grape
A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows…A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.
» These grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.
Die Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann.
Diese Weinbeeren sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann.
Этот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть.
Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти.
Meaning
8 senses(countable)A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, usually purple, red, or green, that grows in bunches on female vines of most species of genus Vitis and the self-fertile plants of species Vitis vinifera.
Grapes give us whole-fruit snacks, grape juice, raisins, wine, and more.
Traube, Weintraube, Weinbeere
виногра́динаvinográdina, виногра́дvinográd
виногра́дvynohrád
any of various juicy fruit of the genus Vitis with green or purple skins; grow in clusters
(countable, uncountable)Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.
wild grape covering the back slope
any of numerous woody vines of genus Vitis bearing clusters of edible berries
(countable)Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.
sea grape; tail grape
(countable, uncountable)A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.
For those seeking purply tones, the paint colors available include mauve, magenta, and grape.
(countable, uncountable)A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.
(countable, slang, uncountable)A person's head.
(Internet, countable, euphemistic, uncountable)Filter-avoidance spelling of rape.
Examples
222 sentencesThese grapes are so sour that I can't eat them.
Цей виноград такий кислий, що я не можу його їсти. — ascolto
ruЭтот виноград настолько кислый, что я не могу его есть. — Balamax
deDie Trauben sind so sauer, dass ich sie nicht essen kann. — Wolf
The grapes are sour.
Виноград кислий. — bicolino34
ruВиноград кислый. — Hellerick
deDie Trauben sind sauer. — Manfredo
Raisins are dried grapes.
Родзинки — це сушений виноград. — deniko
ruИзюм – это высушенный виноград. — fjay69
deRosinen sind getrocknete Weintrauben. — MUIRIEL
Wine is made from grapes.
Вино роблять з винограду. — deniko
ruВино делается из винограда. — marafon
deWein wird aus Trauben hergestellt. — Vortarulo
He makes wine from grapes.
Він робить вино з винограду. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit orInherited from Middle English grape, borrowed from Old French grappe (“cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes”), deverbal from graper (“to pick grapes”, literally “to hook”), borrowed from Frankish *krappō (“to hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *greb- (“hook”) or *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”) Displaced Old English wīnberġe (“grape”, literally “wine-berry”). Cognate with Middle Dutch krappe (“hook”), Old High German krapfo (“hook”) (whence German Krapfen (“Berliner doughnut”). Doublet of grappa. More at cramp.
From rape, influenced by grape.
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Forms
plural: grapesSynonyms
23 synonymsWord family
39 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- grape juice
- like grapes
- some grapes