gooseberry
/ˈɡʊzbəri/noun
उच्चारण गुज़्बरी
गूज़बेरी (एक खट्टा हरा फल)
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a small green fruit that grows on a bush with thorns, and has a sour taste and a skin covered with small hairs
गूज़बेरी (एक खट्टा हरा फल)
- gooseberry jam
- The children picked gooseberries from the bush.
- Gooseberry pickle is a favourite in many Indian homes.
+ 2 more examples
- The gooseberries on the tree were still sour and hard.
- She picked a gooseberry and made a face at the taste.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
gooseberry (countable): gooseberries
A gooseberry is a small, green, sour fruit; the plural changes y to ies.
Gooseberry एक छोटा, हरा, खट्टा फल है; बहुवचन में y, ies में बदल जाता है।
- She made pickle from gooseberries.
- A gooseberry is rich in vitamin C.
Indian gooseberry (amla)
In India, the fruit called amla is also called Indian gooseberry, though it is a different plant.
भारत में आँवला को 'Indian gooseberry' भी कहा जाता है, हालाँकि यह एक अलग पौधा है।
- Amla, or Indian gooseberry, is eaten with salt.
play gooseberry (British informal)
To play gooseberry means to be the unwanted third person when two others, usually a couple, want to be alone.
'Play gooseberry' का अर्थ उस अवांछित तीसरे व्यक्ति के रूप में होना है जब दो लोग, प्रायः एक जोड़ा, अकेले रहना चाहते हों।
- I did not want to play gooseberry on their date.
gooseberry + noun
As a modifier, gooseberry describes jam, bush, pie and similar items.
Modifier के रूप में 'gooseberry' जैम, झाड़ी, पाई आदि के लिए आता है।
- The gooseberry bush had sharp thorns.
gooseberry fool
A gooseberry fool is a British dessert made of crushed gooseberries and cream; fool here has nothing to do with stupidity.
Gooseberry fool कुचले गूजबेरी और क्रीम से बनी ब्रिटिश मिठाई है; यहाँ 'fool' का मूर्खता से कोई संबंध नहीं है।
- The restaurant served gooseberry fool after dinner.
+Collocations 4
verb + gooseberry
eatpickpicklegrowstewplay
- The children picked gooseberries from the garden.
gooseberry + noun
jambushpiejuicepickletart
- She sells gooseberry jam at the fair.
adjective + gooseberry
sourgreenripeIndianwilddried
- The sour gooseberries made him pull a face.
gooseberry + preposition
inwithofforon
- She added gooseberries to the curry.
“More examples 6
- The dessert was topped with fresh gooseberries.
मिठाई के ऊपर ताज़े गूजबेरी डाले गए थे।
- Radhika felt like a gooseberry when her friends talked only to each other.
जब राधिका के दोस्त केवल आपस में बात करते रहे, तो उसे लगा कि वह फ़ालतू तीसरी है।
- Gooseberries are sour, so people often add sugar.
गूजबेरी खट्टे होते हैं, इसलिए लोग प्रायः चीनी मिलाते हैं।
- My grandmother makes a spicy gooseberry pickle every winter.
मेरी दादी हर सर्दी में आँवले-जैसे चटपटे खट्टे फल का अचार बनाती हैं।
- The gooseberry bush near the wall was full of thorns.
दीवार के पास की गूजबेरी की झाड़ी काँटों से भरी थी।
- Amla juice is made from Indian gooseberries.
आँवले का रस भारतीय गूजबेरी से बनता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ She bought a kilo of gooseberry.
✓ She bought a kilo of gooseberries.
After a kilo of, a countable fruit takes the plural form.
'A kilo of' के बाद countable फल बहुवचन में आता है।
✗ The gooseberrys are sour.
✓ The gooseberries are sour.
Nouns ending in consonant + y change y to ies in the plural.
व्यंजन + y पर समाप्त होने वाली संज्ञाओं में बहुवचन के लिए y, ies हो जाता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Gooseberry and amla are often treated as the same fruit in India, but they are different plants.
भारत में gooseberry और amla को प्रायः एक ही फल मान लिया जाता है, पर ये अलग पौधे हैं।
The sour green fruit of a thorny bush grown in cool climates.
ठंडे मौसम में उगने वाली काँटेदार झाड़ी का खट्टा हरा फल।
- We stewed gooseberries with sugar.
A small red sour berry used in juice and sauce.
जूस और चटनी में प्रयुक्त छोटा लाल खट्टा बेर।
- Cranberry juice is often sold in tins.
¶Idioms 1
play gooseberry
(British, informal) to be a third person with two people, especially lovers, who want to be alone together
दो लोगों (ख़ासकर प्रेमी जोड़े) के बीच अनचाहा तीसरा व्यक्ति बनना, कबाब में हड्डी बनना
- I'm not coming to the cinema with you two; I don't want to play gooseberry.
- He felt he was playing gooseberry at his sister's dinner date.
§Grammar and usage
Play gooseberry is the English way of saying 'kabab mein haddi' in Hindi.
Idiom play gooseberry हिंदी के 'कबाब में हड्डी' बनने के अर्थ में प्रयोग होता है।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
The Indian gooseberry is amla, a fruit rich in vitamin C.
Indian gooseberry आँवला है, जो vitamin C से भरपूर फल है।