gluten-free

adjective

Of food, containing no gluten.

OriginOld English frēo ← Proto-West Germanic *friu ← Proto-Germanic *frijwaz →
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Meanings

adjectivegluten-free (not comparable)
  1. not comparablenutritioncookingOf food, containing no gluten.

    Let’s cut to the chase: there are as many ways to make a brownie as there are ways to cover yourself in chocolate in the process, but the real difference between the gluten-free recipes are in what they replace the wheat with.

    2020 January 8, Felicity Cloake, “How to make the perfect gluten-free chocolate brownies – recipe”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2020
  2. not comparablenutritionOf a person, not eating gluten.

Origin

  1. Englishgluten
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preyH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*priHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*frijwaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*friu
  6. Old Englishfrēo
  7. Englishgluten-free

From gluten + -free.

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Translations

Catalan sense gluten
  • sense glutencontaining no gluten
Chinese Mandarin 不含麩質的 /不含麸质的, 不含麵筋的 /不含面筋的
  • 不含麩質的 /不含麸质的containing no gluten
  • 不含麵筋的 /不含面筋的 (bùhán miànjin de)containing no gluten
Czech bezlepkový
  • bezlepkovýcontaining no gluten
Danish glutenfri
  • glutenfricontaining no gluten
Dutch glutenvrij
  • glutenvrijcontaining no gluten
Esperanto senglutena
  • senglutenacontaining no gluten
Finnish gluteeniton
  • gluteenitoncontaining no gluten
French sans gluten
  • sans glutencontaining no gluten
German glutenfrei
  • glutenfreicontaining no gluten
Greek χωρίς γλουτένη
  • χωρίς γλουτένη (chorís glouténi)containing no gluten
Hungarian gluténmentes
  • gluténmentescontaining no gluten
Italian aglutinato
  • aglutinatocontaining no gluten
Norwegian Bokmål glutenfri
  • glutenfricontaining no gluten
Polish bezglutenowy
  • bezglutenowycontaining no gluten
Russian безглюте́новый
  • безглюте́новый (bezgljutɛ́novyj)containing no gluten
Spanish sin gluten
  • sin glutencontaining no gluten
Ukrainian безглюте́новий
  • безглюте́новий (bezgljuténovij)containing no gluten
Welsh heb glwten
  • heb glwtencontaining no gluten
Cite this entry
APA

gluten-free. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluten-free

MLA

“gluten-free.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluten-free. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gluten-free,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gluten-free.

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