Meanings
currant1
nouncurrant (plural currants)
plural currants · alternative obsolete coran · alternative obsolete curran
Currant2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
Similar
currant bush
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
currant · noun
- Frenchraisin de Corinthe
- Englishcurrant
Borrowed from French raisin de Corinthe (literally “grapes of Corinth, the city in Greece”). Cognate with Dutch krent. Doublet of Corinth.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Currant · proper noun
- Old Frenchcourant
- EnglishCurrant
Anglicized form of Old French courant, present participle of courir (“to run”), hence a nickname for a hunter.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans aalbessie, aalbessiebos
- aalbessiefruit of the genus Ribes
- aalbessiebosbush
Arabic رِيبَاس, كِشْمِش
- رِيبَاس (rībās)fruit of the genus Ribes
- كِشْمِش (kišmiš)fruit of the genus Ribes
- عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)fruit of the genus Ribes
- رِيبَاس (rībās)bush
- كِشْمِش (kišmiš)bush
- عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb)bush
Bulgarian стафида, френско грозде
- стафида (stafida)small dried grape
- френско грозде (frensko grozde)fruit of the genus Ribes
Catalan grosella
- grosellafruit of the genus Ribes
Chinese Mandarin 醋栗
- 醋栗 (cùlì)fruit of the genus Ribes
Czech rybíz, rybíz
- rybízfruit of the genus Ribes
- rybízbush
Danish solbær, ribs
- solbærfruit of the genus Ribes
- ribsfruit of the genus Ribes
Dutch krent, aalbes
- krentsmall dried grape
- aalbesfruit of the genus Ribes
Esperanto ribo
- ribofruit of the genus Ribes
Estonian sõstar, sõstar
- sõstarfruit of the genus Ribes
- sõstarbush
Finnish korintti, herukka
- korinttismall dried grape
- herukkafruit of the genus Ribes
- viinimarjafruit of the genus Ribes
- viinimarjabush
- viinimarjapensasbush
French raisin de Corinthe, groseille (redcurrant)
- raisin de Corinthesmall dried grape
- groseille (redcurrant)fruit of the genus Ribes
- cassis (blackcurrant)fruit of the genus Ribes
- groseillierbush
German Korinthe, Johannisbeere
- Korinthesmall dried grape
- Johannisbeerefruit of the genus Ribes
- Ribiselfruit of the genus Ribes
- Johannisbeerebush
- Johannisbeerstrauchbush
- Johannisbeerstaudebush
- Ribiselbush
- Ribiselstrauchbush
- Ribiselstaudebush
Greek κορινθιακή σταφίδα
- κορινθιακή σταφίδα (korinthiakí stafída)small dried grape
Hungarian ribizli, ribiszke
- ribizlifruit of the genus Ribes
- ribiszkefruit of the genus Ribes
Irish cuirín
- cuirínfruit of the genus Ribes
Italian uva di Corinto, uva sultanina
- uva di Corintosmall dried grape
- uva sultaninasmall dried grape
- ribesfruit of the genus Ribes
Japanese スグリ
- スグリfruit of the genus Ribes
Latin ribes
- ribesfruit of the genus Ribes
Latvian upene
- upenefruit of the genus Ribes
Lithuanian serbentai, serbentas
- serbentaifruit of the genus Ribes
- serbentasfruit of the genus Ribes
- serbentasbush
Māori karani, karani
- karanismall dried grape
- karanifruit of the genus Ribes
Norwegian rips, ripsbær
- ripsfruit of the genus Ribes
- ripsbærfruit of the genus Ribes
- ripsbærbuskbush
Polish porzeczka, porzeczka
- porzeczkafruit of the genus Ribes
- porzeczkabush
Portuguese passa, groselha
- passasmall dried grape
- groselhafruit of the genus Ribes
- groselheirabush
Romanian stafide de Corint, stafidă neagră
- stafide de Corintsmall dried grape
- stafidă neagrăsmall dried grape
- coacăzăfruit of the genus Ribes
Russian кори́нка, сабза́
- кори́нка (korínka)small dried grape
- сабза́ (sabzá)small dried grape
- сморо́дина (smoródina)fruit of the genus Ribes
- сморо́дина (smoródina)bush
Slovak ríbezľa, ríbezľa
- ríbezľafruit of the genus Ribes
- ríbezľabush
Spanish pasa de Corinto, grosella
- pasa de Corintosmall dried grape
- grosellafruit of the genus Ribes
- grosellerobush
Swedish korint, vinbär
- korintsmall dried grape
- vinbärfruit of the genus Ribes
- vinbärsbuskebush
Tagalog groselya
- groselyafruit of the genus Ribes
Turkish kuş üzümü, frenk üzümü
- kuş üzümüsmall dried grape
- frenk üzümüsmall dried grape
- kişmişsmall dried grape
- kuş üzümüfruit of the genus Ribes
- frenk üzümüfruit of the genus Ribes
Ukrainian порі́чка, сморо́дина
- порі́чка (poríčka)fruit of the genus Ribes
- сморо́дина (smoródyna)fruit of the genus Ribes
- порі́чка (poríčka)bush
- сморо́дина (smoródyna)bush
Vietnamese cây phúc bồn tử
- cây phúc bồn tửfruit of the genus Ribes
Yiddish ווײַמפּערל
- ווײַמפּערל (vaymperl)fruit of the genus Ribes
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with currant
All rhymes →Sounds the same
currentcourant (with both the hurry–furry merger and cure–fir merger)
Cite this entry
APA
currant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currant
MLA
“currant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currant. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “currant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/currant.
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