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• kŭr′ənt
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• kûr′ənt hurry–furry merger
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkʌɹənt/
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• Midlands, Northern-England: /ˈkʊɹənt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkɐɹənt/
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• /ˈkʌɹɪnt/ without the hurry–furry merger
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• /ˈkʌɹənt/ without the hurry–furry merger
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• /ˈkɜɹɪnt/ hurry–furry merger
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• /ˈkɜɹənt/ hurry–furry merger
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• rhymes with -ʌɹənt
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• homophone: current
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• homophone: courant (with both the hurry–furry merger and cure–fir merger)
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Anglicized form of Old French courant, present participle of courir (“to run”), hence a nickname for a hunter.

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

143 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: стафида (stafida) — small dried grape
• Dutch: krent — small dried grape
• Finnish: korintti — small dried grape
• French: raisin de Corinthe — small dried grape
• German: Korinthe — small dried grape
• Greek: κορινθιακή σταφίδα (korinthiakí stafída) — small dried grape
• Ido: korinto — small dried grape
• Italian: uva di Corinto — small dried grape
• Italian: uva sultanina — small dried grape
• Luxembourgish: Korint — small dried grape
• Luxembourgish: Roséng — small dried grape
• Māori: karani — small dried grape
• Norman: corînthe — small dried grape
• Papiamentu: karènt — small dried grape
• Plautdietsch: Krint — small dried grape
• Portuguese: passa — small dried grape
• Romanian: stafide de Corint — small dried grape
• Romanian: stafidă neagră — small dried grape
• Russian: кори́нка (korínka) — small dried grape
• Russian: сабза́ (sabzá) — small dried grape
• Spanish: pasa de Corinto — small dried grape
• Swedish: korint — small dried grape
• Turkish: kuş üzümü — small dried grape
• Turkish: frenk üzümü — small dried grape
• Turkish: kişmiş — small dried grape
• Ottoman Turkish: قوش اوزومی (kuş üzümü) — small dried grape
• Ottoman Turkish: كشمش (kişmiş) — small dried grape
• Afrikaans: aalbessie — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Arabic: رِيبَاس (rībās) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Arabic: كِشْمِش (kišmiš) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Arabic: عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Armenian: հաղարջ (haġarǰ) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Azerbaijani: qarağat — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Belarusian: парэчка (parečka) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Bulgarian: френско грозде (frensko grozde) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Catalan: grosella — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Chinese Mandarin: 醋栗 (cùlì) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Corsican: gruseglia — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Corsican: groseglia — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Czech: rybíz — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Danish: solbær — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Danish: ribs — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Dutch: aalbes — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Esperanto: ribo — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Estonian: sõstar — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Finnish: herukka — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Finnish: viinimarja — fruit of the genus Ribes
• French: groseille (redcurrant) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• French: cassis (blackcurrant) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Friulian: ribis — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• German: Johannisbeere — fruit of the genus Ribes
• German: Ribisel — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Haitian Creole: cotoneast — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Hungarian: ribizli — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Hungarian: ribiszke — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Ingrian: seestaramarja — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Irish: cuirín — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Italian: ribes — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Japanese: スグリ — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Karachay-Balkar: дугъум (duğum) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Komi-Permyak: сэтöр (setör) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Latin: ribes — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Latvian: upene — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Lithuanian: serbentai — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Lithuanian: serbentas — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Macedonian: рибизла (ribizla) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Māori: karani — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Eastern Mari: шоптыр (šoptyr) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Western Mari: шаптыр (šaptyr) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Mòcheno: ribes — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Norman: gradile — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Norwegian: rips — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Norwegian: ripsbær — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rips — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ripsbær — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Occitan: grosèlha — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Polish: porzeczka — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Portuguese: groselha — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Romanian: coacăză — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Russian: сморо́дина (smoródina) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Northern Sami: viidnemuorji — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Samogitian: ašoklis — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̏бӣз — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̏бӣзла — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Serbo-Croatian: rȉbīz — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Serbo-Croatian: rȉbīzla — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Slovak: ríbezľa — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Slovene: rībez — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Slovene: grozdičje — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Spanish: grosella — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Swedish: vinbär — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Tagalog: groselya — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Tajik: бектошӣ (bektoši) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Telugu: ఎండుద్రాక్ష (eṇḍudrākṣa) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Turkish: kuş üzümü — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Turkish: frenk üzümü — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Udmurt: сутэр (suter) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Ukrainian: порі́чка (poríčka) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Ukrainian: сморо́дина (smoródyna) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Vietnamese: cây phúc bồn tử — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Võro: hõrak — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Yiddish: ווײַמפּערל (vaymperl) — fruit of the genus Ribes
• Afrikaans: aalbessiebos — bush
• Arabic: رِيبَاس (rībās) — bush
• Arabic: كِشْمِش (kišmiš) — bush
• Arabic: عِنَب الذِئْب (ʕinab aḏ-ḏiʔb) — bush
• Armenian: հաղարջենի (haġarǰeni) — bush
• Bashkir: ҡарағат (qarağat) — bush
• Czech: rybíz — bush
• Estonian: sõstar — bush
• Finnish: viinimarja — bush
• Finnish: viinimarjapensas — bush
• French: groseillier — bush
• Georgian: მოცხარი (mocxari) — bush
• German: Johannisbeere — bush
• German: Johannisbeerstrauch — bush
• German: Johannisbeerstaude — bush
• German: Ribisel — bush
• German: Ribiselstrauch — bush
• German: Ribiselstaude — bush
• Ingrian: seestara — bush
• Kazakh: қарақат (qaraqat) — bush
• Lithuanian: serbentas — bush
• Macedonian: рибизла (ribizla) — bush
• Norwegian: ripsbærbusk — bush
• Polish: porzeczka — bush
• Portuguese: groselheira — bush
• Russian: сморо́дина (smoródina) — bush
• Samogitian: ašoklis — bush
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̏бӣз — bush
• Serbo-Croatian: ри̏бӣзла — bush
• Serbo-Croatian: rȉbīz — bush
• Serbo-Croatian: rȉbīzla — bush
• Slovak: ríbezľa — bush
• Slovene: rībez — bush
• Slovene: grozdičje — bush
• Spanish: grosellero — bush
• Swedish: vinbärsbuske — bush
• Ukrainian: порі́чка (poríčka) — bush
• Ukrainian: сморо́дина (smoródyna) — bush