myrtille
French, noun/miʁ.tij/
myrtille is spelled M-Y-R-T-I-L-L-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Myrtille is a French feminine noun meaning “blueberry (fruit), bilberry” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et…”.
What does myrtille mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineblueberry (fruit), bilberry
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sous-arbrisseau de la famille des Éricacées du genre Vaccinium portant des feuilles caduques ovales et finement dentelées formant de vastes populations en sous-bois ou en pleine lumière en compagnie des bruyères dans les montagnes siliceuses de l’hémisphère nord. 2. Fruit de cet arbrisseau qui est une petite baie globuleuse bleue noirâtre une fois mûre, tachant les mains et ayant un goût doux et sucré. 3. Désigne le sous-arbrisseau et le fruit de l’espèce Vaccium myrtillus.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of myrtille
- myrtilles plural
- mirtille obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce myrtille?
- /miʁ.tij/
- \miʁ.tij\
- [miʁ.tij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to myrtille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is myrtille in French?
myrtille appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).