🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Maismehl

Pronunciation / Transliteration: maɪsmeːl

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cornmeal/ˈkɔrnˌmiːl/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Maismehl wird oft für die Herstellung von Polenta verwendet."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A coarse flour made from ground corn, used in various culinary applications.

    "Cornmeal is often used to make cornbread, a popular dish in Southern cuisine."
  2. 2

    A type of flour made from dried corn, commonly used in baking and cooking.

    "In addition to cornbread, cornmeal can be used to thicken soups and stews."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'cornmeal' originates from the combination of 'corn', which comes from the Old English 'corn' meaning 'grain', and 'meal', derived from the Old English 'melu', meaning 'milled grain'. The word has evolved over centuries to refer specifically to ground maize in American English.

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