🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

raisin

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʁɛ.zɛ̃

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Grape/ɡreɪp/
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Elle a acheté des raisins pour le dessert."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A small, round, smooth-skinned fruit that grows in clusters on vines and is often used to make wine.

    "She picked a bunch of grapes from the vine for the picnic."
  2. 2

    The plant that produces grapes, typically a climbing vine.

    "The vineyard was filled with lush grape plants ready for harvest."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'grape' originates from the Old French 'grape', which itself comes from the Latin 'grappus', meaning 'a bunch of grapes'. The term has evolved over centuries, maintaining its association with the fruit, particularly in the context of winemaking and culinary uses.

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