spelt
A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subspA grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
Dinkel, Spelz
по́лбаpólba
спельтаspelʹta
(Northern England, Scotland, dialectal)A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
Spelter.
- hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed
Examples
22 sentencesHow is your name spelt?
Як пишеться твоє ім'я?
ruКак пишется ваше имя?
deWie wird Dein Name buchstabiert?
Ziri is spelt with an "i."
I spelt the next words correctly.
Martino noticed the word "death" spelt backwards.
The plant's closure spelt disaster for the town.
deDie Fabrikschließung war eine Katastrophe für die Stadt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (“spelt, corn”), from Old Saxon spelta (From Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt (“spelt, corn”), from Old Saxon spelta (“spelt”); or from Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”); all from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).
The noun is from Middle English spelt, from Old English spelt, connected with the verb. Compare speld and German Spelze (“husk”).
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Forms
plural: spelts| Singular | spelt |
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uncountable
Synonyms
3 synonyms- hardy wheat grown mostly in Europe for livestock feed:Triticum speltaTriticum aestivum spelta
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable