currant

English

Alternative forms

• coran, curran (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kŭr′ənt, (hurry–furry merger) kûr′ənt
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ənt/

  • Audio (UK):

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐɹ.ənt/
• (General American, Canada)
  • (without the hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹ.ɪnt/, /ˈkʌɹ.ənt/

    • Audio (US):

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  • (hurry–furry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜɹ.ɪnt/, /ˈkɜɹ.ənt/

    • Audio (US, hurry–furry merger):

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• Rhymes: -ʌɹənt, -ɜː(ɹ)ənt
• Homophone: currant
• Homophone: courant (with both the hurry–furry merger and cure–fir merger)

Noun

currant (plural currants)

1. A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
2. The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
3. A shrub bearing such fruit.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with current.

Derived terms

• blackcurrant
• cherry currant
• currant bun
• currantlike
• currant tomato
• curranty
• flowering currant
• golden currant
• Missouri currant
• red currant
• snow currant
• sticky currant
• wax currant
• white currant
• Zante currant

Descendants

• → Māori: karani

Translations

small dried grape

• Bulgarian: стафида f (stafida)
• Dutch: krent (nl) f
• Finnish: korintti (fi)
• French: raisin de Corinthe (fr) m
• German: Korinthe (de) f
• Greek: κορινθιακή σταφίδα f (korinthiakí stafída)
• Ido: korinto (io)
• Italian: uva di Corinto f, uva sultanina f
• Luxembourgish: Korint f, Roséng f
• Māori: karani
• Norman: corînthe f
• Papiamentu: karènt
• Plautdietsch: Krint f
• Portuguese: passa (pt) f
• Romanian: stafide de Corint f pl, stafidă neagră f
• Russian: кори́нка (ru) f (korínka), сабза́ (ru) f (sabzá)
• Spanish: pasa de Corinto f
• Swedish: korint (sv) c
• Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr), frenk üzümü, kişmiş (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: قوش اوزومی (kuş üzümü), كشمش (kişmiş)

fruit of the genus Ribes

• Afrikaans: aalbessie (af)
• Arabic: رِيبَاس m (rībās), كِشْمِش m (kišmiš), عِنَب الذِئْب m (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)
• Armenian: հաղարջ (hy) (haġarǰ)
• Azerbaijani: qarağat
• Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat)
• Belarusian: парэчка f (parečka)
• Bulgarian: френско грозде n (frensko grozde)
• Catalan: grosella f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 醋栗 (zh) (cùlì)

• Corsican: gruseglia f, groseglia f
• Czech: rybíz (cs) m
• Danish: solbær (da), ribs n
• Dutch: aalbes (nl) f
• Esperanto: ribo (eo)
• Estonian: sõstar (et)
• Finnish: herukka (fi), viinimarja (fi)
• French: groseille (fr) f (redcurrant), cassis (fr) m (blackcurrant)
• Friulian: ribis m
• Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari)
• German: Johannisbeere (de) f, Ribisel (de) f
• Greek: please add this translation if you can
• Haitian Creole: cotoneast
• Hungarian: ribizli (hu), ribiszke (hu)
• Ingrian: seestaramarja
• Irish: cuirín m
• Italian: ribes (it)
• Japanese: スグリ
• Kannada: ^{(please verify)} ಕರ್ರಂಟ್ (karraṇṭ)
• Karachay-Balkar: дугъум (duğum)
• Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat)
• Komi:

  Komi-Permyak: сэтöр (setör)

• Latin: ribes m (Medieval Latin)
• Latvian: upene (lv) f
• Lithuanian: serbentai m pl, serbentas m
• Macedonian: рибизла f (ribizla)
• Mansi:

  Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} сосыг (sosyg)

• Māori: karani
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: шоптыр (šoptyr)

  Western Mari: шаптыр (šaptyr)

• Mòcheno: ribes m
• Norman: gradile f
• Norwegian: rips (no) m, ripsbær n

  Nynorsk: rips m, ripsbær n

• Occitan: grosèlha (oc) f
• Polish: porzeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: groselha (pt) f
• Romanian: coacăză (ro) f
• Russian: сморо́дина (ru) f (smoródina)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: viidnemuorji

• Samogitian: ašoklis m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ри̏бӣз m, ри̏бӣзла f

  Latin: rȉbīz (sh) m, rȉbīzla (sh) f

• Slovak: ríbezľa f
• Slovene: rībez (sl) m, grozdičje (sl) n
• Spanish: grosella (es)
• Swedish: vinbär (sv) n
• Tagalog: groselya
• Tajik: бектошӣ (tg) (bektoši)
• Telugu: ఎండుద్రాక్ష (te) (eṇḍudrākṣa)
• Turkish: kuş üzümü (tr), frenk üzümü
• Udmurt: сутэр (suter)
• Ukrainian: порі́чка f (poríčka), сморо́дина f (smoródyna)
• Vietnamese: cây phúc bồn tử
• Võro: hõrak
• Yiddish: ווײַמפּערל n (vaymperl)

bush

• Afrikaans: aalbessiebos
• Arabic: رِيبَاس m (rībās), كِشْمِش m (kišmiš), عِنَب الذِئْب m (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)
• Armenian: հաղարջենի (hy) (haġarǰeni)
• Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat)
• Czech: rybíz (cs) m
• Estonian: sõstar (et)
• Finnish: viinimarja (fi), viinimarjapensas (fi)
• French: groseillier (fr) m
• Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari)
• German: Johannisbeere (de) f, Johannisbeerstrauch (de) m, Johannisbeerstaude m, Ribisel (de) f, Ribiselstrauch m, Ribiselstaude m
• Ingrian: seestara
• Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat)
• Lithuanian: serbentas m
• Macedonian: рибизла f (ribizla)
• Norwegian: ripsbærbusk c
• Polish: porzeczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: groselheira (pt) f
• Russian: сморо́дина (ru) f (smoródina)
• Samogitian: ašoklis m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ри̏бӣз m, ри̏бӣзла f

  Latin: rȉbīz (sh) m, rȉbīzla (sh) f

• Slovak: ríbezľa f
• Slovene: rībez (sl) m, grozdičje (sl) n
• Spanish: grosellero (es) m
• Swedish: vinbärsbuske c
• Ukrainian: порі́чка f (poríčka), сморо́дина f (smoródyna)

See also

• date
• raisin
• sultana

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkʊr.rant]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkur.rant]

Verb

currant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of currō