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English
Wheat
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle English whete , from Old English hwǣte , from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī , from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet , Dutch weit , Low German Weten , German Weizen , Danish hvede , Swedish vete , Norwegian Nynorsk kveite , Icelandic hveiti ), from *hwītaz ( “ white ” ) . More at white .
Pronunciation
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:
Synonyms
( a plant of the genus Triticum ) : triticum
Coordinate terms
Translations
grain
Adyghe: коцы ( kʷocə )
Afrikaans: koring
Albanian: grurë (sq) m , grûnë m (gheg)
Amharic: ስንዴ ( sənde )
Arabic: قَمْح m ( qamḥ ) , حِنْطَة f ( ḥinṭa ) , بُرّ m ( burr )
Egyptian Arabic: قمح m ( ʔamḥ )
Hijazi Arabic: قَمْح m ( gamḥ, qamḥ )
South Levantine Arabic: قمح m ( qámeḥ )
Archi: хъохъол ( qoqol )
Armenian: ցորեն (hy) ( cʻoren )
Aromanian: gârn m
Assamese: গম c ( gom )
Asturian: trigu m
Azerbaijani: buğda (az)
Bashkir: бойҙай ( boyźay )
Basque: gari
Bats: კავ ( ḳav )
Belarusian: пшані́ца f ( pšaníca )
Bengali: গম (bn) ( gom )
Bhojpuri: गोहूँ ( gōhū̃ )
Breton: gwiniz
Bulgarian: пшени́ца (bg) f ( pšeníca ) , жито (bg) n ( žito )
Burmese: ဂျုံ (my) ( gyum )
Buryat: улаан буудай ( ulaan buudaj )
Catalan: blat (ca) m
Catawba: kus sarak
Cebuano: trigo
Chakma: 𑄉𑄧𑄟𑄴 ( gam )
Chechen: кӏа ( kʼa )
Cherokee: ᎤᏣᎴᏍᏗ ( utsalesdi )
Chickasaw: tili'ko' nihi'
Chinese:
Cantonese: 麥 / 麦 ( mak6 ) , 小麥 / 小麦 ( siu2 mak6 )
Hokkien: 麥 / 麦 (zh-min-nan) ( be̍h )
Mandarin: 麥 / 麦 (zh) ( mài ) , 小麥 / 小麦 (zh) ( xiǎomài )
Wu: 麥 / 麦 ( 8 maq)
Chuvash: тулӑ ( tulă )
Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān tlaōlli
Classical Syriac: ܚܛܬܐ f ( ḥeṭṯā )
Cornish: gwaneth
Corsican: granu (co) m
Czech: pšenice (cs) f
Danish: hvede (da) c
Dhivehi: ގޮދަން ( godan̊ )
Dutch: tarwe (nl) m
Elfdalian: waita
Erzya: товзюро ( tovźuro )
Esperanto: tritiko (eo)
Estonian: nisu (et)
Extremaduran: trigu m
Faroese: hveiti f or n
Finnish: vehnä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: blât m
French: blé (fr) m
Friulian: forment m
Galician: trigo (gl) m
Georgian: ხორბალი ( xorbali )
German: Weizen (de) m
Alemannic German: Weisse m
Pennsylvania German: Weeze m
Gothic: 𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃 ( ƕaiteis )
Greek: σιτάρι (el) n ( sitári )
Ancient: πῡρός m ( pūrós )
Greenlandic: qajûssiagssat
Gujarati: ગહું m ( gahũ ) ઘઉં m ( ghaũ )
Haitian Creole: ble
Hausa: álkámà
Hebrew: חִיטָּה (he) f ( khitá )
Hindi: गेहूँ (hi) m ( gehū̃ )
Hungarian: búza (hu)
Icelandic: hveiti (is) n
Ido: frumento (io)
Indonesian: gandum (id)
Ingrian: vehnä , nisu ( obsolete )
Ingush: кӏа ( kʼa )
Inuktitut: ᓂᐊᖂᔮᒃᓴᖅ (niaquujaaksaq)
Inupiaq: palauvakstrat
Irish: cruithneacht f
Old Irish: cruithnecht f
Italian: frumento (it) m , grano (it) m
Japanese: 小麦 (ja) ( こむぎ, komugi )
Javanese: ꦒꦤ꧀ꦢꦸꦩ꧀ (jv) ( gandum )
Kabardian: гуэдз (kbd) ( gʷɛdz )
Kannada: ಗೋಧಿ (kn) ( gōdhi )
Kapampangan: trigu
Kazakh: бидай (kk) ( bidai )
Khakas: пуғдай ( puğday )
Khmer: សាលី (km) ( saaləy ) , ភោជ្ជសាលី ( phoocsaaləy )
Konkani: गंव m ( gauva )
Korean: 밀 (ko) ( mil )
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەنم m ( genim )
Northern Kurdish: genim (ku) m
Kyrgyz: буудай (ky) ( buuday )
Lak: лачӏа ( lačʼa )
Lao: ເຂົ້າບະເລ (lo) ( khao ba lē ) , ເຂົ້າສາລີ ( khao sā lī )
Latgalian: kvīši
Latin: trīticum n
Latvian: kvieši (lv) m pl
Laz: დიკა ( diǩa )
Lezgi: къуьл ( q̄ül )
Limburgish: weit (li) m
Lithuanian: kviečiai m pl
Lombard: formét m
Low German: Weet m
Luxembourgish: Weess m
Macedonian: пченица (mk) f ( pčenica )
Malagasy: varimbazaha (mg)
Malay: gandum (ms) , terigu
Malayalam: ഗോതമ്പ് (ml) ( gōtampŭ )
Maltese: qamħ
Manchu: ᠮᠠᡳᠰᡝ ( maise )
Manx: curnaght
Maori: witi , wīti
Marathi: गहू (mr) m ( gahū )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шыдаҥ ( šydaŋ )
Western Mari: шӓдӓнгӹ ( šädängÿ )
Mirandese: trigo m
Mòcheno: kourn n
Mongolian: улаан буудай ( ulaan buudaj ) , буудай (mn) ( buudaj )
Navajo: tłʼoh naadą́ą́ʼ
Neapolitan: grano m
Nepali: गहुँ (ne) ( gahũ )
Newar: छ्व ( chwa )
Northern Sami: nisu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hvete (no) m
Nynorsk: kveite m
Nuosu: ꅪ ( hni )
Occitan: blat (oc) m
