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
Word Frequency
currant in American English
(ˈkɜːrənt, ˈkʌr-)
noun
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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[1300–50; shortened from ME raysons of Coraunte raisins of corinth, the port in Greece from which they orig. came]Examples of 'currant' in a sentence
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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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