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grape

/ɡɹeɪp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
grape
IPA
/ɡɹeɪp/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable

noun

Any woody vine of genus Vitis that bears clusters of grapes; a grapevine.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of various fruits or plants with varying resemblances to those of genus Vitis but belonging to other genera, not necessarily edible.

Countable

noun

A dark purplish-red colour, the colour of many grapes.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Clipping of grapeshot.

Uncountable

noun

A mangy tumour on a horse's leg.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A purple-shirted technician responsible for refueling aircraft.

American usage; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A person's head.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɡɹeɪp/
  • British English: /ɡɹeɪp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

grapes (plural) more grape (comparative) most grape (superlative) grapes (present, singular) graping (participle, present) graped (participle, past) graped (past)

Derived Forms

crangrape grapeful grapeless grapelet grapelike graperita grapery grapeseed grapeshot grapeskin grapestone grapetini

Phrases

dessert grape grape cell grape jelly grape juice grape kernel grape-louse grape smuggler grape smugglers

Frequently Paired Words

grapnel grappa grapple grapist

Synonyms

bean beaner belfry block bonce brainbox brain bucket calabash dome head loaf lolly

Rhymes With

shape escape rape tape cape ape scrape vape videotape snape crepe reshape

Questions

How do you pronounce grape?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɹeɪp/.
What does grape mean?
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.
Where does grape come from?
Inherited 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.

How to pronounce grape

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