froment

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frūmentum.

Noun

froment m (plural froments) (ORB, broad)

1. wheat

   Synonym: blât

References

• froment in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• froment in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French froment, from Old French furment, from Latin frūmentum (“grain”) (via a Vulgar Latin form without a long vowel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.mɑ̃/

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Noun

froment m (plural froments)

1. wheat, specifically common wheat (Triticum aestivum)

   Synonym: blé tendre

   Hypernym: blé

2. (dated outside Switzerland) (any) cereal (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

Related terms

• frumentaire

Further reading

• “froment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• forment

Middle French

Alternative forms

• forment, fourment

Etymology

Inherited from Old French frument, from Latin frūmentum.

Noun

froment m (plural froments)

1. wheat

Synonyms

• blé

Descendants

• French: froment
• →? Middle English: furment, firment, frument

Old French

Alternative forms

• ferment, formant, forment, fronment, furment

Etymology

Inherited from Latin frūmentum, from fruor (“to enjoy”).

Noun

froment oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromenz or fromentz, nominative singular fromenz or fromentz, nominative plural froment)

1. wheat

Descendants

• Middle French: froment, forment, fourment
  • French: froment
  • →? Middle English: furment, firment, frument
• ⇒ Old French: fourmenté
  • Middle French: fromenté
    • → Hungarian: furmint
    • → Middle English: furmente
      • English: frumenty