"emmer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɛmɚ/ [General-American], /ˈɛmə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: emmers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛmə(ɹ) Etymology: First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer, from Middle High German emeri, from Old High German amari, derivative of amar(o), which in turn gave rise to the obsolescent German synonym Amelkorn (“amelcorn”). Further etymology unknown. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Emmer}} German Emmer, {{der|en|gmh|emeri}} Middle High German emeri, {{der|en|goh|amari}} Old High German amari, {{m|goh|amar|amar(o)}} amar(o), {{m|en|amelcorn}} amelcorn, {{m|de|Amelkorn||<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">amelcorn</i>}} Amelkorn (“amelcorn”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)
  1. Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Grains, Hordeeae tribe grasses Synonyms: farro Synonyms (species of wheat): Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon Derived forms: wild emmer (alt: Triticum dicoccoides (a hybrid of Triticum urartu and a wild goatgrass. such as Aegilops searsii or Aegilops speltoides)) Translations (Triticum dicoccon): հաճար (hačar) (Armenian), աճար (ačar) (Armenian), էմեր (ēmer) (Armenian), երկհատիկ ցորեն (erkhatik cʻoren) (Armenian), escanda [feminine] (Asturian), двузърнест лимец (dvuzǎrnest limec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), espelta bessona [feminine] (Catalan), pisana [feminine] (Catalan), blat midoner (Catalan), emmer (Danish), emmertarwe [masculine] (Dutch), tweekoren [neuter] (Dutch), b-d:t-M34 (bdt) (Egyptian), amidonnier [masculine] (French), escana (Galician), ასლი (asli) (Georgian), Emmer [masculine] (German), Zweikorn [neuter] (German), farro dicocco [masculine] (Italian), farro medio [masculine] (Italian), far [neuter] (Latin), alica [feminine] (Latin), گندم دودانه (gandom-e dodâne) (Persian), pszenica płaskurka [feminine] (Polish), płaskurka [feminine] (Polish), farro [masculine] (Portuguese), э́ммер (émmer) [masculine] (Russian), пшени́ца двузерня́нка (pšeníca dvuzernjánka) [feminine] (Russian), farro [masculine] (Spanish), trigo almidonero [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-emmer-en-noun-K5kT-q-U Categories (other): Bulgarian terms with redundant script codes, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Middle Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 3 0 9 17 8 20 0 16 20 0 7

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      "word": "farro dicocco"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alica"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "gandom-e dodâne",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "word": "گندم دودانه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pszenica płaskurka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "płaskurka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "émmer",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "э́ммер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pšeníca dvuzernjánka",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пшени́ца двузерня́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "farro"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Triticum dicoccon",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trigo almidonero"
    }
  ],
  "word": "emmer"
}

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