Odia: ଗହୁଁ (or) ( gahũ )
Old Church Slavonic: пьшєница f ( pĭšenica )
Old English: hwæte m
Old Galician-Portuguese: triigo m
Old High German: weizzi
Old Norse: hveiti n
Ossetian: мӕнӕу ( mænæw )
Papiamentu: trigo
Pashto: غنم (ps) m ( ǧanëm )
Persian: گندم (fa) ( gandom )
Picard: blèi m
Polish: pszenica (pl) f
Portuguese: trigo (pt) m
Punjabi: ਕਣਕ (pa) f ( kaṇak )
Quechua: riwu
Romagnol: grân m
Romani: giv m
Romanian: grâu (ro) m , grâne (ro) m pl
Romansch: furment m
Russian: пшени́ца (ru) f ( pšeníca )
Samogitian: kvėitē m
Sanskrit: गोधूम (sa) m ( godhūma )
Sardinian: tricu m
Saterland Frisian: Weete m
Scottish Gaelic: cruithneachd m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пшѐница f
Roman: pšènica (sh) f
Shan: ၶဝ်ႈၵျုင်ႇ (shn) ( khāo kjùng )
Shona: gorosi
Sicilian: furmentu m
Slovak: pšenica (sk) f
Slovene: pšeníca (sl) f
Somali: qamadi m or f , sareen (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pšenica f
Upper Sorbian: pšeńca f
Southern Altai: буудай ( buuday )
Spanish: trigo (es) m
Sumerian: 𒍼
Swahili: ngano (sw) class 9 /10
Swedish: vete (sv) n
Tagalog: trigo (tl)
Tajik: гандум (tg) ( gandum )
Talysh: qandım
Tamil: கோதுமை (ta) ( kōtumai )
Taos: łitǫ́ne
Tatar: бодай (tt) ( boday )
Telugu: గోధుమ (te) ( gōdhuma )
Thai: ข้าวสาลี (th) ( kâao săa-lee )
Tibetan: གྲོ ( gro )
Tocharian B: ysāre
Turkish: buğday (tr)
Turkmen: bugdaý (tk)
Ukrainian: пшени́ця (uk) f ( pšenýcja )
Urdu: گیہوں m ( gehū̃ ) , گندم m ( gandum )
Uyghur: بۇغداي ( bughday )
Uzbek: bug'doy (uz)
Veps: nižu
Vietnamese: lúa mì (vi)
Volapük: vuit (vo)
Voro: nisu
Walloon: frumint (wa) m
Welsh: gwenith (cy) m
West Frisian: weet c
Wolof: bele
Yagnobi: гандум ( gandum )
Yakut: бурдук ( burduk )
Yiddish: ווייץ m ( veyts )
Zazaki: ğele (diq) n
Adjective
wheat (not comparable )
Wheaten , of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
Translations
Derived terms
bread of wheat bread wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivum , syn. Triticum aestivum )buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum or Eriogonum spp.)club wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum , syn. Triticum compactum )common wheat (Triticum aestivum )cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum , syn. Triticum turgidum )cow-wheat cracked wheat , cracked-wheat cream of wheat dog wheat durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum , syn. Triticum durum )English wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum , syn. Triticum turgidum )German wheat good as wheat in the bin Guinea wheat hard red spring wheat hard red winter wheat hard wheat (See durum wheat )hard white wheat hulled wheat Indian dwarf wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum , syn. Triticum compactum )Indian wheat Khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicum , syn. Triticum turanicum )macaroni wheat macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum , syn. Triticum durum )Marquis wheat mummy wheat never eat soggy wheat pasta wheat Persian wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicum , syn. Triticum carthlicum Nevski )Polish wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum , syn. Triticum polonicum )poulard wheat puffed wheat rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum , syn. Triticum turgidum )Russian wheat aphid separate the wheat from the chaff shot wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactum , syn. Triticum compactum )shredded wheat soft red winter wheat soft wheat soft white wheat sort the wheat from the chaff spelt wheat (subspecies , syn. Triticum spelta )spring wheat starch wheat Turkey wheat wheat and chessboard problem wheat beer Wheatbelt wheat belt , wheatbelt wheat bisk wheat bread wheat bug wheatear (Oenanthe spp.)wheat-eel wheaten wheaten terrier wheat flour wheat fly wheat germ wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum , Agropyron spp.)wheatish wheatland wheat leaf rust (certain species in Pucciniales )wheatmeal wheat midge wheat mildew wheat paste wheat penny Wheat Ridge wheat rust (See wheat leaf rust .)wheat sawfly wheat starch wheat thief wheat weevil wheatworm (Anguina tritici )whole-wheat winnow the wheat from the chaff winter wheat
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