grain

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From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h2nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.

From Middle English grayn, from Old Norse grein (“bough, branch”), from Proto-Germanic *grainiz (“branch, twig, ramification”), of unknown origin. Related to English grove (“thicket”).

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• Akkadian: 𒊺 (še'um) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Albanian: drithë — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Southern Altai: аш (aš) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Arabic: حَبَة (ḥaba) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Armenian: հացահատիկ (hacʻahatik) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Aromanian: grãn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Azerbaijani: dən — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Bashkir: ярма (yarma) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Basque: garau — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Basque: bihi — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Basque: ale — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Belarusian: зерне́ (zjernjé) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Belarusian: збо́жжа (zbóžža) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Belarusian: жы́та (žýta) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Bengali: শস্য (śosśo) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Bulgarian: зърно́ (zǎrnó) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Burmese: အဆန် (a.hcan) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Catalan: gra — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Chinese Mandarin: 糧食 /粮食 (liángshí) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀物 /谷物 (gǔwù) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Chinese Mandarin: 穀類 /谷类 (gǔlèi) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Czech: zrno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Czech: zrní — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Dalmatian: grun — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Danish: korn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Dutch: koren — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Dutch: graan — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Egyptian: sSr-Z1-U9:Z2ss (sšr) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Esperanto: greno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Estonian: teravili — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Estonian: tera — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Finnish: vilja — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Finnish: jyvät — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• French: grain — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Galician: grao — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Galician: gran — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Georgian: მარცვალი (marcvali) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• German: Korn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• German: Getreide — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 (kaurn) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Greek: σιτηρά (sitirá) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Greek: δημητριακά (dimitriaká) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ancient Greek: σῖτος (sîtos) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ancient Greek: ἀκτή (aktḗ) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Haitian Creole: grenn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Hebrew: בָּר (bar) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Hindi: अनाज (anāj) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Hindi: अन्न (ann) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Hindi: धान्य (dhānya) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Hungarian: gabona — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Icelandic: korn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Irish: grán — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Old Irish: grán — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Italian: seme — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Japanese: 穀物 (kokumotsu) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Japanese: 穀類 (kokurui) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Javanese: wiji — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kazakh: дән (dän) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kazakh: астық (astyq) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Khmer: គ្រាប់ (krŏəp) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Korean: 곡물 (gongmul) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kumyk: ашлыкъ (aşlıq) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kumyk: бюртюк (bürtük) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kumyk: урлукъ (urluq) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Kyrgyz: дан (dan) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ladin: blava — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Lao: ເມັດ (met) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Latgalian: gryudi — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Latgalian: maize — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Latin: frūmentum — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Latvian: labība — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Latvian: graudi — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Lingala: mbuma — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Lithuanian: grūdai — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Lithuanian: javai — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Low German: Koorn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Macedonian: жи́то (žíto) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Malay: biji — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Marathi: धान्य (dhānya) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Megleno-Romanian: grǫn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Mongolian: үр (ür) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Mongolian: ширхэг (širxeg) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Mongolian: будаа (budaa) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Khiamniungan Naga: vêi — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ngombe (Congo): mbuma — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Norwegian: korn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Occitan: gran — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Old Church Slavonic: жито (žito) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Old Church Slavonic: зрьно (zrĭno) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Old English: corn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Oromo: mindhaan — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ossetian: нӕмыг (næmyg) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Persian: غلات (ġallât) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Persian: خرمن (xarman) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Polabian: zaitü — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Polish: ziarno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Polish: zboże — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Portuguese: grão — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Romanian: grăunte — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Russian: зерно́ (zernó) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Russian: жи́то (žíto) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Sanskrit: धान्य (dhānya) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Sanskrit: कण (kaṇa) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Scottish Gaelic: gràn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Serbo-Croatian: зр̏но — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Serbo-Croatian: жи̏то — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Serbo-Croatian: zȑno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Serbo-Croatian: žȉto — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Sidamo: gide — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Slovak: zrno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Slovene: zrno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Slovene: žito — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Spanish: grano — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Swahili: nafaka — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Swedish: säd — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Swedish: spannmål — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tagalog: butil — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tagalog: grano — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tajik: дон (don) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tajik: ғалла (ġalla) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tatar: бөртек (börtek) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tatar: ашлык (aşlıq) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Thai: ธัญ (tan) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Thai: เมล็ด (má-lét) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Thai: เม็ด (mét) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tigrinya: እኽሊ (ʾəxli) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tocharian B: tāno — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Tocharian B: ysāre — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Turkish: tahıl — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Turkmen: digir — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Turkmen: däne — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Turkmen: galla — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ukrainian: зерно́ (zernó) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ukrainian: збі́жжя (zbížžja) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Ukrainian: жи́то (žýto) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Urdu: اناج (anāj) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Uzbek: don — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Uzbek: gʻalla — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Vietnamese: ngũ cốc — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Welsh: grawn — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Welsh: ŷd — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Zazaki: xerman — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Zazaki: ğele (diq) — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Zulu: izinhlamvu — harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops
• Finnish: jyvät — seeds from any food crop
• Armenian: հատիկ (hatik) — single seed of grain
• Azerbaijani: dənə — single seed of grain
• Azerbaijani: dən — single seed of grain
• Bashkir: бөртөк (börtök) — single seed of grain
• Bulgarian: зърно (zǎrno) — single seed of grain
• Bulgarian: зрънце (zrǎnce) — single seed of grain
• Burmese: အစေ့ (a.ce.) — single seed of grain
• Burmese: အဆန် (a.hcan) — single seed of grain
• Catalan: gra — single seed of grain
• Chechen: буьртиг (bürtig) — single seed of grain
• Chinese Mandarin: 顆粒 /颗粒 (kēlì) — single seed of grain
• Czech: zrno — single seed of grain
• Czech: zrnko — single seed of grain
• Dutch: graankorrel — single seed of grain
• Esperanto: grajno — single seed of grain
• Finnish: jyvä — single seed of grain
• French: grain — single seed of grain
• Galician: gran — single seed of grain
• German: Körnchen — single seed of grain
• German: Korn — single seed of grain
• Greek: σπυρί (spyrí) — single seed of grain
• Ancient Greek: κόκκος (kókkos) — single seed of grain
• Hebrew: גַּרְגִּיר (gargír) — single seed of grain
• Icelandic: korn — single seed of grain
• Japanese: 粒 (tsubu) — single seed of grain
• Japanese: 種 (tsubu) — single seed of grain
• Khmer: គ្រាប់ (krŏəp) — single seed of grain
• Lao: ເມັດ (met) — single seed of grain
• Latgalian: gryuds — single seed of grain
• Latin: grānum — single seed of grain
• Latvian: grauds — single seed of grain
• Lithuanian: grūdas — single seed of grain
• Macedonian: зрно (zrno) — single seed of grain
• Māori: pata — single seed of grain
• Khiamniungan Naga: vēipèm — single seed of grain
• Old English: corn — single seed of grain
• Persian: دانه (dâne) — single seed of grain
• Polish: ziarno — single seed of grain
• Portuguese: grão — single seed of grain
• Romanian: bob — single seed of grain
• Russian: зерно́ (zernó) — single seed of grain
• Russian: зёрнышко (zjórnyško) — single seed of grain
• Scottish Gaelic: gràine — single seed of grain
• Spanish: grano — single seed of grain
• Spanish: pipo — single seed of grain
• Spanish: yule — single seed of grain
• Swahili: nafaka — single seed of grain
• Swedish: korn — single seed of grain
• Swedish: gryn — single seed of grain
• Swedish: sädeskorn — single seed of grain
• Telugu: గింజ (giñja) — single seed of grain
• Thai: เมล็ด (má-lét) — single seed of grain
• Tigrinya: እኽሊ (ʾəxli) — single seed of grain
• Turkish: habbe — single seed of grain
• Urdu: دانہ (dāna) — single seed of grain
• Vietnamese: hột — single seed of grain
• Vietnamese: hạt — single seed of grain
• Welsh: gronyn — single seed of grain
• Yiddish: קערל (kerl) — single seed of grain
• Yiddish: קערנדל (kerndl) — single seed of grain
• Yiddish: גרײַפּל (graypl) — single seed of grain
• Zulu: inhlamvu — single seed of grain
• Zulu: imbewu — single seed of grain
• Arabic: حُبُوب (ḥubūb) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Azerbaijani: taxıl — crops from which grain is harvested
• Bashkir: ашлыҡ (aşlıq) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Bashkir: иген (igen) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Bulgarian: зърнени храни (zǎrneni hrani) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Catalan: cereal — crops from which grain is harvested
• Czech: obilí — crops from which grain is harvested
• Dutch: graan — crops from which grain is harvested
• Finnish: vilja — crops from which grain is harvested
• Galician: gran — crops from which grain is harvested
• German: Getreide — crops from which grain is harvested
• Hebrew: דָּגָן (dagán) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Macedonian: житарки (žitarki) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Portuguese: cereal — crops from which grain is harvested
• Romanian: cereală — crops from which grain is harvested
• Russian: зерновы́е (zernovýje) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Russian: зла́ки (zláki) — crops from which grain is harvested
• Scottish Gaelic: gràn — crops from which grain is harvested
