From Middle English curraunt, borrowed from Old French curant (French courant), present participle of courre, from Latin currere, present active infinitive of currō (present participle currens).

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ənt/
• (America) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ənt/, /ˈkɝ.ɪnt/, /ˈkɝ.ənt/
• (Canada) IPA: /ˈkʌɹ.ɪnt/

current

1. The generally unidirectional movement of a gas or fluid.
2. The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) short for ocean current.

   Synonyms: flow, stream

3. (electricity) the amount of electric charge flowing in each unit of time.
   • Symbol: I (inclined upper case letter "I")
   • Units:

   SI: ampere (A)

   CGS: esu/second (esu/s)

   Synonyms: electric current

4. a tendency or a course of events

   Synonyms: flow, stream, tendency

• French: courant
• German: Strömung
• Italian: corrente
• Portuguese: corrente
• Russian: пото́к
• Spanish: corriente

• French: courant
• German: Strom
• Italian: corrente
• Portuguese: corrente, amperagem
• Russian: ток
• Spanish: corriente

• French: courant
• Italian: corrente
• Russian: ход

current (comparative currenter, superlative currentest)

1. Existing or occurring at the moment.

   Synonyms: present, Thesaurus:present

   Antonyms: future, past

   current events

   current leaders

   current negotiations

2. Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment; having currency.

   Synonyms: fashionable, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date, Thesaurus:fashionable

   Antonyms: out-of-date, unfashionable, Thesaurus:unfashionable

   current affairs

   current bills and coins

   current fashions

   • 1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations:

     That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt.

3. (South Asia) Electric; of or relating to electricity.

   current bill

   current shock

4. (obsolete) Running or moving rapidly.

   Synonyms: speeding

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Vivien”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC ↗, page 114 ↗:

     For here we met, some ten or twelve of us, / To chase a creature that was current then / In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns.

• French: présent, actuel, courant
• German: gegenwärtig, aktuell
• Italian: corrente, attuale, odierno
• Portuguese: corrente, em curso, atual
• Russian: ны́нешний
• Spanish: actual

• French: actuel
• German: zeitnah (dated)
• Italian: attuale, corrente
• Portuguese: actual, atual (br)
• Russian: совреме́нный
• Spanish: actual

Probably a variant of Currant.

1. Surname.