wheat

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see also: Wheat

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Etymology

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare Western Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz ("white").

Pronunciation

• IPA: /wiːt/
• (non-wine-whine) IPA: /ʍiːt/

Noun

wheat

1. (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
2. (uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

    

Synonyms

• (a plant of the genus Triticum) triticum

Translations

• French: blé
• German: Weizen
• Italian: frumento, grano
• Portuguese: trigo
• Russian: пшени́ца
• Spanish: trigo

Translations

• Spanish: trigueño

Adjective

wheat (not comparable)

1. Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Translations

• German: weizenfarben
• Spanish: trigueño

Related terms

• white

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Wheat

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Proper noun

1. Surname.
2. A former community in Roane County, Tennessee.
3. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.

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