English Explanatory Dictionary

red currant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A deciduous shrub, Ribes rubrum, native to western Europe; any of certain cultivars of the shrub.
The bright red translucent edible berry of this plant.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹɛdˌkʌɹənt/ /ˈɹɛdˌkɜɹənt/ En-us-redcurrant.ogg

Word forms

red currant red currants redcurrant red-currant

Synonyms

garnetberry wineberry

Related words

currant blackcurrant white currant

Derived words

redcurrant jelly

Translations

Afrikaans: rooiaalbessie Northern Altai: кызылаат Southern Altai: кызылгат Arabic: كِشْمِش أَحْمَر Armenian: կարմիր հաղարջ Catalan: grosella vermella Chinese Cantonese: 紅加侖子 /红加仑子 Chinese Cantonese: 红加侖子 Chinese Mandarin: 紅醋栗 /红醋栗 Chukchi: выԓьагԓыӈын Czech: červený rybíz Danish: ribs Dutch: rode bes Dutch: aalbes Estonian: punane sõstar Faroese: ribs Faroese: rips Finnish: punaherukka Finnish: punaviinimarja French: groseille rouge German: Johannisbeere Greek: φραγκοστάφυλο Hungarian: ribizli Icelandic: rifsber Icelandic: rautt rifsber Ingrian: punain seestaramarja Irish: cuirín dearg Italian: ribes rosso Ladin: ejia Lithuanian: raudonasis serbentas Macedonian: црвена рибизла Norwegian Bokmål: rips Norwegian Bokmål: ripsbær Norwegian Nynorsk: rips Norwegian Nynorsk: ripsbær Occitan: grosèla Occitan: groselha Occitan: grosèlha Polish: czerwona porzeczka Portuguese: groselha vermelha Romanian: coacăză roșie Russian: кра́сная сморо́дина Scottish Gaelic: dearc-Fhrangach Scottish Gaelic: dearcag-Fhrangach Spanish: agraz Spanish: calderilla Swahili: tunda bukini jekundu Swedish: röda vinbär Turkish: kırmızı frenk üzümü Ukrainian: черво́на порі́чка Venetan: ùa spinèla Venetan: ùa spinèƚa

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