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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Wie wird Dein Name buchstabiert? — Esperantostern
Wie wird dein Name buchstabiert? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Как пишется ваше имя? — Hellerick
Как пишется твоё имя? — marafon
Як пишеться твоє ім'я? — deniko
MessDjaaf · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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? — deniko
ruКак пишется ваше имя? — Hellerick
deWie wird Dein Name buchstabiert? — Esperantostern
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. — Yorwba
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
See also
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