Phrase guide

durum wheat

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: durum, hard wheat, macaroni wheat, pasta wheat

Antonyms: soft wheat

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noun

Meaning 2

wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta; grown especially in southern Russia, North Africa, and northern central North America

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: durum, hard wheat, Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum, macaroni wheat

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheat

History

Etymology

From Latin dūrum (“hard”) and wheat.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: gari gogor — hard variety of wheat
  • Belarusian: цвёрдая пшаніца (cvjórdaja pšanica) — hard variety of wheat
  • Bulgarian: твърда пшеница (tvǎrda pšenica) — hard variety of wheat
  • Catalan: blat dur — hard variety of wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬質小麥 /硬质小麦 (yìngzhì xiǎomài) — hard variety of wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硬粒小麥 /硬粒小麦 (yìnglì xiǎomài) — hard variety of wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 杜蘭小麥 /杜兰小麦 (dùlán xiǎomài) — hard variety of wheat
  • Chuvash: хытӑ тулӑ (hyt̬ă t̬ulă) — hard variety of wheat
  • Corsican: granu duru — hard variety of wheat
  • Czech: semolina — hard variety of wheat
  • Czech: tvrdozrnná pšenice — hard variety of wheat
  • Danish: hård hvede — hard variety of wheat
  • Danish: durumhvede — hard variety of wheat
  • Estonian: kõva nisu — hard variety of wheat
  • Finnish: durumvehnä — hard variety of wheat
  • French: blé dur — hard variety of wheat
  • Galician: trigo duro — hard variety of wheat
  • Georgian: მაგარი ხორბალი (magari xorbali) — hard variety of wheat
  • German: Hartweizen — hard variety of wheat
  • Hungarian: durumbúza — hard variety of wheat
  • Icelandic: harðhveiti — hard variety of wheat
  • Icelandic: dúrumhveiti — hard variety of wheat
  • Irish: dúram — hard variety of wheat
  • Italian: grano duro — hard variety of wheat
  • Kyrgyz: катуу буудай (katuu buuday) — hard variety of wheat
  • Lithuanian: kietasis kvietys — hard variety of wheat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: durumhvete — hard variety of wheat
  • Occitan: blat dur — hard variety of wheat
  • Polish: pszenica twarda — hard variety of wheat
  • Portuguese: trigo duro — hard variety of wheat
  • Russian: пшени́ца твёрдая (pšeníca tvjórdaja) — hard variety of wheat
  • Slovene: trda pšenica — hard variety of wheat
  • Spanish: trigo duro — hard variety of wheat
  • Swedish: durumvete — hard variety of wheat
  • Swedish: hårdvete — hard variety of wheat
  • Ukrainian: пшени́ця тве́рда (pšenýcja tvérda) — hard variety of wheat
  • Vietnamese: lúa mì cứng — hard variety of wheat
  • Welsh: gwenith barfog — hard variety of wheat