wheaten en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈwiːtən/
- /ˈʍiːtən/ without the wine–whine merger
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.
Meanings
-
Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
wheaten bread
Then, too, it should be remembered that large quantities of wheaten flour and other preparations of wheat reach this country from abroad.
1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses, London: Chapman and Hall, page 60:wheaten flour
The servants, especially the cook, were obliged every day to prepare a dish full of sweet milk, with crums of wheaten bread, and place it upon his little table; and it was soon after eaten up clean.
1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 47:
- Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more wheaten | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most wheaten | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (14)
izh vehnäin (made from wheat) · lt kvietinis (made from wheat) · fi vehnä- (made from wheat) · vo vuitik (made from wheat) · es de trigo (made from wheat) · yi ווייצן (made from wheat) · bg житен (made from wheat) · pl pszeniczny (made from wheat) · pl pszenny (made from wheat) · fi vehnäinen (made from wheat) · bg пшеничен (made from wheat) · vo vuita- (made from wheat) · ro din grâu (made from wheat) · de Weizen- (made from wheat)