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rice in Tagalog

bigas

/ɹaɪs/

rice in Tagalog: bigas, kanin, palay. In English, rice means cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

Tagalog words for rice

seeds used as food
bigas, kanin
plants
palay

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 Tagalog

What is the meaning of rice in Tagalog?
Rice in Tagalog is bigas, kanin, palay.
Ano ang rice sa Tagalog?
Rice: bigas, kanin, palay.
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 Tagalog words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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