wheat

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wheat

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Triticum

Alternative forms

wheate (obsolete)

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

IPA^(key): /wiːt/
(without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ʍiːt/
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (UK): (file)
Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
Synonym: triticum

They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
(uncountable) A light brown color, like that of wheat.
wheat:

They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
(uncountable) Ellipsis of wheat bread
Hypernyms: bread < food

Coordinate terms: white, rye, pumpernickel

Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?

Coordinate terms

(grains in Triticum): barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale

Translations

grain

Adyghe: коцы (kʷocə)
Afrikaans: koring (af)
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 (⁸maq)
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
Dargwa: анкӏи (anḳi)
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)
Kaitag: а́чӏе (áč̣e)
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 (sh) 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 (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)
Võro: nisu
Walloon: frumint (wa) m
Welsh: gwenith (cy) m
West Frisian: weet c
Wolof: bele
Yaghnobi: гандум (gandum)
Yakut: бурдук (burduk)
Yiddish: ווייץ m (veyts)
Zazaki: ğele (diq) n

colour

Bulgarian: жито (bg) n (žito)
Chinese:
小麦色 (xiăomàisè)
Czech: pšeničná f
Finnish: vehnänkeltainen
Galician: flavo m
Ido: frumentea
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گەنم ڕەنگ (genim reng)
Marathi: गह्वाळ (gahvāḷ)
Persian: گندمی (fa) (gandomi)
Polish: barwa pszenicy f
Spanish: trigueño (es) m
Swahili: rangi ya ngano
Telugu: గోధుమ రంగు (gōdhuma raṅgu)

Adjective

wheat (not comparable)

Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.

Translations

colour

Bulgarian: житен (žiten)
Finnish: vehnänkeltainen
French: beige clair m
Galician: flavo
German: weizenfarben (de)
Polish: pszenny (pl)
Portuguese: atrigado
Romanian: de culoarea grâului
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: trigueño (es)

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