Meanings
nounflatbread (countable and uncountable, plural flatbreads)
plural flatbreads · alternative flat bread
- countableuncountableA thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.
The importance of Nowruz is reflected in an elaborate sabzi polo, the herbed rice capped with a crunchy tahdig, the crust formed from lettuce, rice mixed with yogurt or lavash or another thin flatbread.
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Origin
- Proto-Germanic*flataz
- Old Norseflatr
- Middle Englishflat
- Englishflat
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*braudą
- Proto-West Germanic*braud
- Old Englishbrēad
- Middle Englishbred
- Englishbread
- Englishflatbread
Translations
Arabic قُرْصَة
- قُرْصَة (qurṣa)thin, flat bread
Basque ogi zapal
- ogi zapalthin, flat bread
Catalan pa pla, fogassa
- pa plathin, flat bread
- fogassathin, flat bread
Dutch platbrood
- platbroodthin, flat bread
Finnish ohutleipä
- ohutleipäthin, flat bread
French pain plat
- pain platthin, flat bread
German Fladenbrot
- Fladenbrotthin, flat bread
Greek πιτόψωμο, πίτα
- πιτόψωμο (pitópsomo)thin, flat bread
- πίτα (píta)thin, flat bread
Italian pane basso
- pane bassothin, flat bread
Latin laganum
- laganumthin, flat bread
Norwegian flatbrød
- flatbrødthin, flat bread
Polish chleb w kształcie placka, podpłomyk
- chleb w kształcie plackathin, flat bread
- podpłomykthin, flat bread
Portuguese pão folha, pão achatado
- pão folhathin, flat bread
- pão achatadothin, flat bread
Russian лепёшка
- лепёшка (lepjóška)thin, flat bread
Spanish pan plano, pan ázimo
- pan planothin, flat bread
- pan ázimothin, flat bread
- ázimothin, flat bread
- ácimothin, flat bread
- pan ácimothin, flat bread
- pan sin levadurathin, flat bread
Swedish tunnbröd, plattbröd
- tunnbrödthin, flat bread
- plattbrödthin, flat bread
Turkish yufka
- yufkathin, flat bread
Ukrainian корж
- корж (korž)thin, flat bread
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
flatbread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatbread
MLA
“flatbread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatbread. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flatbread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flatbread.
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