emmer

See also: Emmer and ëmmer

English

Etymology

First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer, from Middle High German emeri, from Old High German amari, derivative of amar(o), which in turn gave rise to the obsolescent German synonym Amelkorn (“amelcorn”). Further etymology unknown.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛmə/
• Rhymes: -ɛmə(ɹ)

Noun

emmer (countable and uncountable, plural emmers)

1. A species of wheat (Triticum turgidum), one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.

Synonyms

• (species of wheat): farro, Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon

Hyponyms

• (species of wheat): hulled wheat

Coordinate terms

• (Triticum dicoccon): spelt, einkorn

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

• Armenian: հաճար (hy) (hačar), աճար (hy) (ačar), էմեր (ēmer), երկհատիկ ցորեն (erkhatik cʿoren)
• Asturian: escanda f
• Bulgarian: двузърнест лимец m (dvuzǎrnest limec)
• Danish: emmer (da)
• Dutch: emmertarwe (nl)
• French: amidonnier (fr) m
• Georgian: ასლი (ka) (asli)

• German: Emmer (de)
• Italian: farro (it) m
• Latin: far, alica f
• Polish: pszenica płaskurka f
• Portuguese: farro (pt) m
• Russian: э́ммер (ru) m (émmer), пшени́ца двузерня́нка f (pšeníca dvuzernjánka)
• Spanish: farro m

Anagrams

• memer

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Dutch

emmer

Pronunciation

• emmer

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛ.mər]

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ember, Proto-Germanic *ambrijaz. Cognate with Middle English ambre (Old English amber), German Eimer (Middle High German eim(b)er, Old High German einber), Low German Ammel, Luxembourgish Eemer, West Frisian amer, Norwegian ambar, Swedish ämbar, Finnish ämpäri.

Noun

emmer m (plural emmers, diminutive emmertje n)

1. bucket (container)

Verb

emmer

1. first-person singular present indicative of emmeren
2. imperative of emmeren

Anagrams

• remme

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Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

Adverb

emmer

1. always
2. at least, in any case
3. at all costs
4. ever

Alternative forms

• immer

Descendants

• Dutch: immer

Etymology 2

Noun

emmer m

1. Alternative form of ammer

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “emmer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “emmer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929