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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.
Pronunciation
Noun
farro (countable and uncountable, plural farros)
- 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
Etymology
Inherited from Latin far.
Pronunciation
Noun
farro m (plural farros)
- 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)
- barleymeal
Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
farro m (plural farros)
- goldfinny wrasse
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “farro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “farro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *farrum, from Latin far (“emmer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
farro m (plural farri)
- emmer (Triticum dicoccum)
- Synonym: farro medio
- spelt (Triticum spelta)
- Synonyms: granfarro, spelta
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
Anagrams
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʁu
- Hyphenation: far‧ro
Noun
farro m (uncountable)
- emmer (Triticum turgidum, a species of wheat)
Sidamo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfaɾːo/
- Hyphenation: far‧ro
Noun
farro m
- tail
Declension
Declension of farro
(masculine)
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)
- emmer (grain)
Further reading