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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescéréale
Pronunciation / Transliteration: se-ʁe-al
"Le blé est une céréale importante."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The harvested seed or seeds of various cereal grasses, such as wheat, oats, or corn.
"The farmer stored the harvested grain in large metal silos before winter." - 2
A small, hard particle or crystal of a substance like salt, sand, or sugar.
"A single grain of sand managed to get inside his hiking boot."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Proto-Germanic *gawraną and Latin grānum, meaning a small hard seed. Over centuries, the term evolved to encompass cereal grasses, the smallest units of weight, and the characteristic texture or arrangement of particles in materials like wood or stone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Grain" is said worldwide
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céréale
Transliteration: se-ʁe-al
"Le blé est une céréale importante."
Getreide
Transliteration: ɡəˈtʁaɪ̯də
"Auf den Feldern wächst viel Getreide."
grano
Transliteration: ɡraːno
"Il grano viene usato per fare il pane."
grano
Transliteration: ɡɾano
"El grano es la base de muchos alimentos."
grão
Transliteration: ɡɾɐ̃w̃
"O agricultor colheu o grão cedo."
अनाज
Transliteration: anaaj
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"किसान ने खेत में अनाज उगाया।"
谷子
Transliteration: gǔzi
Script: 中文汉字
"秋天到了，金黄的谷子成熟了。"
곡물
Transliteration: gongmul
Script: 한국어 한글
"이 지역은 곡물 생산이 주를 이룹니다."
穀物
Transliteration: kokumotsu
Script: 日本語
"毎朝、穀物を食べたほうが健康に良い。"
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