wheat
English
Wheat.
Etymology
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiːt/
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /hwiːt/
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Noun
wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)
- (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.
- wheat colour:
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Translations
grain
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colour
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Adjective
wheat (not comparable)
- Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Translations
colour
Derived terms
Terms derived from wheat
Related terms
See also
- aleurone
- bulgur
- dermatitis herpetiformis
- einkorn wheat (Triticum boeoticum (wild), Triticum monococcum (domesticated))
- emmer (Triticum turgidum)
- farina
- flour
- frumentaceous
- frumenty
- leghorn
- pani puri
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