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[[Image:Wheat close-up.JPG|thumb|right|Wheat.]]
==English==

====Noun====
{{en-noun|s|-}}

# {{countable}} any of several [[cereal]] [[grain]]s, of the genus ''[[Triticum]]'', that yields [[flour]] as used in [[bakery]].
# {{uncountable}} a light brown colour, like that of wheat.
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====Adjective====
{{en-adj|-}}

# [[wheaten]], of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

===Adjectives for Wheat===

fruitless; scythed; yellowing; tender; nodding; ripe; whole; cracked; ground; bleached.

===Verbs for Wheat===

attack—; consume—; convert—; cultivate—;
enrich—; glean—; grind—; harvest—; import—; market—; mill—; pulverize—; sow
—; thresh—; trade in—; winnow the chaff.

===Thesaurus===
[[Bengal grass]], [[English rye grass]], [[Italian rye grass]], [[Kentucky bluegrass]], [[alfilaria]], [[bamboo]], [[barley]], [[beach grass]], [[beard grass]], [[bent]], [[bent grass]], [[bird seed]], [[black bent]], [[bluegrass]], [[bog grass]], [[bran]], [[buckwheat]], [[buffalo grass]], [[bulrush]], [[bunch grass]], [[canary grass]], [[cane]], [[cat food]], [[chicken feed]], [[chop]], [[corn]], [[cotton grass]], [[crab grass]], [[dog food]], [[eatage]], [[ensilage]], [[feather grass]], [[feed]], [[flyaway grass]], [[fodder]], [[forage]], [[four-leaved grass]], [[grain]], [[grasses]], [[hassock grass]], [[hay]], [[horsetail]], [[little quaking grass]], [[lovegrass]], [[maize]], [[mash]], [[meadow fescue]], [[meadow foxtail]], [[meadow grass]], [[meal]], [[millet]], [[myrtle grass]], [[oats]], [[paddy]], [[palm-leaved grass]], [[pampas grass]], [[papyrus]], [[pasturage]], [[pasture]], [[peppergrass]], [[pet food]], [[provender]], [[reed]], [[ribbon grass]], [[rice]], [[rush]], [[rye]], [[scratch]], [[scratch feed]], [[scutch]], [[sedge]], [[sesame]], [[sesame grass]], [[silage]], [[slops]], [[sorghum]], [[straw]], [[striped grass]], [[sugar cane]], [[swill]], [[switch grass]], [[sword grass]], [[tufted hair grass]], [[wild oats]], [[wire grass]], [[woolly beard grass]], [[worm grass]], [[zebra grass]], [[zoysia]]

===Etymology===
{{etyl|enm}} {{term|whete|lang=enm}}, from {{etyl|ang}} {{term|hwæte|hwǣte|lang=ang}}, from {{proto|Germanic|hwaitijaz}} (cf. West Frisian {{term|weet|lang=fy}}, Dutch {{term|weit|lang=nl}}, German {{term|Weizen|lang=de}}), from *''hwītaz'' 'white'. More at [[white]]. For semantic development, compare Welsh {{term|gwenith|lang=cy}} 'wheat', from {{term|gwenn|lang=cy}} 'white'.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-wheat.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|En-uk-wheat.ogg|Audio (UK)}}
* {{rhymes|iːt}}

