- currant - current
- These words are both pronounced .\◊ 'currant'\
...dried fruits such as currants, raisins and dried apricots.
◊ 'current' used as a nounCurrent can be used as a noun or an adjective.\A current is a steady and continuous flowing movement of some of the water in a river or lake, or in the sea.\The child had been swept out to sea by the current.
A current is also a steady flowing movement of air, or a flow of electricity through a wire or circuit.A current of heated air rose all day from the mountain top.
\There was a powerful electric current running through the wires.
◊ 'current' used as an adjectiveCurrent is used to describe things which are happening or being used now, rather than at some time in the past or future.\ \Our current methods of production are far too expensive.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
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Currant — Cur rant (k?r rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
currant — (n.) c.1500, from raysyn of Curans (mid 14c.) raisins of Corinth, with the s mistaken for a plural inflection. From Anglo Fr. reisin de Corauntz. The small, seedless raisins were exported from southern Greece. Then in 1570s the word was applied… … Etymology dictionary
currant — ► NOUN 1) a dried fruit made from a small seedless variety of grape. 2) a shrub producing small edible black, red, or white berries. ORIGIN from Old French raisins de Corauntz grapes of Corinth (the original source) … English terms dictionary
currant — [kʉr′ənt] n. [ME corauns < (reisins of) Coraunce < Anglo Fr ( raisins de) Corauntz, (raisins of) Corinth: orig. imported from Corinth] 1. the raisin of a small, seedless grape (a cultivar of Vitis vinifera) grown in the Mediterranean region … English World dictionary
currant — /kerr euhnt, kur /, n. 1. a small seedless raisin, produced chiefly in California and in the Levant, and used in cookery and confectionery. 2. the small, edible, acid, round fruit or berry of certain wild or cultivated shrubs of the genus Ribes.… … Universalium
currant — UK [ˈkʌrənt] / US noun [countable] Word forms currant : singular currant plural currants 1) a small dark dried fruit often used in cakes a currant bun 2) a small round fruit that may be red, black, or white, and grows on a currant bush currant… … English dictionary
currant — [14] Etymologically, currants are grapes from ‘Corinth’. In the Middle Ages Corinth, in Greece, exported small dried grapes of particularly high quality, which became known in Old French as raisins de Corinthe ‘grapes of Corinth’. This phrase… … Word origins
currant — n. 1 a dried fruit of a small seedless variety of grape grown in the Levant and much used in cookery. 2 a any of various shrubs of the genus Ribes producing red, white, or black berries. b a berry of these shrubs. Phrases and idioms: flowering… … Useful english dictionary
currant — noun Currant is used before these nouns: ↑bun, ↑jelly … Collocations dictionary
currant — cur|rant [ kʌrənt ] noun count a small round fruit that may be red, black, or white, and grows on a currant bush … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
currant — noun 1》 a small dried fruit made from a small seedless variety of grape, used in cookery. 2》 used in names of various small edible berries and the shrubs which produce them, e.g. blackcurrant, white currant. Origin ME raisons of Corauntz,… … English new terms dictionary
