emmer
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)
- Any of species Triticum dicoccon, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains. [from 1908]
- Synonym: farro
- Hypernym: hulled wheat
- Coordinate terms: spelt, einkorn wheat
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- Emmer Wheat or Farro Emmer wheat, T. turgidum dicoccum, was probably the second wheat to be cultivated. It grew in warmer climates than einkorn, and became the most important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats. But pockets of emmer cultivation survived in parts of Europe, and emmer is now widely available under its Italian name, farro.
Synonyms
- (species of wheat): Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon
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
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See also
- Appendix:Grains
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch emmer, from Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ēmer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Descendants
- → Fwe: mà-hèmêrè (via Lozi)
- → Xhosa: i-emele
- → Yeyi: ìhèmérè
Dutch

emmer
Pronunciation
emmer (file) - IPA(key): /ˈɛ.mər/, [ˈɛ.mər]
- Hyphenation: em‧mer
- Rhymes: -ɛmər
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch ēmer, emmer, emere, from Old Dutch *embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
Derived terms
- melkemmer
- pedaalemmer
- putemmer
- wateremmer
Descendants
Derived terms
- emmertarwe
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch iomer (“always”), a compound of io (“always”) + *mēro (“more”) (from Proto-Germanic *maizô).
Alternative forms
Descendants
- Dutch: immer
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “emmer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “emmer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
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