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emmer

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛmə/
  • General-American: /ˈɛmɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛmə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: EH1 M ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any of species Triticum dicoccum, one of a group of hulled wheats that are important food grains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: far, farro

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hulled wheat

3

noun

Meaning 3

hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany; in United States as stock feed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: starch wheat, two-grain spelt, Triticum dicoccum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: wheat

History

Etymology

* As a German surname, from the noun Emmer (“grain”). * Also as a German surname, from the adjective eben (“smooth, even”) + the suffix -er. * As a Dutch surname, from the personal name Emmert, from the old Germanic name Emhard, see Emmert. Or, from the name Egmar, from *aggju (“sharp point of a sword”) + *mārī (“famous”). * Also as a Dutch surname, from the noun emmer (“bucket”).

First used in 1908; borrowed from German Emmer (compare the obsolescent related German synonym Amelkorn, whence English amelcorn).

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հաճար (hačar) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Armenian: աճար (ačar) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Armenian: էմեր (ēmer) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Armenian: երկհատիկ ցորեն (erkhatik cʻoren) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Asturian: escanda — Triticum dicoccon
  • Belarusian: двузярня́нка (dvuzjarnjánka) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Belarusian: э́мер (émjer) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Bulgarian: двузърнест лимец (dvuzǎrnest limec) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Catalan: espelta bessona — Triticum dicoccon
  • Catalan: pisana — Triticum dicoccon
  • Catalan: blat midoner — Triticum dicoccon
  • Czech: pšenice naduřelá — Triticum dicoccon
  • Danish: emmer — Triticum dicoccon
  • Dutch: emmertarwe — Triticum dicoccon
  • Dutch: tweekoren — Triticum dicoccon
  • Dutch: emmer — Triticum dicoccon
  • Egyptian: b-d:t-M34 (bdt) — Triticum dicoccon
  • French: amidonnier — Triticum dicoccon
  • Galician: escana — Triticum dicoccon
  • Georgian: ასლი (asli) — Triticum dicoccon
  • German: Emmer — Triticum dicoccon
  • German: Zweikorn — Triticum dicoccon
  • Hungarian: tönkebúza — Triticum dicoccon
  • Hungarian: kétszemű búza — Triticum dicoccon
  • Italian: farro dicocco — Triticum dicoccon
  • Italian: farro medio — Triticum dicoccon
  • Latin: far — Triticum dicoccon
  • Latin: alica — Triticum dicoccon
  • Persian: گندم دودانه (gandom-e dodâne) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Polish: pszenica płaskurka — Triticum dicoccon
  • Polish: płaskurka — Triticum dicoccon
  • Portuguese: farro — Triticum dicoccon
  • Russian: э́ммер (émmer) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Russian: пшени́ца двузерня́нка (pšeníca dvuzernjánka) — Triticum dicoccon
  • Spanish: farro — Triticum dicoccon
  • Spanish: trigo almidonero — Triticum dicoccon
  • Turkish: gernik — Triticum dicoccon
  • Turkish: kavılca — Triticum dicoccon