grape

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on vines of genus Vitis.
2. (countable, uncountable) A woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
3. (countable) Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera; their edibility varies.
4. (countable, uncountable) A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable) Clipping of grapeshot.
6. (countable, uncountable) A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
7. (US, countable, slang, uncountable) A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
8. (countable, slang, uncountable) A person's head.

Adj

1. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.
2. Of a dark purplish red colour.

Verb

1. To pick grapes.
2. Of livestock, to develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.
3. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.
4. (Northern-UK) To grope.
5. (Hong-Kong) To envy (derived from "sour grapes" idiom).

Verb

Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.

Sinonieme

vine

grapevine

grapeshot

grape vine

grapes

🍇

raceme

raisin

titty

vinery

vineyard

wine

🍷

grow in clusters

fruit

Vitis vinifera

native grape

bunch of grapes

vine black

canister

canister shot

case shot

nipple

Vertalings

raisin

uva

druif

uva

🍇

Weintraube

uva

raïm

Traube

σταφύλι

üzüm

rasim

uva

Weinbeere

acino

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɡɹeɪp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: grape

Verwante met Middle Dutch: krappe

Verwante met Old High German: krapfo

Verwante met Duits: Krapfen

In summary

From Middle English grape, from Old French grape, grappe, crape (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), from graper, craper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *krappō (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”), *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.