different between currant vs strig

English

Alternative forms

• coran, curran (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k???nt/, /?k??nt/
• Homophone: current

Noun

currant (plural currants)

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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• date
• raisin
• sultana

Latin

Verb

currant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of curr?

English

Etymology

Origin obscure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st???/

Noun

strig (plural strigs)

1. (botany) A pedicel or footstalk, especially of a flowering or fruit-bearing plant, such as the currant.
2. The tang of a sword-blade.
3. (Britain dialectal) The string of a button.

Verb

strig (third-person singular simple present strigs, present participle strigging, simple past and past participle strigged)

1. To strip the pedical from a plant.

Anagrams

• Grits, girts, grist, grits, trigs

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *strig?, from Latin strix. Compare (Daco-)Romanian striga, strig.

Verb

strig

1. I yell.

Romanian

Verb

strig

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of striga