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flatbread

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A thin, flat bread, often made from unleavened dough.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bread, breadstuff, staff of life

Narrower terms: flatbrod, bannock, chapatti, chapati, pita, pocket bread

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *flataz Old Norse flatrbor. Middle English flat English flat Proto-Indo-European *bhrewh1-der.? Proto-Germanic *braudą Proto-West Germanic *braud Old English brēad Middle English bred English bread English flatbread From flat + bread.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُرْصَة (qurṣa) — thin, flat bread
  • Azerbaijani: yuxa — thin, flat bread
  • Azerbaijani: yayma — thin, flat bread
  • Basque: ogi zapal — thin, flat bread
  • Catalan: pa pla — thin, flat bread
  • Catalan: fogassa — thin, flat bread
  • Dutch: platbrood — thin, flat bread
  • Finnish: ohutleipä — thin, flat bread
  • French: pain plat — thin, flat bread
  • German: Fladenbrot — thin, flat bread
  • Greek: πιτόψωμο (pitópsomo) — thin, flat bread
  • Greek: πίτα (píta) — thin, flat bread
  • Ingrian: kakku — thin, flat bread
  • Italian: pane basso — thin, flat bread
  • Kaitag: бурз (burz) — thin, flat bread
  • Northern Kurdish: nanê tenkî — thin, flat bread
  • Northern Kurdish: nanê sêlê — thin, flat bread
  • Kyrgyz: токоч (tokoc) — thin, flat bread
  • Latin: laganum — thin, flat bread
  • Norwegian: flatbrød — thin, flat bread
  • Polish: chleb w kształcie placka — thin, flat bread
  • Polish: podpłomyk — thin, flat bread
  • Portuguese: pão folha — thin, flat bread
  • Portuguese: pão achatado — thin, flat bread
  • Russian: лепёшка (lepjóška) — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: pan plano — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: pan ázimo — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: ázimo — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: ácimo — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: pan ácimo — thin, flat bread
  • Spanish: pan sin levadura — thin, flat bread
  • Swedish: tunnbröd — thin, flat bread
  • Swedish: plattbröd — thin, flat bread
  • Turkish: yufka — thin, flat bread
  • Ottoman Turkish: یوفقه (yufka) — thin, flat bread
  • Ukrainian: корж (korž) — thin, flat bread
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