wheat
Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in…Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
» When will you harvest your wheat?
Wann wirst du deinen Weizen ernten?
Когда вы будете убирать пшеницу?
Коли в вас жнива?
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
Weizen
пшени́цаpšeníca
пшени́цяpšenýcja
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
(uncountable)A light brown color, like that of wheat.
They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
Examples
253 sentencesWhen will you harvest your wheat?
Коли в вас жнива?
ruКогда вы будете убирать пшеницу?
deWann wirst du deinen Weizen ernten?
Flour is made from wheat.
Борошно роблять із пшениці.
ruМука сделана из пшеницы.
deMehl wird aus Weizen gemacht.
I'm harvesting wheat.
Я збираю пшеницю.
deIch ernte Weizen.
We grow wheat here.
Ми тут вирощуємо пшеницю.
ruМы выращиваем пшеницу здесь.
deWir bauen hier Weizen an.
Bread is made from wheat.
Хліб роблять з пшениці.
ruХлеб делают из пшеницы.
deBrot wird aus Weizen hergestellt.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, fromFrom 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 Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
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Forms
plural: wheatsSynonyms
4 synonyms- grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour:wheat berry
- a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white:pale yellowstraw
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable