blackthorn

See also: Blackthorn

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

Compound of black +‎ thorn.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌθɔːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌθɔɹn/

Noun

blackthorn (plural blackthorns)

A large shrub or small tree, Prunus spinosa, that is native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa. It has a dark bark and bears thorns.
A stick or staff taken from this tree.

Synonyms

sloe

Derived terms

blackthorn winter

Translations

Prunus spinosa

Abaza: дзхӏвы (dzḥʷə), дзхӏвымыгъ (dzḥʷəməɣ)
Adyghe: пыжъ (pəẑ)
Albanian: kullumbri (sq) f
Arabic: بَرْقُوق شَائِك m (barqūq šāʔik), بَرْقُوق السِيَاج m (barqūq as-siyāj), خَوْخ شَائِك m (ḵawḵ šāʔik), خَوْخ السِيَاج m (ḵawḵ as-siyāj), إِجَّاص شَائِك m (ʔijjāṣ šāʔik), إِجَّاص السِيَاج m (ʔijjāṣ as-siyāj)
Andalusi Arabic: أَرَنْيُون m (ʔaranyūn)
Aragonese: arañón m
Armenian: մամխի (hy) (mamxi), մամխենի (hy) (mamxeni)
Old Armenian: մամխի (mamxi)
Asturian: andrinal (ast) m, prunal (ast) f
Azerbaijani: göyəm (az)
Bashkir: күгэн (kügen)
Basque: elorri beltz, arantzabeltz, patxaran (eu), basaranondo / basaran (eu) / basakaran / basokaran
Belarusian: цёрн m (cjorn)
Breton: spern-du (br), gwez-irin
Bulgarian: тръ́нка (bg) f (trǎ́nka)
Catalan: aranyó (ca) m, aranyoner m
Chagatai: كوگم (köǧem)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑刺李 (hēicìlǐ)
Cornish: spernen dhu f
Czech: trnka (cs) f
Dargwa: муръух (murʾuꭓ)
Dutch: sleedoorn (nl) m
Esperanto: prunelarbo
Estonian: laukapuu
Finnish: oratuomi (fi)
French: prunellier (fr) m
Gagauz:
Cyrillic: гӱвен

Latin: güven
Galician: abruñeiro (gl) m, agruñeiro m, escambrón (gl) m, escambroeiro m, ameixeira (gl) f, espiño (gl) m
Georgian: კვრინჩხი (ḳvrinčxi)
German: Schlehdorn m, Schlehe (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: βράβυλον n (brábulon)
Hungarian: kökény (hu)
Irish: draighean m, airneog f
Old Irish: draigen m
Italian: prugnolo m
Kashubian: psónka f
Kumyk: гоган (gogan)
Latin: spīnus f
Latvian: ērkšķu plūme f
Lithuanian: dygioji slyva f
Macedonian: трнинка f (trninka), трнка f (trnka), црн трн m (crn trn)
Nogai: көген
Norman: néthe êpîngne f, reunellyi m, preunelle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: slåpetorn m, slåpe (no) m or f (fruit)

Nynorsk: slåpetorn m, slåpe f (fruit)
Occitan: aranhon (oc) m, aragnou m, agragnou m
Ossetian: какон (kakon)
Persian: گوجه وحشی (gowje vahši), آلوچه (fa) (âluče) (generic word for small Prunus fruits), آلوچه جنگلی (âluče jangali)
Polish: śliwa tarnina f, tarka (pl) f, tarnina (pl) f, tarń f
Portuguese: abrunheiro-bravo m
Romani: mamuxin f
Romanian: porumbar (ro) m
Russian: тёрн (ru) m (tjorn), терно́вник (ru) m (ternóvnik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: тр̏њина (Serbia), тр̀нина (Croatia, Bosnia), цр̑нӣ тр̑н m

Latin: tȑnjina (sh) (Serbia), tr̀nina (Croatia, Bosnia), cȓnī tȓn m
Slovak: trnka f
Slovene: čŕni tŕn m
Spanish: endrino (es), arañón m, arañonera f, arañuela (es) f, ciruelo silvestre m, ciruelo salvaje m
Swedish: slån (sv) c
Tatar: күгэн (kügen)
Turkish:
Modern Turkish: göğem (tr), gövem (tr) (dialectally also), güvem, güğem, karaçalı (tr), yabani erik, güvem çalısı

Ottoman Turkish: گوگم (göğem, güğem), گووم (gövem, güvem)
Ukrainian: те́рен (uk) m (téren)
Welsh: draenen ddu f
West Flemish: sleedôorn m