Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
mirtillo selvatico
English translation:
wild blueberry
Added to glossary by
Chants
Jul 19, 2010 11:20
13 yrs ago
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Italian term
mirtillo selvatico
Italian to English
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Nutrition
Functional foods - pet food
This is an ingredient of a high quality functional foods pet food. Mirtillo can be both bilberry or blueberry - so Im not sure whether this is wild blueberry or wild bilberry
Proposed translations
(English)
| 5 +4 | wild blueberry |
mariailaria
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| 4 +2 | bilberry/blueberry <i>(Vaccinium myrtillus)</i> |
Barbara Carrara
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| 4 | blueberry |
Giuseppe Bellone
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| 3 | wild berries |
Mr Murray (X)
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Proposed translations
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mariailaria
Native in Italian
Specialized Technical Translations
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wild blueberry
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Comment: "Thanks - also what I thought"
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Giuseppe Bellone
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
Anything worth doing is worth doing well
Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian
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blueberry
It must be this one. I've always found this kind of wild berry in my woods. Where I live. :)
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"wild blueberry" , sorry forgotten "wild"!
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http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AlrHFLw9_L_nK.2uBgvNwdub...
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"wild blueberry" , sorry forgotten "wild"!
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http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AlrHFLw9_L_nK.2uBgvNwdub...
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wild berries
Various types of berries.
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Not just one type of berry:
mirtillo s.m. (Vaccinum myrtillu) blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry, huckleberry: mirtillo americano, (Gaylussacia baccata) huckleberry; mirtillo palustre, (Vaccinium oxycoccus) cranberry.
[source La Biblioteca di Republica's l'Enciclopedia Dizionario di Italian-Inglese]
Without another adjective - it is impossible to specify which type of berry in this case.
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Not just one type of berry:
mirtillo s.m. (Vaccinum myrtillu) blueberry, bilberry, whortleberry, huckleberry: mirtillo americano, (Gaylussacia baccata) huckleberry; mirtillo palustre, (Vaccinium oxycoccus) cranberry.
[source La Biblioteca di Republica's l'Enciclopedia Dizionario di Italian-Inglese]
Without another adjective - it is impossible to specify which type of berry in this case.
Reference:
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1 hr
Barbara Carrara
Italy
Italy
Native in Italian
Italy
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Native in: Italian 
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian
bilberry/blueberry <i>(Vaccinium myrtillus)</i>
Both are correct, depending on whether you are translating into UK (bilberry) or US (blueberry) EN.
If viable, you may consider adding the plant genus in Latin.
Whortleberry is sometimes applied to both, according to Alan Davidson's The Oxford Companion to Food, but I'd stick to either of the above to avoid confusion. In any case, this gets less ghits than the other two.
Just a couple examples from the web,
http://www.ehow.com/about_5465010_bilberry-dogs.html
http://www.blueberry.org/publications/bluespapers/2010/The_B...
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If viable, you may consider adding the plant genus in Latin.
Whortleberry is sometimes applied to both, according to Alan Davidson's The Oxford Companion to Food, but I'd stick to either of the above to avoid confusion. In any case, this gets less ghits than the other two.
Just a couple examples from the web,
http://www.ehow.com/about_5465010_bilberry-dogs.html
http://www.blueberry.org/publications/bluespapers/2010/The_B...
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Peer comment(s):
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Shera Lyn Parpia
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Hiya Shera Lyn! Thanks.
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Rachel Fell
: I'd say "wild bilberries", in view of the fact that it mentions selvatico and the other Q. doesn't; blueberries are different - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry
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Indeed. Thank you, Rachel.
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