currant

Значение (Английский)

1. A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried.
2. The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
3. A shrub bearing such fruit.

Синонимы

red currant

currant bush

gooseberry

raisin

currant-bush

currants

currant-tree

White

sultana

plum

white

Переводы

groseille

ribes

Johannisbeere

grosella

aalbes

groselha

groseillier

grosella

Korinthe

bes

riber

klapbes

Johannisbeerstrauch

Ribes rubrum

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈkʌɹənt/

Этимология (Английский)

Родственно нидерландский: krent

In summary

Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth, the city in Greece”). Cognate with Dutch krent. Doublet of Corinth.