Feminine

groseille

Meaning

  1. (feminine) redcurrant
  2. (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

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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