Meaning

5 senses

  1. A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.

    Sultanine

    кишми́шkišmíš

    pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine

  2. A wife or mistress of a sultan.

    Sultana

  3. A female ruler of a sultanate.

  4. A type of viol, a cither viol.

  5. An old form of necklace.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Although similar in appearance, the sultana and the raisin are not quite interchangeable.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
type of raisin:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
type of raisin:
wife or mistress of a sultan:

Origin

1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness. Doublet of sul

1580s, Italian sultana (feminine of sultano). Displaced existing sultaness. Doublet of sultan and soldan.

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Forms

plural: sultanas
Singularsultana
Pluralsultanas

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
queenA2golden raisinsultanessconsort
Close in meaning
  • dried seedless grape:seedless raisin

Word family

3 related words
Relatedodalisque
Derivedsultana birdsultanaship

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sullensultansultrysumA1summarizeB1

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