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Raisins are the dried fruit of the grapevine, and the name actually comes from the French word for "grape."

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  1. adverb In fact; in reality: That tree is actually a fir, not a pine.
  2. adverb Used to express wonder, surprise, or incredulity: I actually won the lottery!

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  • And while we are on the subject of multilingual homonymous antonyms, perhaps it is well to conclude with an example from Chinese: the currently omnipresent kungfu, with identical tones and identical characters, actually translates as ` task; accomplishment 'and as ` leisure'! —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol 1 No 4
  • Raisins are the dried fruit of the grapevine, and the name actually comes from the French word for "grape." —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • Even though they pointed out the word actually translates as "Vaporize," the Russians still had a good laugh because I think they understood where we were coming from. —  iowahawk
  • We must remember that in Hebrew spelling the vowels were omitted: taro (t), tora (h) and tera (phim) could all be the single root t-r-a-This actually is a word (` blow of a trumpet '), but I'm postulating an earlier root. (final "a" in Hebrew having the breath sound of "h"). —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 1
  • The word 'mastiff actually comes from a Latin word that means' tame. '" —  Invasion
 

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/ˈæktʃjuəli/
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