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currant

/ˈkʌɹənt/

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Midlands/ˈkʊɹənt/

currant noun: a small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Currant

Currant (plural Currants)

  1. A surname from Old French.

currant meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Telugu and Malayalam

currant in Tamil

திராட்சை வற்றல், களா, விதையற்ற உலர்ந்த கருமுந்திரிப்பழம்

currant in Marathi

currant; black raisin
मनुका manukā

currant in Telugu

fruit of the genus Ribes
ఎండుద్రాక్ష eṇḍudrākṣa

currant in Malayalam

കിസ്മിസ്, കറുത്ത മുന്തിരിങ്ങ, കുരുവില്ലാത്ത ഉണക്ക മുന്തിരിങ്ങ
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currant in Tagalog
groselya
currant in Arabic
رِيبَاس rībās, كِشْمِش kišmiš, عِنَب الذِئْب ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb
currant in Vietnamese
cây phúc bồn tử

Examples of currant in a sentence

  • Gorblimey, would you ’ave a butcher’s at the bristols on this bird in the currant bun!
  • I had asked for a teacake and ended up with a currant breadcake.
  • Spotted dog is a sort of pudding, made from dough with currants embedded.

All 13 example sentences with currant

Forms of currant

Noun
pluralcurrants
alternative form (obsolete)coran
alternative form (obsolete)curran
Proper noun
pluralCurrants
alternative formCurrent

Plural of currant: currants

Origin of currant

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

Anglicized form of Old French courant, present participle of courir (“to run”), hence a nickname for a hunter.

Words formed from currant

Phrases with currant

Words that rhyme with currant

Questions about currant

What does currant mean?
Currant means a small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
What is currant in Tamil?
Currant in Tamil is திராட்சை வற்றல், களா, விதையற்ற உலர்ந்த கருமுந்திரிப்பழம். See Currant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is currant?
Currant can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce currant?
Currant is pronounced /ˈkʌɹənt/ (UK).
What is the plural of currant?
The plural of currant is currants.

Words near currant in the dictionary

  1. Currams
  2. Curramses
  3. curran
  4. currans
  5. Currans Hill
  6. currant
  7. currant bun
  8. currant buns
  9. currant pug
  10. currant tomato
  11. currant tomatoes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: currant (page history and authors); Currant (page history and authors); currant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मनुका (Marathi) (page history and authors); currant (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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