raisin

Betekenis (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.

Concepten

rozijn

krent

wijnbes

wijndruif

Synoniemen

currant

plum

grape

dried currant

sultana

cured raisins

uva

Vertalingen

Rosine

pasa

σταφίδα

raisin sec

uva passa

زبيب

zibibbo

uvetta

kuru üzüm

pansa

uva secca

passa

uva passa

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹeɪzən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: raysyn

Verwant aan Perzisch: 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.