Grape
nounA small, round, juicy berry that grows in clusters on a vine and is eaten fresh or used to make wine.
How to spell grape
5 letters · 1 syllable
How to pronounce grape
What does grape mean?
- nounA small, round, juicy berry that grows in clusters on a vine and is eaten fresh or used to make wine.
Grape in a sentence
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She popped a single grape into her mouth while reading.
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Each grape in the bunch was washed before serving.
Where does grape come from?
Language of origin: French
This word came into English in the 1200s from Old French grape, or grappe, which meant a bunch or cluster of grapes rather than a single berry. The French noun was derived from the verb graper, meaning 'to gather grapes with a hook', and that verb traces back to a Germanic source related to the idea of a hook or clasp. The same Germanic root lies behind the English words 'grapple' and 'grasp', since all of them share the notion of hooking or seizing something. Over time English narrowed the meaning from the whole cluster to the individual fruit we picture today. The straightforward spelling, with its silent final 'e' lengthening the vowel, has stayed stable for centuries.
How the word is built
- grape (from Old French grape, a cluster picked with a hook)
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