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rice in Malay

beras

/ɹaɪs/

rice in Malay: beras, nasi, padi. In English, rice means cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

Malay words for rice

seeds used as food
beras, nasi
plants
padi

English meaning of rice

  1. noun Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  2. noun A specific variety of this plant.
  3. noun The seeds of this plant used as food.
  4. noun The seeds of wild rice, used as food.

Full definition of rice

rice in a sentence

  • This is my first rice!

rice in other languages

Questions about rice in Malay

What is the meaning of rice in Malay?
Rice in Malay is beras, nasi, padi.
Apakah maksud rice dalam bahasa Melayu?
Rice: beras, nasi, padi.
What does rice mean in English?
Rice means cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rice (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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