Definition of 'currant'
Word forms: plural currants
2. countable noun
3. See also
blackcurrant,
redcurrant
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currant in British English
noun
1.
2.
any of several
mainly N
temperate
shrubs of the genus
Ribes, esp
R. rubrum (
redcurrant) and R. nigrum (
blackcurrant): family Grossulariaceae
See also
gooseberry (sense 1)Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin
C16: shortened from rayson of Corannte raisin of Corinth
Word Frequency
currant in American English
noun
1.
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Word origin
ME corauns < (reisins of) Coraunce < Anglo-Fr (raisins de) Corauntz, (raisins of) Corinth: orig. imported from Corinth
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currant
British English: currant
/ˈkʌrənt/ NOUN
Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
- American English: currant
- Arabic: زَبيب
- Brazilian Portuguese: uva passa
- Chinese: 无核葡萄干
- Croatian: ribiz
- Czech: rozinka
- Danish: korend
- Dutch: krent
- European Spanish: pasa
- Finnish: korintti
- French: raisin sec
- German: Korinthe
- Greek: σταφίδα
- Italian: uva sultanina
- Japanese: 小粒の種なし干しブドウ
- Korean: 건포도
- Norwegian: korint
- Polish: rodzynek
- European Portuguese: groselha
- Romanian: stafidă
- Russian: изюм
- Latin American Spanish: grosella
- Swedish: vinbär
- Thai: ลูกเกด
- Turkish: kuşüzümü
- Ukrainian: смородина
- Vietnamese: nho khô
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