Phrase guide

finger millet

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of species Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ragi, ragee, African millet, coracan, corakan, kurakkan, Eleusine coracana

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: millet

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ዳጉሳ (dagusa) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Catalan: mill africà — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穇子 /䅟子 (cǎnzi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Danish: fingerhirse — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Dhivehi: ބިންބި (bin̊bi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Dutch: vingergierst — a plant grown as a cereal
  • French: éleusine — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Fula: cargaari — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Fula: cergeeri — a plant grown as a cereal
  • German: Fingerhirse — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Gujarati: નાગલી (nāglī) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Hausa: támbà — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Hindi: रागी (rāgī) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Hindi: मड़ुआ (maṛuā) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Japanese: シコクビエ (shikokubie) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Kannada: ರಾಗಿ (rāgi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Kikuyu: mũgĩmbĩ — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Korean: 손가락조 (son'garakjo) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Malayalam: മുത്താറി (muttāṟi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Malayalam: കൂവരക് (kūvarakŭ) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Malayalam: റാഗി (ṟāgi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Malayalam: പഞ്ഞപ്പുല്ല് (paññappullŭ) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Marathi: नाचणी (nācṇī) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: korakan — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Ossetian: галмуг (galmug) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Polish: manneczka łękowata — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Punjabi: ਰਾਗੀ (rāgī) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Punjabi: ਮਦੁਆ (maduā) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Russian: дагусса (dagussa) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Russian: коракан (korakan) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Rwanda-Rundi: uburo — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Sanskrit: रागीधान्यम् (rāgīdhānyam) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Sinhalese: කුරහං (kurahaṁ) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Sinhalese: කුරක්කං (kurakkaṁ) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Spanish: ragi — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Spanish: mijo africano — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Swahili: mwimbi — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Swahili: mbege — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Swahili: ulezi — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Swedish: korakan — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Tamil: கேழ்வரகு (kēḻvaraku) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Tamil: குரக்கன் (kurakkaṉ) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Telugu: రాగులు (rāgulu) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Tulu: ರಾಗಿ (rāgi) — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Tyap: gbeam — a plant grown as a cereal
  • Venda: mufhoho — a plant grown as a cereal