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raisin

/ˈɹeɪzɪn/RAY-zin
/ˈɹeɪzɪn/RAY-zin

Meaningcluster of grapes

Common meaning: a dried grape

Journey through time

  1. Latinracemus‘cluster of grapes’source
  2. Old Frenchraisin‘grape’source
  3. Middle Englishreisin‘raisin’source
  4. Englishraisin‘a dried grape’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin racemus ‘cluster of grapes’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry RAISIN, p. 488 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • racemus Latin “cluster of grapes”

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