emmer en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɛmɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈɛmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro.
2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| emmers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (39)
hu tönkebúza (Triticum dicoccon) · fa گندم دودانه (Triticum dicoccon) · ru пшени́ца двузерня́нка (Triticum dicoccon) · pl płaskurka (Triticum dicoccon) · it farro medio (Triticum dicoccon) · hy հաճար (Triticum dicoccon) · nl tweekoren (Triticum dicoccon) · ast escanda (Triticum dicoccon) · nl emmer (Triticum dicoccon) · gl escana (Triticum dicoccon) · hy աճար (Triticum dicoccon) · ca pisana (Triticum dicoccon) · hy երկհատիկ ցորեն (Triticum dicoccon) · it farro dicocco (Triticum dicoccon) · be э́мер (Triticum dicoccon) · de Emmer (Triticum dicoccon) · ru э́ммер (Triticum dicoccon) · fr amidonnier (Triticum dicoccon) · ca espelta bessona (Triticum dicoccon) · ka ასლი (Triticum dicoccon) · es trigo almidonero (Triticum dicoccon) · es farro (Triticum dicoccon) · la far (Triticum dicoccon) · pl pszenica płaskurka (Triticum dicoccon) · hy էմեր (Triticum dicoccon) · nl emmertarwe (Triticum dicoccon) · tr kavılca (Triticum dicoccon) · be двузярня́нка (Triticum dicoccon) · egy b-d:t-M34 (Triticum dicoccon) · hu kétszemű búza (Triticum dicoccon) · de Zweikorn (Triticum dicoccon) · tr gernik (Triticum dicoccon) · da emmer (Triticum dicoccon) · fi emmervehnä (Triticum dicoccon) · la alica (Triticum dicoccon) · bg двузърнест лимец (Triticum dicoccon) · ca blat midoner (Triticum dicoccon) · cs pšenice naduřelá (Triticum dicoccon) · pt farro (Triticum dicoccon)