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emmer

/ˈɛmə/US/ˈɛmɚ/

emmer noun: any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.

emmer: any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important...
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Noun

emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)

  1. 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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by...2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    far, farro

Proper noun capitalized: Emmer

Emmer (plural Emmers)

  1. A surname

emmer meaning in Tamil and Persian

emmer in Tamil

எமர்த்தானியம்

emmer in Persian

Triticum dicoccon
گندم دودانه gandom-e dodâne

Synonyms of emmer

Forms of emmer

Noun
pluralemmers
Proper noun
pluralEmmers

Origin of emmer

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

* As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).

Words formed from emmer

Words that rhyme with emmer

Questions about emmer

What does emmer mean?
Emmer means any member of the species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.
What is emmer in Tamil?
Emmer in Tamil is எமர்த்தானியம். See Emmer meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is emmer?
Emmer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce emmer?
Emmer is pronounced /ˈɛmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of emmer?
The plural of emmer is emmers.

Words near emmer in the dictionary

  1. emmenology
  2. Emmental
  3. Emmentaler
  4. Emmenthal
  5. Emmenthaler
  6. emmer
  7. Emmer Green
  8. emmer-goose
  9. emmereffer
  10. Emmerich
  11. Emmerich am Rhein

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Adapted from Wiktionary: emmer (page history and authors); Emmer (page history and authors); emmer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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