black currant

English

A black currant plant, with berries

Alternative forms

• blackcurrant, black-currant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌkʌɹənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/

Noun

black currant (plural black currants)

1. A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.
2. The berry borne by this shrub.

Translations

shrub

• Afrikaans: swartaalbessiebos
• Bulgarian: касис m (kasis), френско грозде (frensko grozde)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑加侖子／黑加仑子 (hak¹ gaa¹ leon⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 黑加侖／黑加仑 (hēijiālún), 黑加仑 (hēijiālún), 黑醋栗 (zh) (hēicùlì)

• Czech: černý rybíz m
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: mustsõstar, mustsõstrapõõsas
• Finnish: mustaherukka (fi), mustaherukkapensas, mustaviinimarjapensas (colloquial)
• French: cassissier (fr) m, groseillier noir m
• Greek: φραγκοσταφυλιά (el) f (fragkostafyliá)
• Ido: kasisiero (io)
• Interlingue:
• Macedonian: црна рибизла f (crna ribizla)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solbærbusk m, solbærplante m

  Nynorsk: solbærbusk m

• Polish: czarna porzeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: groselheira negra f
• Russian: чёрная сморо́дина f (čórnaja smoródina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црни рибиз m

  Roman: crni ribiz m

• Spanish: grosellero negro m
• Swahili: mtunda bukini mweusi
• Swedish: svartvinbärsbuske c
• Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr)
• Ukrainian: чо́рна сморо́дина f (čórna smoródyna)

berry

• Afrikaans: swartaalbessie (af)
• Bulgarian: касис m (kasis)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 黑加侖子／黑加仑子 (hak¹ gaa¹ leon⁴ zi²)

  Mandarin: 黑加侖／黑加仑 (hēijiālún), 黑加仑 (hēijiālún), 黑醋栗 (zh) (hēicùlì)

• Czech: černý rybíz m
• Danish: solbær (da)
• Dutch: zwarte bes (nl) f
• Estonian: mustsõstar
• Faroese: sólber n
• Finnish: mustaherukka (fi), mustaviinimarja (fi) (colloquial)
• French: cassis (fr) m
• German: Aalbeere (de) f, schwarze Johannisbeere f
• Greek: φραγκοστάφυλο (el) n (fragkostáfylo)
• Hungarian: fekete ribizli (hu)
• Icelandic: sólber n
• Ido: kasiso (io)
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: ribes nero (it)
• Japanese: カシス (kashisu), くろすぐり
• Korean: 블랙커런트 (beullaek'keoreonteu)
• Latgalian: upine
• Latvian: upene (lv)
• Macedonian: црна рибизла f (crna ribizla)
• Maltese: passulina sewda
• Norwegian: solbær (no) n
• Polish: czarna porzeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: groselha negra f
• Russian: чёрная сморо́дина f (čórnaja smoródina)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црни рибиз m

  Roman: crni ribiz m

• Spanish: grosella negra m
• Swahili: tunda bukini jeusi
• Swedish: svarta vinbär
• Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr)
• Ukrainian: чо́рна сморо́дина f (čórna smoródyna)

References

• black currant on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ribes nigrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Ribes nigrum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons