Meaning
berry
- a small, fleshy, often edible fruit of a shrub or tree
In a sentence
Non mangiare quelle bacche rosse perché potrebbero essere velenose.
Don't eat those red berries because they might be poisonous.
Abbiamo raccolto molte bacche durante la passeggiata nel bosco.
We gathered lots of berries during the walk in the woods.
Le bacche di ginepro si usano spesso per insaporire la carne?
Are juniper berries often used to flavour meat?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| bacca | feminine · singular |
| bacche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Note the plural spelling with 'che' ('bacche') to keep the hard /k/ sound.