emmer

See also: Emmer and ëmmer

English

Etymology

First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)

  1. Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908][1]
    Synonyms: far, farro
    Hypernym: hulled wheat
    Coordinate terms: spelt, einkorn wheat
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats.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.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Grains

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 emmer, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch emmer, from Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ēmer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.

Pronunciation

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Noun

emmer (plural emmers, diminutive emmertjie)

  1. bucket (container)

Descendants

  • Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)
  • Xhosa: i-emele
  • Yeyi: ìhèmérè

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛ.mər/, [ˈɛ.mər]
  • Hyphenation: em‧mer
  • Rhymes: -ɛmər

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch ēmer, emmer, emere, from Old Dutch *embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī. Possible doublet of amfoor.

Noun

emmer m (plural emmers, diminutive emmertje n)

  1. bucket (container)
    Synonym: aker
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: emmer
    • Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)
    • Xhosa: i-emele
    • Yeyi: ìhèmérè
  • Jersey Dutch: äämer
  • Aukan: embele
  • Caribbean Javanese: èmbèr
  • Indonesian: ember
  • Papiamentu: èmber, hèmber, èmer, hèmchi, èmchi

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Emmer.

Noun

emmer m (uncountable)

  1. emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
    Synonyms: emmertarwe, tweekoren
Derived terms
  • emmertarwe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

emmer

  1. inflection of emmeren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch iomer (always), a compound of io (always) + *mēro (more) (from Proto-West Germanic *maiʀō).

Adverb

emmer

  1. always
  2. at least, in any case
  3. at all costs
  4. ever
Alternative forms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

emmer m

  1. alternative form of ammer
Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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