Phrase guide

rye bread

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A bread made partly or entirely with rye flour, which may be wholemeal (wholegrain) flour or not.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rye

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bread, food

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noun

Meaning 2

any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour

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: black bread, pumpernickel, Jewish rye bread, Jewish rye, limpa, Swedish rye bread, Swedish rye

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bashkir: арыш икмәге (arış ikməge) — type of bread
  • Bulgarian: ръжен хляб (rǎžen hljab) — type of bread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑麥麵包 /黑麦面包 (hēimài miànbāo) — type of bread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑麵包 /黑面包 (hēimiànbāo) — type of bread
  • Czech: žitný chléb — type of bread
  • Danish: rugbrød — type of bread
  • Dutch: roggebrood — type of bread
  • Esperanto: sekalpano — type of bread
  • Esperanto: sekala pano — type of bread
  • Estonian: rukkileib — type of bread
  • Faroese: rugbreyð — type of bread
  • Finnish: ruisleipä — type of bread
  • French: pain de seigle — type of bread
  • French: pain noir — type of bread
  • Galician: pan de centeo — type of bread
  • Galician: pancenteo — type of bread
  • German: Roggenbrot — type of bread
  • German: Pumpernickel — type of bread
  • German: Schwarzbrot — type of bread
  • Hebrew: לחם שיפון (lékhem shifón) — type of bread
  • Hungarian: rozskenyér — type of bread
  • Icelandic: rúgbrauð — type of bread
  • Ingrian: ruisleipä — type of bread
  • Italian: pane di segale — type of bread
  • Japanese: ライ麦パン (raimugi-pan) — type of bread
  • Korean: 호밀빵 (homilppang) — type of bread
  • Latgalian: malnuo maize — type of bread
  • Latgalian: rudzu maize — type of bread
  • Latvian: rupjmaize — type of bread
  • Latvian: rudzu maize — type of bread
  • Latvian: melnā maize — type of bread
  • Livonian: riggilēba — type of bread
  • Norwegian Bokmål: rugbrød — type of bread
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: rugbrød — type of bread
  • Plautdietsch: Roggenbroot — type of bread
  • Polish: chleb żytni — type of bread
  • Portuguese: pão de centeio — type of bread
  • Russian: ржано́й хлеб (ržanój xleb) — type of bread
  • Russian: чёрный хлеб (čórnyj xleb) — type of bread
  • Skolt-Sami: ča ́ppeslei ́bb — type of bread
  • Slovak: ražný chlieb — type of bread
  • Spanish: pan de centeno — type of bread
  • Swedish: rågbröd — type of bread
  • Turkish: çavdar ekmeği — type of bread
  • Ukrainian: жи́тній хліб (žýtnij xlib) — type of bread
  • Ukrainian: житня́к (žytnják) — type of bread
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì đen — type of bread
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì lúa mạch — type of bread
  • Yiddish: קאָרנברויט (kornbroyt) — type of bread