yiddish: זשורעכלינע (zhurekhline)

cranberry (not comparable)

Of the intense red colour of a cranberry.
- 2011, Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins, Glorious Appearing: The End of Days:
  Leon was in his most resplendent, gaudiest, Day-Glo getup, including a purple felt fez with multiple hangy-downs and a cranberry vestment with gold collar, appliquéd with every religious symbol known to man […]

arando (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)
bearberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum, Vaccinium macrocarpon)
dingleberry (Vaccinium erythrocarpum)
fenberry (dated) (Vaccinium oxycoccos)
moorberry (Vaccinium spp,)
cranberry on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“cranberry”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “cranberry”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Unadapted borrowing from English cranberry.

IPA(key): /ˈkrɛnˌbɛ.ri/
Hyphenation: cran‧ber‧ry

cranberry c (plural cranberry's, no diminutive)

cranberry
Synonym: veenbes

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “cranberry”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
cranberry on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl