Definition von currant
Wortformen: plural currants
2. zählbares Substantiv
3. See also blackcurrant, redcurrant
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Häufigkeit
currant in British English
Substantiv
1.
2.
any of several mainly N temperate shrubs of the genus Ribes, esp R. rubrum (redcurrant) and R. nigrum (blackcurrant): family Grossulariaceae
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Wortherkunft von currant
C16: shortened from rayson of Corannte raisin of Corinth
Häufigkeit
currant in American English
Substantiv
1.
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Wortherkunft von currant
ME corauns < (reisins of) Coraunce < Anglo-Fr (raisins de) Corauntz, (raisins of) Corinth: orig. imported from Corinth
Häufigkeit
currant in American English
(ˈkɜːrənt, ˈkʌr-)
Substantiv
1.
a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery
2.
the small, edible, acid, round fruit or berry of certain wild or cultivated shrubs of the genus Ribes
3.
the shrub itself
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Wortherkunft von currant
[1300–50; shortened from ME raysons of Coraunte raisins of corinth, the port in Greece from which they orig. came]Beispielsätze mit
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Britisches Englisch: currant
/ˈkʌrənt/ NOUN
Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: currant /ˈkɜrənt/
- Arabisch: زَبيب
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: uva passa
- Chinesisch: 无核葡萄干
- Kroatisch: ribiz
- Tschechisch: rozinka
- Dänisch: korend
- Niederländisch: krent
- Europäisches Spanisch: pasa
- Finnisch: korintti
- Französisch: raisin sec
- Deutsch: Korinthe
- Griechisch: σταφίδα
- Italienisch: uva sultanina
- Japanisch: 小粒の種なし干しブドウ
- Koreanisch: 건포도
- Norwegisch: korint
- Polnisch: rodzynek
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: groselha
- Rumänisch: stafidă
- Russisch: изюм
- Spanisch: grosella
- Schwedisch: vinbär
- Thai: ลูกเกด, ลูกองุ่นดำแห้ง
- Türkisch: kuşüzümü
- Ukrainisch: смородина
- Vietnamesisch: nho khô
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