Meanings
plural oatmeals · alternative obsolete otmeal
- uncountableusuallyA breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk or water.
1 more example
As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American ScientistSynonyms: porridge
- uncountableusuallyA light greyish brown colour, like that of oatmeal.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk or water.
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Origin
- Middle Englishotemele
- Englishoatmeal
From Middle English otemele, from ote (“oat”) + mele (“meal, coarse-ground grains”). Equivalent to oat + meal.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans hawermout, hawermoutpap
- hawermoutmeal — see also rolled oats
- hawermoutpapbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Catalan civada
- civadabreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Chinese Cantonese 燕麥片 /燕麦片, 麥皮 /麦皮
- 燕麥片 /燕麦片meal — see also rolled oats
- 麥皮 /麦皮 (mak⁶ pei⁴)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
Chinese Mandarin 燕麥片 /燕麦片, 燕麥粥 /燕麦粥
- 燕麥片 /燕麦片 (yànmàipiàn)meal — see also rolled oats
- 燕麥粥 /燕麦粥 (yànmàizhōu)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
Danish havregryn, havregrød
- havregrynmeal — see also rolled oats
- havregrødbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Dutch havervlokken, havermout
- havervlokkenmeal — see also rolled oats
- havermoutmeal — see also rolled oats
- havervlokkenpapbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- havermoutpapbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Esperanto avenkaĉo, avenkaĉo
- avenkaĉomeal — see also rolled oats
- avenkaĉobreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Finnish kaurahiutaleet, kaurapuuro
- kaurahiutaleetmeal — see also rolled oats
- kaurapuurobreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- kaurapuuronharmaacolour
- kaurapuuronharmaacolour
French flocons d'avoine, flocons d'avoine
- flocons d'avoinemeal — see also rolled oats
- flocons d'avoinebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- gruaubreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- grègecolour
German Haferflocken, Haferbrei
- Haferflockenmeal — see also rolled oats
- Haferbreibreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Hebrew גריסין, קוואקר
- גריסיןbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- קוואקר (qváqer)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
Hungarian zabpehely, zabkása
- zabpehelymeal — see also rolled oats
- zabkásabreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Icelandic haframjöl, hafragrautur
- haframjölmeal — see also rolled oats
- hafragrauturbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Irish min choirce, leite mhine coirce
- min choircemeal — see also rolled oats
- leite mhine coircebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- brachán coircebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- brachán coircebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Japanese オートミール
- オートミール (ōtomīru)meal — see also rolled oats
Korean 오트밀
- 오트밀 (oteumil)meal — see also rolled oats
Māori ōtimira
- ōtimirameal — see also rolled oats
Norwegian havregrøt
- havregrøtmeal — see also rolled oats
Norwegian Bokmål havregrøt
- havregrøtbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Polish płatki owsiane, owsianka
- płatki owsianemeal — see also rolled oats
- owsiankabreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- kolor jasnoszarobrązowycolour
- jasnoszarobrązowycolour
Portuguese farinha de aveia, mingau de aveia
- farinha de aveiameal — see also rolled oats
- mingau de aveiabreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Romanian făină de ovăz, terci de ovăz
- făină de ovăzmeal — see also rolled oats
- terci de ovăzbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Russian овсяны́е хло́пья, овсяна́я ка́ша
- овсяны́е хло́пья (ovsjanýje xlópʹja)meal — see also rolled oats
- овсяна́я ка́ша (ovsjanája káša)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
- овся́нка (ovsjánka)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
Scottish Gaelic min-choirce, aran-coirce
- min-choircemeal — see also rolled oats
- aran-coircemeal — see also rolled oats
- min-choircebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
- litebreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Spanish harina de avena, avena
- harina de avenameal — see also rolled oats
- avenabreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Swedish havregryn, havregrynsgröt
- havregrynmeal — see also rolled oats
- havregrynsgrötbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Turkish yulaf, yulaf lapası
- yulafmeal — see also rolled oats
- yulaf lapasıbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Ukrainian вівся́нка, вівся́на ка́ша
- вівся́нка (vivsjánka)meal — see also rolled oats
- вівся́на ка́ша (vivsjána káša)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
- вівся́нка (vivsjánka)breakfast cereal — see also porridge
Vietnamese cháo bột yến mạch
- cháo bột yến mạchbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Welsh blawd ceirch, uwd
- blawd ceirchmeal — see also rolled oats
- uwdbreakfast cereal — see also porridge
Cite this entry
oatmeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oatmeal
“oatmeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oatmeal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oatmeal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oatmeal.
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