Complete Definition of "wheat"

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English

Etymology
Old English hwæte, literally meaning "that which is white" as is its flour.

Pronunciation
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Noun
wheat (uncountable)

  1. a cereal grain that yields white flour as used in bakery.
  2. (colour) a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

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Translations
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Afrikaans: koring
Albanian: grurë f
Arabic: ARchar|��ح (qamħ) m
Basque: gari
Bosnian: pšenica#Bosnian|pšenica f
Bulgarian: п�ени�а (pšenitsa) f
Catalan: blat m
Chickasaw: tili'ko' nihi'
Chinese: 麦 (mài)
Croatian: pšenica f
Czech: pšenice f
Danish: hvede
Dutch: tarwe m
Erzya: �овз��о (tov sjuro)
Estonian: nisu
Finnish: vehnä
French: blé m, froment m
Frisian: weet g|Frisian
German: Weizen m
Greek: �ι�ά�ι (sitári) n
Hausa: álkámà
Hebrew: ���� (khita) f
Hungarian: búza
Icelandic: hveiti n
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Ido: frumento
Italian: frumento m, grano m
Japanese: �麦 (���, komugi)
Korean: ë°� (mil)
Kurdish: KUchar|گ����
Latvian: kvieši m|p
Neapolitan: grano m
Norwegian: hvete
Persian: FAchar|گ�د� (gandom)
Polish: pszenica f
Portuguese: trigo m
Romanian: grâu m|f
Russian: п�ени�а (pšenítsa) f
Scottish Gaelic: cruithneachd m
Serbian:

Slovak: pšenica
Slovene: pšenica f
Spanish: trigo m
Swahili: ngano (class 9/10)
Swedish: vete c
Telugu: ��ధ�మ (gOdhuma)
Turkish: bu�day
Ukrainian: п�ени�� (pšenýtsja) f
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Telugu: ��ధ�మ ర��� (gOdhuma rangu)
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Kurdish: KUchar|گ���� ����گ
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Adjective
wheat

  1. (colour) wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Translations
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Derived terms
top3
buckwheat
cracked wheat
durum wheat
hard wheat
Marquis wheat
separate the wheat from the chaff
shredded wheat
soft wheat
mid3
starch wheat
wheat belt
wheat bread
wheat flour
wheat germ
wheat rust
wheatear
wheaten
mid3
wheaten terrier
wheatgrass
wheatland
wheatmeal
wheatworm
whole-wheat
winter wheat

Related terms
white

See also
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aleurone
bulgur
dermatitis herpetiformis
einkorn
emmer
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farina
flour
frumentaceous
frumenty
leghorn
pani puri
mid3
semolina
spelt
tabbouleh
udon
zein
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Category:Browns
Category:Colors
Category:Grains

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