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Currant

//ˈkʌɹənt// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old French.
Noun
  1. 1
    A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape.
  2. 2
    any of several tart red or black berries used primarily for jellies and jams wordnet
  3. 3
    The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
  4. 4
    small dried seedless raisin grown in the Mediterranean region and California; used in cooking wordnet
  5. 5
    A shrub bearing such fruit.
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  1. 6
    any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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