==Translations==
====Noun====
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* [[Afrikaans]]: [[koring]]
* Albanian: [[grurë]] {{f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|قمح|m|tr=qamħ}}
* Armenian: [[ցորեն]] (c'oren)
* [[Bashkir]]: {{tø|ba|бойҙай|tr=bojźaj|sc=Cyrl|xs=Bashkir}}
* [[Basque]]: [[gari]]
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|пшеница|f|tr=pšenitsa}}
* [[Catalan]]: [[blat]] {{m}}
* [[Chickasaw]]: [[tili'ko' nihi']]
* Chinese: [[麦]] (mài)
* [[Corsican]]: {{t+|co|granu|m|xs=Corsican}}
* Croatian: {{t-|hr|pšenica|f}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|pšenice|f}}
* Danish: {{t|da|hvede}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tarwe|m}}
* [[Erzya]]: [[товзюро]] (tov sjuro)
* Estonian: {{t-|et|nisu}}
* Faroese: {{t-|fo|hveiti|xs=Faroese}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|vehnä}}
* French: {{t+|fr|blé|m}}, {{t+|fr|froment|m}}
* [[Galician]]: {{t-|gl|trigo|m|xs=Galician}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weizen|m}}
* [[Gothic]]: {{tø|got|𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌴𐌹𐍃|tr=ƕaiteis, hwaiteis|sc=Goth}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σιτάρι|n|tr=sitári}}
* [[Hausa]]: [[álkámà]]
* Hebrew: {{t|he|חיטה|f|tr=khita}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|búza}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|hveiti|n}}
* [[Ido]]: [[frumento]]
* Irish: {{t|ga|cruithneacht|f}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|frumento|m}}, {{t+|it|grano|m}}
* Japanese: [[小麦]] (こむぎ, komugi)
* Korean: [[밀]] (mil)
* Kurdish: {{t|ku|گه‌نم|m|sc=ku-Arab}} / {{t+|ku|genim|m}}
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* Latvian: {{t-|lv|kvieši|m|p|xs=Latvian}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|kviečiai|m|p}}
* [[Macedonian]]: {{t-|mk|пченица|f|tr=pčénica}}
* [[Marathi]]: {{t|mr|गहू|tr=gahū|sc=Deva|xs=Marathi}}
* Navajo: {{tø|nv|tłʼoh naadą́ą́ʼ}}
* [[Neapolitan]]: [[grano]] {{m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|hvete}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|kveite|xs=Norwegian Nynorsk}}
* [[Old Church Slavonic]]: {{tø|cu|пьшєница|f|tr=pĭšenica|sc=Cyrs}}
* [[Old Norse]]: {{tø|non|hveiti|n}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|گندم|tr=gandom|xs=Persian}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pszenica|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|trigo|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|grâu|m}}, [[grâne]] {{n|p}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|пшеница|f|tr=pšenítsa}}
* [[Scottish Gaelic]]: [[cruithneachd]] {{m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|пшеница|f|sc=Cyrl|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
*: Roman: {{t|sh|pšenica|f|xs=Serbo-Croatian}}
* Slovak: {{t-|sk|pšenica}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|pšenica|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|trigo|m}}
* Swahili: [[ngano]] ''(class 9/10)''
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|vete|c}}
* [[Tajik]]: {{t-|tg|гандум|tr=gandum|sc=Cyrl|xs=Tajik}}
* [[Taos]]: [[łitǫ́ne]]
* [[Telugu]]: [[గోధుమ]] (gOdhuma)
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|buğday}}
* [[Turkmen]]: {{t|tk|bugdaý}}
* Ukrainian: [[пшениця]] (pšenýtsja) {{f}}
* [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|بۇغداي|sc=ug-Arab}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|gwenith|m}}
* [[West Frisian]]: [[weet]] {{c}}
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* Kurdish: {{ku-Arab|[[گه‌نم ڕه‌نگ]]}}
* [[Marathi]]: [[गह्वाळ]] (gahvAL)
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* Persian: {{t|fa|گندمی|tr=gandomi|xs=Persian}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|rangi ya ngano}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[గోధుమ రంగు]] (gOdhuma rangu)
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====Adjective====
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===Derived terms===
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* [[buckwheat]]
* [[cracked wheat]]
* [[durum wheat]]
* [[hard wheat]]
* [[Marquis wheat]]
* [[separate the wheat from the chaff]]
* [[shredded wheat]]
* [[soft wheat]]
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* [[starch wheat]]
* [[wheat belt]]
* [[wheat bread]]
* [[wheat flour]]
* [[wheat germ]]
* [[wheat rust]]
* [[wheatear]]
* [[wheaten]]
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* [[wheaten terrier]]
* [[wheatgrass]]
* [[wheatland]]
* [[wheatmeal]]
* [[wheatworm]]
* [[whole-wheat]]
* [[winter wheat]]
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===Related terms===
* [[white]]

===See also===
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* [[aleurone]]
* [[bulgur]]
* [[dermatitis herpetiformis]]
* [[einkorn]]
* [[emmer]]
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* [[farina]]
* [[flour]]
* [[frumentaceous]]
* [[frumenty]]
* [[leghorn]]
* [[pani puri]]
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* [[semolina]]
* [[spelt]]
* [[tabbouleh]]
* [[udon]]
* [[zein]]
* [[Appendix:Colors]]
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[[Category:Browns]]
[[Category:Colors]]
[[Category:Grains]]