raisin

(Engels)

Noun

A dried grape.

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
2. (transitive) To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.
3. (transitive) To add raisins to.
4. (broadly, transitive) To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.
5. (ambitransitive) To shrivel.
6. (transitive) To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.
7. (transitive) To cause to have wrinkles.
8. (intransitive) To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzən/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: raysyn

Verwante met Persies: رز

In summary

From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.

Sinonieme

currant

plum

grape

dried currant

sultana

cured raisins

uva

Vertalings

Rosine

pasa

raisin sec

σταφίδα

uva passa

rozijn

rodzynek

زبيب

zibibbo

pansa

uvetta

uva secca

kuru üzüm

passa

uva passa