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Definition: Currant |
CurrantNoun1. Any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams. 2. Any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants. 3. Small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "currant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Currant A corruption of Corinth, hence called by Juvenal Corinthiaca uvae. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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See also sultana, raisin.
Redcurrants and blackcurrants are NOT grapes and not related to the dried variety described above. They are berries. There is also an extra-small variety of cherry tomato known as currant tomatoes due to their small size.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Currant."
Synonym: CurrantSynonym: currant bush (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Currant |
| English words defined with "currant": barmbrack, Black currant ♦ Cherry currant, Clearwing, Currant borer, Currant worm ♦ Garnet berry, Gazel ♦ Honey ant ♦ Magpie moth ♦ Racemiferous, Raisin tree, red currant, Ribes sativum ♦ Strawberry moth ♦ White currant. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "currant": buck currants ♦ currants ♦ like nailing jelly to a tree ♦ soft fruit. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "currant": Current. (references) |
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 | Close shot of Golden Currant wildflower, Lakeview District. Credit: Terry Spivey. |  | Medium shot of stink currant (Ribes bracteosum). Credit: John Craig. |
 | Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanquineum) at Board Mountain along the West Fork Trail Creek Drainage. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Close up of a Red-flowering Currant (Ribes sanquineum) found along Grave Creek. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |
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| "Currant" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Currant" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 74 | 38,813 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "currant": black currant ♦ Black Currant Seed Oil ♦ Cherry currant ♦ Currant borer ♦ currant bush ♦ currant cake ♦ currant moth ♦ Currant worm ♦ european black currant ♦ Flowering currant ♦ indian currant ♦ Missouri currant ♦ red currant ♦ white currant ♦ winter currant ♦ zante currant. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "currant": currant-eyed, currant-free. | |
Ending with "currant": black-currant, red-currant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "currant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aalbessiebos (currant bush), aalbessie (red currant). (various references) | |
Albanian | stafidhe (raisin), rrush pa fara. (various references) | |
Arabic | زبيب (raisin), عنب أو زبيب بدون بذرة, جنبو مثمرة من فصيلة الكشمشية. (various references) | |
Blackfoot | saahsiipakksini'simaani. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стафида (plum, raisin), френско грозде (red currant). (various references) | |
Chinese | 小葡萄干 (currants). (various references) | |
Czech | rybíz (red currants), korintka, hrozinka (plum, raisin). (various references) | |
Danish | solbær, ribs (red currant). (various references) | |
Dutch | aalbes (black currant, currant bush, currant-bush, red currant). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ruĝa ribo, ribujo (currant bush), ribo. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ribsrunnur (currant bush), ribs, reyðberjarunnur (currant bush), reyðber. (various references) | |
Farsi | مویز. (various references) | |
Finnish | viinimarja. (various references) | |
French | vitis vinifera linnaeus, ribes silvestre lamarck, raisin, groseillier (currant bush, current bush), groseille grappe, groseille (red currant). (various references) | |
Frisian | strinkjebei (red currant). (various references) | |
German | Johannisbeere (black currant, red currant), korinthe. (various references) | |
Greek | κορινθιακή σταφίδα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | ע בי שועל (blackcurrant, fox grape), "ומ"מ ית (gooseberry), צמוק (dry, raisin, shrivelled, shrivelling, wrinkled, wrinkling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ribizli (red currant), ribiszke. (various references) | |
Indonesian | kismis (raisin). (various references) | |
Italian | ribes (gooseberry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | カーボン紙 (black currant, cacao, cactus, Caesar, Cairo, car lease, car life, car race, car radio, carbon paper, carcase, carcass, Carlton, carmine, carport, Casio, Cassiopeia, Cassisliqueur, chaos, chiropractic, chiropractor, cocktail, cocktail dress, cocktail glass, cocktail lounge, cocktail party, couch potato, counseling, counselor, count, countdown, counter, counter attack, counter display, counterblow, counter-propagation, counterpunch, counterpurchase, count-out, cowboy, cowboy hat, cowhide, curl, Curlash, curler, curling, curve, Kahn, Kaiser, Kamasutra, Kashmir, kinesics, kite, kymograph, rustle, television addict). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | カシス (black currant, Cassisliqueur). (various references) | |
Manx | curran. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urrantcay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | passa de Corinto, groselha (gooseberry). (various references) | |
Romanian | stafidã (plum, raisin, sultana). (various references) | |
Russian | смородина смородиновый, смородина, коринка. (various references) | |
Scottish | spiontag (a currant). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ribizla. (various references) | |
Spanish | grosella (gooseberry, red currant). (various references) | |
Swedish | vinbär (red currant), korint. (various references) | |
Turkish | kuşüzümü (plum), frenk üzümü (blackcurrant, red currant). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | смородина, коринка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | cây lý chua, nho Hy-lạp quả lý chua. (various references) | |
