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wheat

/ˈwiːt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
wheat
IPA
/ˈwiːt/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Countable

noun

A light brown color, like that of wheat.

Uncountable

noun

Ellipsis of wheat bread

Uncountable

adj

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

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A former community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States, now in the city of Oak Ridge.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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 Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: whete, hwǣte, *hwaitī, *hwaitijaz, hwettan

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

wheats (plural) wheate (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

buckwheat cowwheat nonwheat notwheat wheatback wheatbelt wheatberry wheatbird wheatboard wheatear wheaten wheatfield

Phrases

bread of wheat bread wheat bulgur wheat club wheat common wheat cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum syn. Triticum turgidum) cow-wheat

Frequently Paired Words

barley fonio maize corn millet oats rice rye

Synonyms

triticum pale yellow straw wheat berry

Rhymes With

street meet st eat complete beat feet sweet heat seat treat meat

Questions

How do you pronounce wheat?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːt/.
What does wheat mean?
Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
Where does wheat come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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