• Spanish: cereal — crops from which grain is harvested
• Swedish: säd — crops from which grain is harvested
• Swedish: stråsäd — crops from which grain is harvested
• Swedish: spannmål — crops from which grain is harvested
• Welsh: ŷd — crops from which grain is harvested
• Amharic: ሸካራነት (šäkaranät) — linear texture of material or surface
• Arabic: تَجْزِيع (tajzīʕ) — linear texture of material or surface
• Arabic: تَعْرِيق (taʕrīq) — linear texture of material or surface
• Bulgarian: зърнистост (zǎrnistost) — linear texture of material or surface
• Bulgarian: текстура (tekstura) — linear texture of material or surface
• Catalan: veta — linear texture of material or surface
• Czech: zrnitost — linear texture of material or surface
• Dutch: nerf — linear texture of material or surface
• Finnish: syyt — linear texture of material or surface
• French: grain — linear texture of material or surface
• Galician: gran — linear texture of material or surface
• German: Maserung — linear texture of material or surface
• Greek: υφή (yfí) — linear texture of material or surface
• Hebrew: חספוס (khispús) — linear texture of material or surface
• Hebrew: מרגב (mirgáv) — linear texture of material or surface
• Irish: snáithe — linear texture of material or surface
• Japanese: 木目 — linear texture of material or surface
• Macedonian: дрвни влакна (drvni vlakna) — linear texture of material or surface
• Māori: kakano — linear texture of material or surface
• Persian: خواب — linear texture of material or surface
• Polish: mazerunek — linear texture of material or surface
• Portuguese: granularidade — linear texture of material or surface
• Russian: зерни́стость (zernístostʹ) — linear texture of material or surface
• Russian: грануля́ция (granuljácija) — linear texture of material or surface
• Spanish: veta — linear texture of material or surface
• Swedish: väv — linear texture of material or surface
• Armenian: հատիկ (hatik) — single particle of a substance
• Bashkir: бөртөк (börtök) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: крупі́нка (krupínka) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: часці́ца (čascíca) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: драбі́нка (drabínka) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: зярня́тка (zjarnjátka) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: ка́ліва (káliva) — single particle of a substance
• Belarusian: ка́ліўца (káliwca) — single particle of a substance
• Bulgarian: частица (častica) — single particle of a substance
• Catalan: gra — single particle of a substance
• Chinese Mandarin: 粒 (lì) — single particle of a substance
• Czech: zrnko — single particle of a substance
• Dutch: korrel — single particle of a substance
• Esperanto: ero — single particle of a substance
• Esperanto: grajno — single particle of a substance
• Finnish: jyvä — single particle of a substance
• Finnish: jyvänen — single particle of a substance
• French: grain — single particle of a substance
• Galician: gran — single particle of a substance
• German: Körnchen — single particle of a substance
• Greek: κόκκος (kókkos) — single particle of a substance
• Ancient Greek: κόκκος (kókkos) — single particle of a substance
• Hebrew: גַּרְגִּיר (gargír) — single particle of a substance
• Italian: grano, granello — single particle of a substance
• Japanese: 粒 (tsubu) — single particle of a substance
• Macedonian: зрно (zrno) — single particle of a substance
• Malay: butir — single particle of a substance
• Māori: tōpata — single particle of a substance
• Polish: ziarenko — single particle of a substance
• Polish: ziarnko — single particle of a substance
• Portuguese: grão — single particle of a substance
• Portuguese: glóbulo — single particle of a substance
• Russian: зёрнышко (zjórnyško) — single particle of a substance
• Russian: крупи́нка (krupínka) — single particle of a substance
• Russian: крупи́ца (krupíca) — single particle of a substance
• Russian: части́ца (častíca) — single particle of a substance
• Sanskrit: कण (kaṇa) — single particle of a substance
• Scottish Gaelic: gràine — single particle of a substance
• Spanish: grano — single particle of a substance
• Swedish: korn — single particle of a substance
• Swedish: gryn — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: крупи́нка (krupýnka) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: части́нка (častýnka) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: дрі́бка (dríbka) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: зе́рнятко (zérnjatko) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: зе́рня (zérnja) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: зерня́ (zernjá) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: зерни́нка (zernýnka) — single particle of a substance
• Ukrainian: зере́нце (zerénce) — single particle of a substance
• Zulu: inhlamvu — single particle of a substance
• Bulgarian: гран (gran) — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Catalan: gra — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Czech: grán — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Dutch: grein — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Esperanto: grano — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Finnish: graani — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Galician: gran — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Galician: grao — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• German: Gran — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• German: Grän — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Hungarian: szemer — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Polish: gran — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Portuguese: grão — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Russian: гран (gran) — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Spanish: grano — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Swahili: kilo — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Swedish: gran — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Thai: เกรน (green) — unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight
• Portuguese: grão — unit of length notionally based on a grain's width
• Swedish: gran — unit of length notionally based on a grain's width
• Dutch: korrel — materials: region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction
• Finnish: kide — materials: region within a material having a single crystal structure or direction
• Finnish: kokenilli — reddish dye made from the coccus insect
• Finnish: martiopuoli — hair side of a piece of leather
• Finnish: mäski — remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation
• Finnish: luonne — temper; natural disposition; inclination
• Finnish: rakeisuus — visual texture in processed photographic film
• Finnish: ruokkia viljalla — to feed grain to
• Swahili: lisha — to feed grain to
• Bulgarian: гранулирам (granuliram) — to make granular
• Esperanto: grajnigi — to make granular
• Finnish: rakeistaa — to make granular
• French: grener — to make granular
• French: grainer — to make granular
• Finnish: rakeutua — to assume a granular form
• Finnish: ootrata — to imitate the grain of wood
• Finnish: poistaa karva — tanning: to remove the hair or fat from a skin
• Finnish: pehmittää — tanning: to soften leather
• French: tanner — tanning: to soften leather
• Finnish: kantaa hedelmää — to yield fruit