Welsh | bara brith (currant bread). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | raysyn of Curans. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hkousen abraam tou efrwn kai apekatesthsen abraam tw efrwn to argurion o elalhsen eiV ta wta twn uiwn cet tetrakosia didracma arguriou dokimou emporoiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod cum audisset Abraham adpendit pecuniam quam Ephron postulaverat audientibus filiis Heth quadringentos siclos argenti et probati monetae publicae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which whanne Abraham had herd, he peyside the money that Ephron had askyd, herynge the sonys of Heth, foure hundrid siclys of siluer, and of preued comune money. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And Abraham harkened vnto Ephron and weyde him the sylver which he had sayde in the audyence of the sonnes of Heth. Euen .iiij. hudred syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Abraham hearkened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 23, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | Unya si Abraham miuyon kang Ephron, ug gitimbangan ni Abraham si Ephron ug salapi nga iyang giingon sa nagpatalinghug pa ang mga anak ni Heth, nga upat ka gatus ka siclo nga salapi, salapi nga maoy ginadawat sa mga magpapatigayon. |
| Croatian | Abraham se složi s Efronom; isplati Abraham Efronu novac što ga je spomenuo tako da su na svoje uši èuli sinovi Hetovi - èetiri stotine srebrnika trgovaèke mjere. |
| Dutch | En Abraham luisterde naar Efron; en Abraham woog Efron het geld, waarvan hij gesproken had voor de oren van de zonen Heths, vierhonderd sikkelen zilvers, onder den koopman gangbaar. |
| Finnish | Kuultuaan Efronin sanat Aabraham punnitsi Efronille sen rahasumman, jonka tämä oli maininnut heettiläisten kuullen, neljäsataa hopeasekeliä, kaupassa käypää. |
| French | Abraham comprit Éphron; et Abraham pesa Éphron l`argent qu`il avait dit, en présence des fils de Heth, quatre cents sicles d`argent ayant cours chez le marchand. |
| German | Abraham gehorchte Ephron und wog ihm das Geld dar, das er gesagt hatte, daß zuhörten die Kinder Heth, vierhundert Lot Silber, das im Kauf gang und gäbe war. |
| Hungarian | Engede azért Ábrahám Efronnak és odamérte Ábrahám Efronnak az ezüstöt, a melyet mondott vala a Khéth fiainak hallatára; kalmároknál kelendõ négyszáz ezüst siklust. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Abraham setuju dengan harga itu. Ia menghitung uang perak sejumlah yang disebut oleh Efron, yaitu empat ratus uang perak, menurut timbangan yang dipakai oleh para saudagar. Lalu ia membayarnya kepada Efron, dengan disaksikan oleh semua orang Het itu. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diturutlah oleh Ibrahim akan kata Eferon itu, lalu ditimbangkan oleh Ibrahim bagi Eferon akan sebanyak perak yang disebutkannya, yaitu di hadapan segala anak-anak Het, empat ratus syikal perak yang terpakai kepada saudagar-saudagar. |
| Maori | ¶ Na ka whakarongo a Aperahama ki a Eperona; a paunatia ana e Aperahama ki a Eperona te hiriwa i korerotia e ia i te aroaro o nga tama a Hete, e wha rau nga hekere hiriwa, no nga moni e tangohia ana e nga kaihokohoko. |
| Norwegian | Og Abraham skjønte hvad Efron mente, og Abraham veide op til Efron det sølv som han hadde talt om i påhør av Hets barn, fire hundre sekel sølv, slike som var gangbare i handel. |
| Portuguese | E Abraão ouviu a Efrom, e pesou-lhe a prata de que este tinha falado aos ouvidos dos filhos de Hete, quatrocentos siclos de prata, moeda corrente entre os mercadores. |
| Rumanian | Avraam a knyeles pe Efron. Wi Avraam a ckntqrit lui Efron preyul cumpqrqrii despre care vorbise, kn faya fiilor lui Het: patru sute de sicli de argint, cari mergeau la orice negustor. |
| Russian | бЧТББН ЧЩУМХЫБМ еЖТПОБ; Й ПФЧЕУЙМ бЧТББН еЖТПОХ УЕТЕ'ТБ, УЛПМШЛП ПО П'ЯСЧЙМ ЧУМХИ УЩОПЧ иЕФПЧЩИ, ЮЕФЩТЕУФБ УЙЛМЕК УЕТЕ'ТБ, ЛБЛПЕ ИП"ЙФ Х ЛХ "ПЧ. |
| Swedish | Och Abraham förstod Efron och vägde upp åt honom den summa som Efron hade uppgivit i närvaro av Hets barn, fyra hundra siklar silver, sådant silver som var gångbart i handel. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "currant": currants. (additional references) | |
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"Currant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: corcrain, Cuaranty, curant, curat, Curman, curra, currane, currans, currenty, Curtana, cutrant, cuurent, fuerant, Gujrant, gurjant, iurarunt, kuranty, kurrent, Mcgurran, Murrant, ouvrant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "currant" (pronounced 'Cur"rant'): Aberrant, Arrant, Gerant, Nonjurant, quadrant, spirant, susurrant. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-n-r-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: curran. | |
-2 letters: crura. | |
-3 letters: aunt, cant, carn, carr, cart, curn, curr, curt, narc, rant, runt, tarn, tuna, turn. | |
-4 letters: act, ant, arc, art, can, car, cat, cur, cut, nut, ran, rat, run, rut, tan, tar, tau, tun, urn, uta. | |
-5 letters: an, ar, at, na, nu, ta, un, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-n-r-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: currants. | |
+2 letters: raconteur. | |
+3 letters: fracturing, nurturance, nutcracker, raconteurs, transducer, trinocular, underreact. | |
+4 letters: carbureting, carburetion, contracture, contrarious, corrugating, corrugation, counterpart, counterraid, furtherance, incurvature, intraocular, mercurating, mercuration, natriuretic, nurturances, nutcrackers, procrustean, procuration, recapturing, rectangular, rubricating, rubrication, subcontrary, transducers, transuranic, unchartered, underreacts, ventricular. | |
+5 letters: antipruritic, carburetions, carburetting, caricaturing, contractures, corrugations, counterargue, countermarch, counterparts, counterraids, counterrally, countertrade, curarization, extranuclear, furtherances, incurvatures, internuclear, manufacturer, mercurations, natriuretics, procurations, protuberance, recuperating, recuperation, renunciatory, rubrications, tabernacular, transuranics, trifurcating, trifurcation, tubocurarine, uncorrelated, underreacted, unrhetorical, unscriptural. | |
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