froment

French

Etymology

From Latin frūmentum (via a Vulgar Latin form without a long vowel).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.mɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

froment m (plural froments)

1. (dated, agriculture) wheat, bread wheat, common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
2. (Switzerland) (any) cereal (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

Hypernyms

• blé

Related terms

• frumentaire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• forment

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Middle French

Noun

froment m (plural froments)

1. wheat

Synonyms

• blé