emmer
English
Etymology
First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɛmə(ɹ)
Noun
emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)
- 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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats.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
- wild emmer (Triticum dicoccoides, a hybrid of Triticum urartu and a wild goatgrass, such as Aegilops searsii or Aegilops speltoides))
Translations
Triticum dicoccon
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See also
- Appendix:Grains
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “emmer, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
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)
- bucket (container)
Descendants
- → Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)
- → Xhosa: i-emele
- → Yeyi: ìhèmérè
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - 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)
Derived terms
- melkemmer
- pedaalemmer
- putemmer
- wateremmer
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
Noun
emmer m (uncountable)
- emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
- Synonyms: emmertarwe, tweekoren
Derived terms
- emmertarwe
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
emmer
- inflection of emmeren:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- 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
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Dutch: immer
Etymology 2
Noun
emmer m
- alternative form of ammer
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “emmer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “emmer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III