farro

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See also: Farro and fárro

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.

Pronunciation

Noun

farro (countable and uncountable, plural farros)

  1. Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
    • 2007 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “For a Chilly Winter Day, Beef Pie With Polenta Crust”, in New York Times:
      At the Fountain restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel, near the institute, squab stuffed with fava beans and farro, an Egyptian grain, comes gilded with gold leaf [] .
    • 2019, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition, page 338:
      All three farros are sold as a whole grain.

Translations

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Latin far.

Pronunciation

Noun

farro m (plural farros)

  1. course type of grain

References

  • “farro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Hyphenation: fa‧rro

Etymology 1

From Latin far.

Noun

farro m (plural farros)

  1. barleymeal

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

farro m (plural farros)

  1. goldfinny wrasse

References

Italian

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *farrum, from Latin far (emmer).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfar.ro/
  • Rhymes: -arro
  • Hyphenation: fàr‧ro
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

farro m (plural farri)

  1. emmer (Triticum dicoccum)
    Synonym: farro medio
  2. spelt (Triticum spelta)
    Synonyms: granfarro, spelta

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: farro

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aʁu
  • Hyphenation: far‧ro

Noun

farro m (uncountable)

  1. emmer (Triticum turgidum, a species of wheat)

Sidamo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaɾːo/
  • Hyphenation: far‧ro

Noun

farro m 

  1. tail

Declension

References

  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 38
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “farro”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaro/
  • Rhymes: -aro
  • Syllabification: fa‧rro

Noun

farro m (plural farros)

  1. emmer (grain)

Further reading