# currant

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈkʌɹənt/ · frequency rank #52,253

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/currant