raisin
pronunciation
How to pronounce raisin in British English:
UK [ˈreɪzn]
How to pronounce raisin in American English:
US [ˈrezɪn]
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- Noun:
- dried grape
Word Origin
- raisin
- raisin: [13] Raisin comes ultimately from a Latin word that meant ‘bunch of grapes’. This was racēmus (source also of English raceme [18]). It passed via Vulgar Latin *racīmus into Old French as raisin, by which time it had come to mean just ‘grape’ rather ‘bunch of grapes’. And it was already developing further to ‘dried grape’ by the time English acquired it.=> raceme
- raisin (n.)
- "dried sweet grape," c. 1300, from Anglo-French raycin (late 13c.), Old French raisin "grape; raisin," from Vulgar Latin *racimus, alteration of Latin racemus "cluster of grapes or berries" (also source of Spanish racimo, Italian racemo), probably from the same ancient lost Mediterranean language that gave Greek rhax (genitive rhagos) "grape, berry." In Middle English the word also could be used of grapes themselves. Dutch razun also is from French; German Rosine is from an Old French variant form.
Example
- 1. Analysis of the " deer raisin golden " raisins revealed they contained 11.07 milligrams per serving .
- 2. Of course , during a flare-up with your significant other it 's rarely practical to duck out and savor a raisin .
- 3. But among those who 'd eaten the raisin first , it didn 't matter whether they 'd been ostracized or embraced .
- 4. Astrogeologists suspect these scarps may be analogous to the wrinkles on a raisin , having formed billions of years ago as the planet 's surface cooled and shrank .
- 5. The recalled " deer raisin golden " were distributed in 14 oz , clear uncoded plastic packages in new york , new jersey and connecticut retail stores .