Feminine
groseille
Meaning
- (feminine) redcurrant
- (feminine) gooseberry
Concepts
gooseberry bush
garden current
currant bush
Ribes grossularia
Ribes rubrum
Ribes uva-crispa
Synonyms
groseillier à maquereau
groseille verte
groseillier à grappes
ribes rubrum
ribes uva-crispa
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡʁo.zɛj/
Etymology
In summary
From Old French grosele (13th c.), from a Proto-West Germanic *krōsilā, possibly related with *krūs (“curly, frizzy”). Cognate with Walloon gurzale. For Germanic cognates see Luxembourgish Kréischel. Compare also Dutch kruisbes.
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