Meanings
nounbrown rice (usually uncountable, plural brown rices)
plural brown rices
- uncountableusuallyRice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice.
As an unabashed health nut, she always asked for brown rice to go with her vegetarian entrees.
Translations
Catalan arròs integral
- arròs integralunpolished rice
Chinese Cantonese 糙米
- 糙米 (cou³ mai⁵)unpolished rice
Chinese Mandarin 糙米
- 糙米 (cāomǐ)unpolished rice
Danish brune ris
- brune risunpolished rice
Dutch zilvervliesrijst
- zilvervliesrijstunpolished rice
Finnish ruskea riisi, tumma riisi
- ruskea riisiunpolished rice
- tumma riisiunpolished rice
French riz complet, riz brun
- riz completunpolished rice
- riz brununpolished rice
German Naturreis, Vollkornreis
- Naturreisunpolished rice
- Vollkornreisunpolished rice
Indonesian beras merah, nasi merah
- beras merahunpolished rice
- nasi merahunpolished rice
Italian riso integrale
- riso integraleunpolished rice
Japanese 玄米
- 玄米 (genmai)unpolished rice
Korean 현미
- 현미 (hyeonmi)unpolished rice
Portuguese arroz integral
- arroz integralunpolished rice
Spanish arroz integral, arroz yamaní
- arroz integralunpolished rice
- arroz yamaníunpolished rice
Tagalog kaning kayumanggi
- kaning kayumanggiunpolished rice
Thai ข้าวกล้อง
- ข้าวกล้อง (kâao-glɔ̂ng)unpolished rice
Vietnamese gạo lứt
- gạo lứtunpolished rice
Cite this entry
APA
brown rice. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20rice
MLA
“brown rice.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20rice. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brown rice,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20rice.
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