mirtillo

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrtus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mirˈtil.lo/
• Rhymes: -illo
• Hyphenation: mir‧tìl‧lo

• Audio

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Noun

mirtillo m (plural mirtilli)

1. bilberry, whortleberry, blueberry, bearberry, cranberry, lingonberry, cowberry, huckleberry; a plant of the genus Vaccinium
2. a fruit of a plant of the genus Vaccinium

Further reading

• mirtillo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• mirtillo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana