zizzania

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin zizania, from Ancient Greek ζιζάνια (zizánia), plural of ζιζάνιον (zizánion).


quinoa

it-noun

quinoa m or f (masculine plural invariable, feminine plural quinoe)

Borrowed from Spanish quinua, from Quechua kinwa.


riso

From Late Latin oryza, from Ancient Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).


alfa

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Borrowed from Arabic حَلْفَا (ḥalfā).

a grass, Stipa tenacissima; esparto, halfa


balilla

a member of a Fascist paramilitary youth movement in the time of Benito Mussolini


polenta

→ Catalan: polenta

→ English: polenta

→ Finnish: polenta

→ French: polenta

→ German: Polenta, Plente

→ Turkish: polenta


grano

From Latin grānum, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm.

ingranare

to engage; to mesh; to fit in, get along


sparto

From Latin spartum, from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton).


teff

Unadapted borrowing from Amharic ጤፍ (ṭēff).


fleo

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek φλέως (phléōs, “wool-tufted reed”).


miglio

Back-formation from the plural miglia, from Latin mīlia n pl (“thousand”) in the phrase mīlia passuum (“thousand paces”). Doublet of mille.

(units of measure) the Italian mile, a traditional unit of length derived from the Roman mile


frumento

it-noun

frumento m (plural frumenti, augmentative frumentóne)

frumenti (plural)
frumentóne (augmentative)

From Latin frumentum, from fruor (“to enjoy”).


padano

it-adj

padano (feminine padana, masculine plural padani, feminine plural padane)

padana (feminine)
padani (masculine plural)
padane (feminine plural)

of, pertaining to or originating in the valley of the river Po


originario

originario (feminine originaria, masculine plural originari, feminine plural originarie)

originaria (feminine)
originari (masculine plural)
originarie (feminine plural)


panico

From Latin pānicum, from pānus (“ear of millet”).

Setaria italica
Setaria italica#Translingual

foxtail millet, Italian millet (Setaria italica)


fagopiro

From Latin fagus (“beech”) and Ancient Greek πυρός (purós, “wheat”).


granoturco

Univerbation of grano + turco, itself a calque of New Latin frumentum turcicum. Literally, “Turkish corn”, coined by European botanists of the 1530s who were unaware that the plant was introduced from America.


bambù

From Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).


germe di grano

it-noun

germe di grano m (plural germi di grano)


canna da zucchero

canna da zucchero f (plural canne da zucchero)


baldo

it-adj

baldo (feminine balda, masculine plural baldi, feminine plural balde)

balda (feminine)
baldi (masculine plural)
balde (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Old French bald, from Frankish *balþ, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz. Cognate with Old English beald. More at English bold.

bold, self-confident, brave, fearless, doughty


spelta

From Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (“spelt”).

Triticum spelta
Triticum spelta#Translingual


farro

→ English: farro

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *farrum, from Latin far (“emmer”).

Triticum dicoccum
Triticum dicoccum#Translingual


grano duro

From grano (“wheat; grain”) + duro (“hard; erect”).


riso integrale

it-noun

riso integrale m (usually uncountable, plural risi integrali)


loglio

Inherited from Latin lolium. Compare Portuguese joio, Spanish joyo and Catalan jull.


arborio

After Arborio, a town in Piedmont; the toponym is most likely linked to Latin arboreus (“wooden, tree-like”). Compare Italian arboreo.


zea

From translingual Zea, from Latin zēa (“spelt”), from Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá).


gramigna

Bermuda grass, quackgrass, couch grass, quickgrass, quitchgrass, doggrass, scutch grass, twitch, witchgrass

a type of short slender yellow-green coloured/colored egg pasta similar to vermicelli traditionally cooked in Emilia-Romagna


biodo

Probably from Vulgar Latin *budula, diminutive of Late Latin buda.

simplestem bur-reed (Sparganium erectum)


sanguinella

From Latin sanguis (“blood”, oblique stem sanguin-) + -ella.

der

Cornus sanguinea
Cornus sanguinea#Translingual


frumentone

From frumento (“grain”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


melica

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


miscanto

From New Latin Miscanthus, from Ancient Greek μίσχος (mískhos, “petiole”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).


disa

From Arabic دِيس (dīs). Compare English diss.


poa

Borrowed from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).


meliga

From earlier melica, from Vulgar Latin melica, from Latin medica (“Median”). Compare Catalan melca.


carnaroli

carnaroli (medium-grain variety of rice)


fraina

Borrowed from Lombard fraina, from Latin farragō. Doublet of farragine.


paspalo

From translingual Paspalum, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πάσπαλος (páspalos, “type of millet”).


forasacco

Verb-object compound, composed of fora (“to pierce”) + sacco (“sack”).


Senatore Cappelli

Named after Italian politician Raffaele Cappelli (1848–1921).

named-after

Si prova una certa emozione nel vedere distese intere di grani Duro Lucano, Saragolla, Senatore Cappelli, dalle spighe alte più di una persona, con i quali si potranno ottenere paste e farine vere.

2007, Gino Girolomoni, Maccheroni acqua e farina. 90 ricette di una rinnovata cultura alimentare, Editoriale Jaca Book, →ISBN, page 131:

Il grano fu messo in commercio nel 1923 con il nome di Cappelli, nel frattempo divenuto senatore. Strampelli rilasciò anche altre varietà di grano duro come il Milazzo e il Tripolino, ma fu il Senatore Cappelli a ottenere il maggiore successo tra […]

2013, Dario Bressanini, Pane e bugie: La verità su ciò che mangiamo. I pregiudizi, gli interessi, i miti, le paure, Chiarelettere, →ISBN:


Saragolla

Questo settantatreenne agricoltore di Torano - da tre lustri specializzato nella lavorazione del farro rosso - è l’anima di un piccolo gruppo di coltivatori che - dalle colline sull’Adriatico fino alla Fortezza di Civitella - ha riportato alla luce un cereale dimenticato per secoli: il grano Saragolla.

2004 July 11, “E a Torano la pasta con l’archeo-grano”, in Corriere della Sera:

(agriculture) a hard wheat variety similar to kamut, Triticum turanicum subsp. polonicum


erba da spazzola

Literally, “brush grass”, from the use of its roots to make rough brushes.

Chrysopogon gryllus
Chrysopogon gryllus#Translingual


brecco

Unknown. Possibly akin to German Brache (“fallow”). For semantics, compare Albanian fëng (“Chrysopogon gryllus; uncultivated land”).

ncog

erba da spazzola
erba da spazzola#Italian

(Tuscany) Synonym of erba da spazzola (“Chrysopogon gryllus”)


riso venere

Literally, “Venus rice, beautiful-woman rice”.


riso carnaroli

carnaroli rice (variety of medium-grained rice)


riso arborio

arborio rice (variety of short-grained rice)


riso fino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-to-long-grained rice


riso semifino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; medium-grained rice


riso comune originario

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; short-grained rice


riso superfino

one of four classes into which Italian law divides rice; extra-long-grained rice


agropiro

wheatgrass (grass of the genus Agropyron)


sorgagna

(Tuscan) Synonym of cannarecchia (“Johnson grass”)