triticale

English

Etymology

Blend of Latin trīticum (“wheat”) +‎ Latin sēcale (“rye”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtɹɪtɪˈkeɪli/
• Rhymes: -eɪli
• Hyphenation: trit‧i‧ca‧le

Noun

triticale (countable and uncountable, plural triticales)

1. (uncountable) A grain crop, a hybrid of wheat and rye, that gives a high yield.

   Hypernyms: grain, cereal

2. (countable) Any particular variety of triticale.

Coordinate terms

• (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Related terms

• triticum

Translations

grain crop

Catalan: triticale m Chinese: Mandarin: 小黑麥 / 小黑麦 (xiǎohēimài) Finnish: ruisvehnä (fi), tritikali Galician: comuña f German: Triticale (de) m or f Irish: triteacál m Polish: pszenżyto (pl) n Russian: тритика́ле (ru) n (tritikále) Spanish: triticale m Welsh: rhygwenith m

any particular variety of triticale

Chinese: Mandarin: 小黑麥 / 小黑麦 (xiǎohēimài) Finnish: ruisvehnälajike Galician: comuña f Polish: pszenżyto (pl) n Russian: тритика́ле (ru) (tritikále) Welsh: rhygwenith m

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Translations to be checked

Romanian: triticală (ro) f Russian: тритика́ле (ru) f (tritikále)

Further reading

• triticale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “triticale”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• cliterati, lateritic, triticeal