Standard Lemma guide

farro

name · noun · 2 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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  • UK: /ˈfæɹəʊ/
  • homophone: farrow
  • US: /ˈfæɹoʊ/
  • US: /ˈfɑːroʊ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: pharaoh
  • homophone: Faro
  • CMU ARPABET: F AA1 R OW0 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

Emmer wheat (Triticum turgidum).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian farro. Doublet of far.

Across languages

Translations

7 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 法老小麥 /法老小麦 (fǎlǎo xiǎomài) — emmer wheat
  • Dutch: emmertarwe — emmer wheat
  • Dutch: tweekoren — emmer wheat
  • Finnish: emmervehnä — emmer wheat
  • Polish: pszenica szorstka — emmer wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: bijela pšenica — emmer wheat
  • Serbo-Croatian: bela pšenica — emmer wheat