raisin

English

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Sultana raisins

Etymology

Old French raisin (“grape”), from Latin racēmus.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪzən

Noun

raisin (plural raisins)

1. A dried grape.

Usage notes

In the USA, raisin refers to any kind of dried grape. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, raisin is reserved for the dried large dark grape, with sultana meaning the dried large white grape, and currant meaning the dried small Black Corinth grape.

Translations

dried grape

Arabic: (collective) زبيب (ar) (zabiib), زبيبة (ar) (zabiiba) f. Armenian: չամիչ (hy) (čamič) Bosnian: grožđice (bs) pl. Chinese: Mandarin: 葡萄乾 (zh), 葡萄干 (zh) (pútáogān) Crimean Tatar: kuru yüzüm (crh) Czech: rozinka (cs) f. Dutch: rozijn (nl) f. Estonian: rosin (et) Ewe: weintsetse ƒuƒu (ee) n. Finnish: rusina (fi) French: raisin sec (fr) m. German: Rosine (de) f. Greek: σταφίδα (el) (stafída) f. Hebrew: צִימּוּק (he) (tsimuk) m. Icelandic: rúsína (is) f. Italian: uvetta (it) f., uva passa (it) f., uva secca (it) f. Japanese: レーズン (ja) (rēzun), 干し葡萄 (ja) (ほしぶどう, hoshibudō) Korean: 건포도 (ko) (geonpodo) (乾葡萄 (ko))

Kurdish: مێوژ (ku) Latvian: rozīne (lv) f. sg. Macedonian: суво грозје (mk) (súvo grózje) n. Malay: kismis (ms) Persian: کشمش (fa) (kešmeš) Polish: rodzynka (pl) f. Portuguese: uva passa (pt) f. Romanian: stafidă (ro) f. Russian: изюм (ru) (izjúm) m. (collective), изюмина (ru) (izjúmina) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: суво грожђе (sh) n. Roman: suvo grožđe (sh) n. Sicilian: pàssula (scn) f. Spanish: pasa (es) Swedish: russin (sv) n. Taos: ùbo’óna Turkish: kuru üzüm (tr) Vietnamese: nho khô West Frisian: rezyn (fy)

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Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁɛ.zɛ̃/, SAMPA: /RE.zE~/

Noun

raisin m. (plural raisins)

1. grape

Derived terms

• raisin sec