gluten

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French gluten, from Latin glūten (“glue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡluːtən/

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• Rhymes: -uːtən

Noun

gluten (countable and uncountable; plural glutens)

1. (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours"). [16th-19th c.]
   • 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Book I, New York 2001, p. 147:

     The radical or innate is daily supplied by nourishment, which some call cambium, and make those secondary humours of ros and gluten to maintain it [...].

2. The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread. [from 19th c.]
   • 2010, Felicity Cloake, Word of Mouth Blog, The Guardian, 10 Jun 2010:

     Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results [...].

3. (rare, geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc. [from 19th c.]
   • 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 2004, p. 669:

     Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten, the Yankees kept moving.

Derived terms

• gluten-free, glutinous

Translations

cereal protein

Arabic: غلُوتين (ar) (ghluutiin) Corsican: glutinu (co) m. Czech: lepek (cs) Dutch: gluten (nl) Esperanto: gluteno (eo) Finnish: gluteeni (fi) French: gluten (fr) m. German: Gluten (de) n.

Hebrew: גלוטן (he) Ido: gluteno (io) Italian: glutine (it) m. Japanese: グルテン (ja) Russian: глютен (ru) Slovene: gluten (sl) m. Spanish: gluten (es) m.

Anagrams

• englut

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Dutch

Etymology

Latin gluten (“glue”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gluten m.

1. gluten

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French

Etymology

Latin gluten (“glue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡlytɛn/

Noun

gluten m. (plural glutens)

1. gluten

Anagrams

• lugent

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Latin

Noun

glūten (genitive glūtinis); n, third declension

1. glue

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	glūten	glūtina
genitive	glūtinis	glūtinum
dative	glūtinī	glūtinibus
accusative	glūten	glūtina
ablative	glūtine	glūtinibus
vocative	glūten	glūtina

References

• gluten in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879
• glue in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Spanish

Etymology

Latin gluten (“glue”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡluten/

Noun

gluten m. (plural glutenes)

1. (biochemistry) gluten

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Swedish

Etymology

Latin gluten (“glue”).

Noun

gluten n.

1. gluten