Dictionary

farro en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfæɹəʊ/ (UK)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈfɑːroʊ/ (US)
• /ˈfæɹoʊ/ (US)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).
   • All three farros are sold as a whole grain. 2019, Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, Ethan Becker, Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition, page 338:
   • At the Fountain restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel, near the institute, squab stuffed with fava beans and farro, an Egyptian grain, comes gilded with gold leaf[…]. 2007 February 14, Florence Fabricant, “For a Chilly Winter Day, Beef Pie With Polenta Crust”, in New York Times:

Forms

Relateds

farrago

Translations (7)

sh bijela pšenica (emmer wheat) · fi emmervehnä (emmer wheat) · pl pszenica szorstka (emmer wheat) · nl tweekoren (emmer wheat) · cmn 法老小麥 /法老小麦 (emmer wheat) · sh bela pšenica (emmer wheat) · nl emmertarwe (emmer wheat)