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blackcurrant

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈblækˌkʌɹənt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈblækˌkɜɹənt/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A shrub, Ribes nigrum, that produces small, very dark purple, edible berries.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1993, R. D. Davidson, 19: The vegetation of Lough Neagh wetlands, R.B. Wood, R.V. Smith (editors), Lough Neagh: The Ecology of a Multipurpose Water Resource, Monographae Biologicae: Volume 69, page 487, Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum) and guelder rose (Viburnum opulus) are frequent but alder buckthorn (Frangula alnus) a common constituent of East Anglian carr is very rare.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The berry borne by this shrub.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: black

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From black + currant.

Across languages

Translations

95 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: swartaalbessiebos — shrub
  • Arabic: كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (kišmiš ʔaswad) — shrub
  • Arabic: عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab) — shrub
  • Arabic: عِنَب الذِّئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb) — shrub
  • Bulgarian: касис (kasis) — shrub
  • Bulgarian: френско грозде (frensko grozde) — shrub
  • Catalan: riber negre — shrub
  • Catalan: groseller negre — shrub
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黑加侖子 /黑加仑子 (hak1 gaa1 leon4 zi2) — shrub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑加侖 /黑加仑 (hēijiālún) — shrub
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑醋栗 (hēicùlì) — shrub
  • Czech: černý rybíz — shrub
  • Dutch: zwarte bes — shrub
  • Dutch: zwarte bessenstruik — shrub
  • Estonian: mustsõstar — shrub
  • Estonian: mustsõstrapõõsas — shrub
  • Finnish: mustaherukka — shrub
  • Finnish: mustaherukkapensas — shrub
  • Finnish: mustaviinimarjapensas — shrub
  • French: cassissier — shrub
  • French: groseillier noir — shrub
  • Galician: groselleira — shrub
  • Galician: sorbeira — shrub
  • German: Aalbeere — shrub
  • German: schwarze Johannisbeere — shrub
  • German: schwarze Ribisel — shrub
  • Greek: φραγκοσταφυλιά (fragkostafyliá) — shrub
  • Ido: kasisiero — shrub
  • Ingrian: musta seestara — shrub
  • Macedonian: црна рибизла (crna ribizla) — shrub
  • Nivkh: ӿойӈи (hojŋi) — shrub
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solbærbusk — shrub
  • Norwegian Bokmål: solbærplante — shrub
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: solbærbusk — shrub
  • Polish: czarna porzeczka — shrub
  • Portuguese: groselheira negra — shrub
  • Russian: чёрная сморо́дина (čórnaja smoródina) — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни рибиз — shrub
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni ribiz — shrub
  • Spanish: grosellero negro — shrub
  • Swahili: mtunda bukini mweusi — shrub
  • Swedish: svartvinbärsbuske — shrub
  • Turkish: kuş üzümü — shrub
  • Turkish: siyah frenk üzümü — shrub
  • Ukrainian: чо́рна сморо́дина (čórna smoródyna) — shrub
  • Afrikaans: swartaalbessie — berry
  • Arabic: كِشْمِش أَسْوَد (kišmiš ʔaswad) — berry
  • Arabic: عِنَب الثَّعْلَب (ʕinab aṯ-ṯaʕlab) — berry
  • Arabic: عِنَب الذِّئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb) — berry
  • Bulgarian: касис (kasis) — berry
  • Chinese Cantonese: 黑加侖子 /黑加仑子 (hak1 gaa1 leon4 zi2) — berry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑加侖 /黑加仑 (hēijiālún) — berry
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑醋栗 (hēicùlì) — berry
  • Czech: černý rybíz — berry
  • Danish: solbær — berry
  • Dutch: zwarte bes — berry
  • Estonian: mustsõstar — berry
  • Faroese: sólber — berry
  • Finnish: mustaherukka — berry
  • Finnish: mustaviinimarja — berry
  • French: cassis — berry
  • Galician: grosella — berry
  • German: Aalbeere — berry
  • German: schwarze Johannisbeere — berry
  • German: schwarze Ribisel — berry
  • Greek: φραγκοστάφυλο (fragkostáfylo) — berry
  • Hebrew: עִנְּבֵי שׁוּעָל (invē shu'ál) — berry
  • Hungarian: fekete ribizli — berry
  • Hungarian: fekete ribiszke — berry
  • Icelandic: sólber — berry
  • Ido: kasiso — berry
  • Ingrian: musta seestaramarja — berry
  • Italian: ribes nero — berry
  • Japanese: カシス (kashisu) — berry
  • Japanese: クロスグリ (kurosuguri) — berry
  • Korean: 블랙커런트 (beullaek'keoreonteu) — berry
  • Latgalian: upine — berry
  • Latvian: upene — berry
  • Macedonian: црна рибизла (crna ribizla) — berry
  • Maltese: passulina sewda — berry
  • Nivkh: ӿойӈи (hojŋi) — berry
  • Norwegian: solbær — berry
  • Polish: czarna porzeczka — berry
  • Portuguese: groselha negra — berry
  • Russian: чёрная сморо́дина (čórnaja smoródina) — berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: црни рибиз — berry
  • Serbo-Croatian: crni ribiz — berry
  • Slovene: črni ribez — berry
  • Spanish: grosella negra — berry
  • Spanish: casis — berry
  • Swahili: tunda bukini jeusi — berry
  • Swedish: svarta vinbär — berry
  • Turkish: kuş üzümü — berry
  • Turkish: siyah frenk üzümü — berry
  • Ukrainian: чо́рна сморо́дина (čórna smoródyna) — berry