Phrase guide

foxtail millet

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant of the second-most widely planted species of millet (Setaria italica), which is the most important species of millet in East Asia.

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

coarse drought-resistant annual grass grown for grain, hay, and forage in Europe and Asia and chiefly for forage and hay in United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Italian millet, Hungarian grass, Setaria italica

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: foxtail, foxtail grass

Narrower terms: Siberian millet, Setaria italica rubrofructa, German millet, golden wonder millet, Setaria italica stramineofructa

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: japaninkananhirssi — Echinochloa esculenta
  • French: millet du Japon — Echinochloa esculenta
  • Korean: 피 (pi) — Echinochloa esculenta
  • Khiamniungan Naga: jǖnyāk — Echinochloa esculenta
  • Polish: chwastnica jadalna — Echinochloa esculenta
  • Yami: kadai — Echinochloa esculenta
  • Bengali: কাউন (kaun) — Setaria italica
  • Central Bontoc: sammang — Setaria italica
  • Bulgarian: моха́р (mohár) — Setaria italica
  • Catalan: mill italià — Setaria italica
  • Catalan: panís — Setaria italica
  • Catalan: cua de guilla — Setaria italica
  • Chagatai: قوناق (qonaq) — Setaria italica
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小米 (xiǎomǐ) — Setaria italica
  • Chinese Mandarin: 稷 (jì) — Setaria italica
  • Chinese Mandarin: 穀子 /谷子 (gǔzi) — Setaria italica
  • Czech: bér vlašský — Setaria italica
  • Czech: bér italský — Setaria italica
  • Czech: mohár — Setaria italica
  • Czech: čumíza — Setaria italica
  • Finnish: italianpantaheinä — Setaria italica
  • Finnish: tähkähirssi — Setaria italica
  • French: sétaire d’Italie — Setaria italica
  • Galician: paínzo — Setaria italica
  • Galician: millo miúdo — Setaria italica
  • Georgian: ღომი (ɣomi) — Setaria italica
  • German: Kolbenhirse — Setaria italica
  • German: Mohar — Setaria italica
  • German: Pfennich (Steiermark) — Setaria italica
  • German: Mauchert — Setaria italica
  • German: Mäuchert (Siebenbürgen) — Setaria italica
  • Ancient Greek: μελίνη (melínē) — Setaria italica
  • Gujarati: કંગ (kaṅg) — Setaria italica
  • Hungarian: muhar — Setaria italica
  • Ilocano: bikakaw — Setaria italica
  • Ilocano: bukakaw — Setaria italica
  • Ivatan: rautnokara — Setaria italica
  • Japanese: 粟 (awa) — Setaria italica
  • Kannada: ನವಣೆ (navaṇe) — Setaria italica
  • Kannada: ನವಣಕ್ಕಿ (navaṇakki) — Setaria italica
  • Kapampangan: borona — Setaria italica
  • Kapampangan: balantakan — Setaria italica
  • Kazakh: қонақ (qonaq) — Setaria italica
  • Korean: 조 (jo) — Setaria italica
  • Malayalam: തിന (tina) — Setaria italica
  • Maranao: tikap — Setaria italica
  • Khiamniungan Naga: jǖnyāk — Setaria italica
  • Polish: proso włoskie — Setaria italica
  • Polish: włośnica ber — Setaria italica
  • Polish: ber — Setaria italica
  • Portuguese: painço — Setaria italica
  • Romanian: dughie — Setaria italica
  • Russian: мога́р (mogár) — Setaria italica
  • Russian: чуми́за (čumíza) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: लता (latā) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: भावज्ञा (bhāvajñā) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: प्रियङ्गुका (priyaṅgukā) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: शूद्रार्ता (śūdrārtā) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: सर्वतःशुभा (sarvataḥśubhā) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: पीततण्डुल (pītataṇḍula) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: अत्यन्तसुकुमार (atyantasukumāra) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: धनिक (dhanika) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: रक्तकङ्गु (raktakaṅgu) — Setaria italica
  • Sanskrit: प्रियङ्गु (priyaṅgu) — Setaria italica
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȕhār — Setaria italica
  • Serbo-Croatian: mȍhār — Setaria italica
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȃr — Setaria italica
  • Slovak: mohár taliansky — Setaria italica
  • Slovene: laški mȗhvič — Setaria italica
  • Slovene: bȃr — Setaria italica
  • Upper Sorbian: zornjaty włosanc — Setaria italica
  • Upper Sorbian: bor — Setaria italica
  • Tagalog: kulasan — Setaria italica
  • Tagalog: tigbi — Setaria italica
  • Tamil: தினை (tiṉai) — Setaria italica
  • Tausug: turay — Setaria italica
  • Ternate: rore — Setaria italica
  • Ukrainian: чуми́за (čumýza) — Setaria italica