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Webster 1913 Edition
Raisin
Rai′sin
(rā′z’n)
, Noun.
[F.
raisin
grape, raisin, L. racemus
cluster of grapes or berries; cf. Gr. ῥάξ
, ῥαγός
, berry, grape. Cf. Raceme
.] 1.
A grape, or a bunch of grapes.
[Obs.]
Cotgrave.
2.
A grape dried in the sun or by artificial heat.
Raisin tree
(Bot.)
, the common red currant bush, whose fruit resembles the small raisins of Corinth called
currants
. [Eng.]
Dr. Prior.
Webster 1828 Edition
Raisin
RAISIN
,Noun.
A dried grape. Grapes are suffered to remain on the vines till they are perfectly ripe, and then dried in an oven, or by exposure to the heat of the sun. Those dried in the sun are the sweetest.
Definition 2024
raisin
raisin
English
Noun
raisin (plural raisins)
- A dried grape.
Usage notes
In the USA, raisin refers to any kind of dried grape. In the UK, Australia and New Zealand, raisin is reserved for the dried large dark grape, with sultana meaning the dried large white grape, and currant meaning the dried small Black Corinth grape.
Derived terms
Translations
dried grape
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Verb
raisin (third-person singular simple present raisins, present participle raisining, simple past and past participle raisined)
- (intransitive) Of grapes: to dry out; to become like raisins.
- 2008, John Winthrop Haeger, Pacific Pinot Noir
- Second-crop fruit tends to show smaller clusters than first-crop, to have a high skin-to-juice ratio, and to be a good blending tool, according to Iantosca, although care must be exercised to ensure that the second-crop berries have not raisined.
- 2008, John Winthrop Haeger, Pacific Pinot Noir
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Old French raisin, from Vulgar Latin *racīmus, from Latin racēmus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɛ̃/
Noun
raisin m (plural raisins)
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Old French
Alternative forms
- resin
- resyn
- reysyn
- raisine f
- raysine f
- reisine f
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *racīmus, from Latin racēmus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rajsĩn/
Noun
raisin m (oblique plural raisins, nominative singular raisins, nominative plural raisin)
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (raisin, supplement)
- raisin on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub