Definition of 'currant'
Word forms: currants
1. countable noun
Currants are small dried black grapes, used especially in cakes.
2. countable noun
Currants are bushes which produce edible red, black, or white berries. The berries are also
called currants.
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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 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
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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
- Spanish: grosella
- Swedish: vinbär
- Thai: ลูกเกด
- Turkish: kuşüzümü
- Ukrainian: смородина
- Vietnamese: nho khô
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