rye

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* As an English surname, variant of Rea. * Also as an English surname, from the noun rye. * As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”). * As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord. * The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.

Inherited from Middle English rye, rie, from Old English ryġe, from Proto-West Germanic *rugi, from Proto-Germanic *rugiz. Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Rocken, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian rudzi.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: thekër — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Albanian: thekën (gheg) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Southern Altai: арыш (arïš) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Arabic: سُلْت (sult) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Arabic: شَيْلَم (šaylam) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Arabic: جَاوْدَار (jāwdār) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Arabic: سويڭلة (swigla) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Armenian: տարեկան (tarekan) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Armenian: աշորա (ašora) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Asturian: centén — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Avar: огоб (ogob) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Azerbaijani: çovdar — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Bashkir: арыш (arış) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Basque: zekale — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Belarusian: жы́та (žýta) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Breton: segal — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Bulgarian: ръж (rǎž) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Catalan: sègol — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Chechen: ӏаьржа кӏа (ˀärža kʼa) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑麥 /黑麦 (hak1 mak6) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑麥 /黑麦 (hēi mài) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Chuvash: ыраш (yraš) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• West Circassian: хьэпцӏий (ḥɛpcʼij) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Cornish: sugal — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Crimean Tatar: арыш (arış) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Czech: žito — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Danish: rug — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Dargwa: сусул (susul) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Dutch: rogge — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Esperanto: sekalo — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Estonian: rukis — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Faroese: rugur — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Finnish: ruis — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• French: seigle — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• West-Frisian: rogge — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Friulian: siale — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Galician: centeo — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Galician: cebeira — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Georgian: ჭვავი (č̣vavi) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• German: Roggen — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Greek: σίκαλη (síkali) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Ancient Greek: βρίζα (bríza) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Hawaiian: palaoa ʻeleʻele — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Hebrew: שיפון (shifón) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Hindi: नीवारिका (nīvārikā) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Hungarian: rozs — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Icelandic: rúgur — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Indonesian: gandum hitam — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Irish: seagal — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Italian: segale — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Japanese: ライムギ (raimugi) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Japanese: 黒麦 (kuromugi) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Karelian: ruis — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Kazakh: қарабидай (qarabidai) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Kazakh: арыс (arys) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Komi-Permyak: сю (śu) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Komi-Zyrian: сю (śu) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Komi-Zyrian: рудзӧг (rudźög) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Korean: 호밀 (homil) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Northern Kurdish: açar — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Northern Kurdish: şilêl — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Northern Kurdish: çewder — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Northern Kurdish: tarîgan — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Northern Kurdish: baçîk — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lak: сус (sus) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Latgalian: rudzi — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Latin: sēcale — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Latvian: rudzi — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Ligurian: seiga — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lithuanian: rugys — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lithuanian: rugiai — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lombard: segra — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Macedonian: ’рж (’rž) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Malay: rai — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Malayalam: ശീമവരക് (śīmavarakŭ) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Manx: shoggyl — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Māori: rai — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Eastern Mari: уржа (urža) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Western Mari: ыржа (yrža) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Middle English: rye — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Mòcheno: rocken — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Norwegian Bokmål: rug — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rug — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Occitan: segal — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Old English: ryġe — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Old Norse: rugr — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Persian: چاودار (čâvdâr) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Piedmontese: seil — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Plautdietsch: Rogg — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Polish: żyto — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Portuguese: centeio — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Romagnol: sēgval — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Romanian: secară — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Russian: рожь (rožʹ) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Russian: жи́то (žíto) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Scottish Gaelic: seagal — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̑ж — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Serbo-Croatian: rȃž — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Slovak: žito — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Slovak: raž — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Slovene: ŕž — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lower Sorbian: žyto — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Lower Sorbian: rež — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Upper Sorbian: rožka — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Upper Sorbian: žito — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Spanish: centeno — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Swedish: råg — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Tagalog: senteno — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Tatar: арыш (arış) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Turkish: çavdar — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Ottoman Turkish: چاودار (çavdar) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Tuvan: көк-тараа (kök-taraa) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Udmurt: ӟег (dźeg) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Ukrainian: жи́то (žýto) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Vietnamese: lúa mạch đen — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Volapük: sägul — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Volapük: glön — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Walloon: swele — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Walloon: waessén — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Walloon: rigon — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Welsh: rhyg — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food
• Yiddish: קאָרן (korn) — the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food