emmer
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmə/
- Rhymes: -ɛmə(ɹ)
Noun edit
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important cultivated form from the Near East through northern Africa and Europe until early Roman times, when it was superseded by durum and bread wheats.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 edit
- (species of wheat): Triticum dicoccon, Triticum dicoccon subsp. dicoccon
Derived terms edit
- wild emmer (Triticum dicoccoides (a hybrid of Triticum urartu and a wild goatgrass. such as Aegilops searsii or Aegilops speltoides))
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Further reading edit
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Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch emmer, from Middle Dutch ember, from Old Dutch ēmer, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
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Noun edit
emmer (plural emmers, diminutive emmertjie)
- bucket (container)
Descendants edit
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch ēmer, emmer, emere, from Old Dutch *embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
Noun edit
emmer m (plural emmers, diminutive emmertje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: emmer
- Jersey Dutch: äämer
- → Aukan: embele
- → Caribbean Javanese: èmbèr
- → Indonesian: ember
- → Papiamentu: èmber, hèmber, èmer, hèmchi, èmchi
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
emmer m (uncountable)
- emmer (Triticum dicoccon)
- Synonyms: emmertarwe, tweekoren
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
emmer
- inflection of emmeren:
Anagrams edit
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch iomer (“always”), a compound of io (“always”) + *mēro (“more”) (from Proto-Germanic *maizô).
Adverb edit
emmer
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Descendants edit
- Dutch: immer
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
emmer m
- Alternative form of ammer
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading edit
- “emmer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “emmer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III