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Plural of currant

regular plural

The plural of currant is currants.

Forms of currant

Singularcurrant /ˈkʌɹənt/
Pluralcurrants
Countablecountable

Currants in a sentence

  • Spotted dog is a sort of pudding, made from dough with currants embedded.1968, Bulletin - Volumes 4-6, page 76. From the entry spotted dog
  • High on Ben Howth rhododendrons a nannygoat walking surefooted, dropping currants.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry rhododendrons
  • Antoine demurred, of course, but did at last consent to let me pick red currants.1920, [Elizabeth von Arnim], “September 6th”, in In the Mountains, 1st American edition, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company…. From the entry demur
  • I have seen it with red currants, with the raspberry preserves mixed with applesauce, with almonds instead of hazelnuts.2014, Mark Kurlansky, Talia Kurlansky, “Dessert: Linzertorte”, in International Night: A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the…. From the entry linzertorte
  • The custom of preparing rich, tartlike cheesecakes with eggs, mild fresh cheese, lemon, and often raisins or currants dates back centuries in Europe.2005, Nancy Baggett, The All-American Dessert Book. From the entry tartlike

Meaning of currant

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

Full definition of currant

Questions about the plural of currant

What is the plural of currant?
The plural of currant is currants.
Is currant countable?
Currant is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: currant (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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