Meaning
blueberry, bilberry
- a small sweet dark-blue edible berry, or the shrub producing it
In a sentence
Ho preparato dei dolci deliziosi con i mirtilli freschi.
I made delicious desserts with fresh blueberries.
Vuoi un bicchiere di succo di mirtillo a colazione?
Do you want a glass of blueberry juice for breakfast?
In montagna abbiamo raccolto una vaschetta piena di mirtilli.
In the mountains we picked a punnet full of bilberries.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mirtillo | masculine · singular |
| mirtilli | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Unlike many fruits where the tree is masculine and fruit feminine (melo/mela), both fruit and plant are 'mirtillo'.