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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.
razn.
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

Sultana raisins

Noun

raisin (plural raisins)

  1. 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.

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Translations

Verb

raisin (third-person singular simple present raisins, present participle raisining, simple past and past participle raisined)

  1. (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.

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French

Etymology

From Old French raisin, from Vulgar Latin *racīmus, from Latin racēmus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɛ̃/

Noun

raisin m (plural raisins)

  1. grape
  2. a size of paper (having such a watermark)
  3. a bright red lipstick

Derived terms


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)

  1. grape
  2. cluster or bunch of grapes
  3. raisin (dried fruit)

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