grosella

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French groseille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡɾuˈze.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡɾoˈze.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾoˈze.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

grosella f (plural groselles)

1. currant, gooseberry

   Synonyms: agrassó, riba

Derived terms

• groseller

Further reading

• “grosella”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Italian

Etymology

From French groseille.

Noun

grosella f (plural groselle)

1. currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French groseille.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈseʝa/ [ɡɾoˈse.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈseʝa/ [ɡɾoˈse.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈseʎa/ [ɡɾoˈse.ʎa] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈseʃa/ [ɡɾoˈse.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡɾoˈseʒa/ [ɡɾoˈse.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -eʝa

• Rhymes: -eʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -eʎa (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -eʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: gro‧se‧lla

Noun

grosella f (plural grosellas)

1. currant (fruit of bushes of the genus Ribes)

Derived terms

• grosella espinosa
• grosella negra
• grosella roja

Related terms

• grosellero

Further reading

• “grosella”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025