groseille

French

une groseille

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁo.zɛj/

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Noun

groseille f (plural groseilles)

1. redcurrant
2. gooseberry

Derived terms

• groseille à maquereau (“gooseberry”)
• groseille blanche
• groseille de Chine
• groseille de Coromandel (“star fruit”)
• groseille rouge
• groseillier

Further reading

• “groseille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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