currant

• coran, curran (obsolete)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɹənt/, /ˈkɝənt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌɹənt, -ɜ(ɹ)ənt
• Homophone: current

currant (plural currants)

1. A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried.
2. The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
3. A shrub bearing such fruit.

• date
• raisin
• sultana

currant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of currō