currant

currant

English

Alternative forms

• coran, curran (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth, the city in Greece”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹənt/, /ˈkɝənt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɹənt, -ɜ(ɹ)ənt
• Homophone: current

Noun

currant (plural currants)

1. A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried.
2. The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
3. A shrub bearing such fruit.

Derived terms

• blackcurrant
• cherry currant
• currant bun
• currant tomato
• golden currant
• red currant
• snow currant
• sticky currant
• wax currant
• white currant
• Zante currant

 

Translations

small dried grape

Bulgarian: стафида f (stafida) Dutch: krent (nl) f Finnish: korintti (fi) French: raisin de Corinthe (fr) m German: Korinthe (de) f Greek: κορινθιακή σταφίδα f (korinthiakí stafída) Ido: korinto (io) Irish: cuirín m Italian: uva di Corinto f, uva sultanina f Maori: karani Norman: corînthe f Plautdietsch: Krint f Portuguese: passa (pt) f Romanian: stafide de Corint f pl, stafidă neagră f Russian: кори́нка (ru) f (korínka), сабза́ (ru) f (sabzá) Spanish: pasa de Corinto f Swedish: korint (sv) c Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr), frenk üzümü

fruit of the genus Ribes

Afrikaans: aalbessie (af) Arabic: رِيبَاس‎ m (rībās), كِشْمِش‎ m (kišmiš), عِنَب الذِئْب‎ m (ʿinab aḏ-ḏiʾb) Armenian: հաղարջ (hy) (hałarǰ) Azerbaijani: qarağat Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat) Belarusian: парэчка f (parečka) Bulgarian: френско грозде n (frensko grozde) Catalan: grosella f Chinese: 紅醋栗 (zh), 红醋栗 (zh) (hóngcùlì), 茶藨子 (zh) (chábiāozi) Corsican: gruseglia f, groseglia f Czech: rybíz (cs) m Danish: solbær (da), ribs n Dutch: aalbes (nl) f Esperanto: ribo (eo) Estonian: sõstar (et) Finnish: herukka (fi), viinimarja (fi) French: groseille (fr) f Friulian: ribis m Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari) German: Johannisbeere (de) f, Ribisel (de) f Haitian Creole: cotoneast Hungarian: ribizli (hu), ribiszke (hu) Irish: cuirín m Italian: ribes (it) Japanese: スグリ Karachay-Balkar: дугъум (duğum) Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat) Komi-Permyak: сэтöр (setör) Latin: ribes m (Medieval Latin) Latvian: upene (lv) f Lithuanian: serbentai m pl, serbentas m Macedonian: рибизла f (ribizla) Mansi: сосыг (sosyg) Maori: karani Mari: Eastern Mari: шоптыр (šoptyr) Western Mari: шаптыр (šaptyr) Mòcheno: ribes m Norman: gradile f Northern Sami: viidnemuorji Norwegian: rips (no) m, ripsbær n Polish: porzeczka (pl) f Portuguese: groselha (pt) f Romanian: coacăză (ro) f Russian: сморо́дина (ru) f (smoródina) Samogitian: ašoklis m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ри̏бӣз m, ри̏бӣзла f Roman: rȉbīz (sh) m, rȉbīzla (sh) f Slovak: ríbezľa f Slovene: rībez (sl) m Spanish: grosella (es) Swedish: vinbär (sv) n Tagalog: groselya Tajik: бектошӣ (tg) (bektošī) Telugu: ఎండుద్రాక్ష (te) (eṇḍudrākṣa), (please verify) ಕರ್ರಂಟ್ (ಕರ್ರಂಟ್) Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr), frenk üzümü Udmurt: сутэр (suter) Ukrainian: порі́чка f (poríčka), сморо́дина f (smoródyna) Vietnamese: cây phúc bồn tử Võro: hõrak Yiddish: ווײַמפּערל‎ n (vaymperl)

bush

Afrikaans: aalbessiebos Arabic: رِيبَاس‎ m (rībās), كِشْمِش‎ m (kišmiš), عِنَب الذِئْب‎ m (ʿinab aḏ-ḏiʾb) Armenian: հաղարջենի (hy) (hałarǰeni) Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat) Czech: rybíz (cs) m Estonian: sõstar (et) Finnish: viinimarja (fi), viinimarjapensas (fi) French: groseillier (fr) m German: Johannisbeere (de) f, Johannisbeerstrauch m, Johannisbeerstaude m, Ribisel (de) f, Ribiselstrauch m, Ribiselstaude m Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari) Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat) Lithuanian: serbentas m Macedonian: рибизла f (ribizla) Norwegian: ripsbærbusk c Polish: porzeczka (pl) f Portuguese: groselheira (pt) f Russian: сморо́дина (ru) f (smoródina) Samogitian: ašoklis m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ри̏бӣз m, ри̏бӣзла f Roman: rȉbīz (sh) m, rȉbīzla (sh) f Slovak: ríbezľa f Slovene: rībez (sl) m Spanish: grosellero m Swedish: vinbärsbuske c Ukrainian: порі́чка f (poríčka), сморо́дина f (smoródyna)

See also

• date
• raisin
• sultana

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Latin

Verb

currant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of currō