Meanings
wheat1
plural wheats · alternative obsolete wheate
- uncountableA light brown color, like that of wheat.
They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
- abbreviationellipsisuncountableEllipsis of wheat bread
Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
alternative obsolete wheate
- not comparableWheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
Wheat2
plural Wheats
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableA former community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States, now in the city of Oak Ridge.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
More synonyms by meaning
noungrains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
wheat · noun, adjective
- Proto-Germanic*hwaitijaz
- Proto-West Germanic*hwaitī
- Old Englishhwǣte
- Middle Englishwhete
- Englishwheat
From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Wheat · proper noun
- Old Englishhwettan“to encourage, embolden, sharpen”
- EnglishWheat
English surname, probably from the noun wheat. Another sense meaning "bold, active, brave" is derived from Old English hwettan (“to encourage, embolden, sharpen”).
More words from Old English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans koring
- koringgrain
Ancient Greek πῡρός
- πῡρός (pūrós)grain
Arabic قَمْح, حِنْطَة
- قَمْح (qamḥ)grain
- حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa)grain
- بُرّ (burr)grain
Basque gari
- garigrain
Bengali গম
- গম (gom)grain
Bulgarian пшени́ца, жито
- пшени́ца (pšeníca)grain
- жито (žito)grain
- жито (žito)colour
- житен (žiten)colour
Catalan blat
- blatgrain
Chinese Cantonese 麥 /麦, 小麥 /小麦
- 麥 /麦 (mak⁶)grain
- 小麥 /小麦 (siu² mak⁶)grain
Chinese Mandarin 麥 /麦, 小麥 /小麦
- 麥 /麦 (mài)grain
- 小麥 /小麦 (xiǎomài)grain
- 小麦色 (xiăomàisè)colour
Czech pšenice, pšeničná
- pšenicegrain
- pšeničnácolour
Danish hvede
- hvedegrain
Dutch tarwe
- tarwegrain
Esperanto tritiko
- tritikograin
Estonian nisu
- nisugrain
Finnish vehnä, vehnänkeltainen
- vehnägrain
- vehnänkeltainencolour
- vehnänkeltainencolour
French blé, beige clair
- blégrain
- beige claircolour
German Weizen, weizenfarben
- Weizengrain
- weizenfarbencolour
Greek σιτάρι
- σιτάρι (sitári)grain
Hebrew חִיטָּה
- חִיטָּה (khitá)grain
Hindi गेहूँ
- गेहूँ (gehū̃)grain
Hungarian búza
- búzagrain
Icelandic hveiti
- hveitigrain
Indonesian gandum
- gandumgrain
Irish cruithneacht
- cruithneachtgrain
Italian frumento, grano
- frumentograin
- granograin
Japanese 小麦
- 小麦 (komugi)grain
Korean 밀
- 밀 (mil)grain
Latin trīticum
- trīticumgrain
Latvian kvieši
- kviešigrain
Lithuanian kviečiai
- kviečiaigrain
Malay gandum, terigu
- gandumgrain
- terigugrain
Māori witi, wīti
- witigrain
- wītigrain
Norwegian Bokmål hvete
- hvetegrain
Persian گندم, گندمی
- گندم (gandom)grain
- گندمی (gandomi)colour
Polish pszenica, kolor pszenicy
- pszenicagrain
- kolor pszenicycolour
- pszennycolour
Portuguese trigo, atrigado
- trigograin
- atrigadocolour
Punjabi ਕਣਕ
- ਕਣਕ (kaṇak)grain
Romanian grâu, grâne
- grâugrain
- grânegrain
- de culoarea grâuluicolour
Russian пшени́ца
- пшени́ца (pšeníca)grain
Scottish Gaelic cruithneachd
- cruithneachdgrain
Slovak pšenica
- pšenicagrain
Spanish trigo, trigueño
- trigograin
- trigueñocolour
- trigueñocolour
Swahili ngano, rangi ya ngano
- nganograin
- rangi ya nganocolour
Swedish vete
- vetegrain
Tagalog trigo
- trigograin
Tamil கோதுமை
- கோதுமை (kōtumai)grain
Thai ข้าวสาลี
- ข้าวสาลี (kâao săa-lee)grain
Turkish buğday
- buğdaygrain
Ukrainian пшени́ця
- пшени́ця (pšenýcja)grain
Urdu گیہوں, گندم
- گیہوں (gehū̃)grain
- گندم (gandum)grain
Vietnamese lúa mì
- lúa mìgrain
Welsh gwenith
- gwenithgrain
Yiddish ווייץ
- ווייץ (veyts)grain
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wheat
Anagrams
Cite this entry
wheat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat
“wheat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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