Phrase guide

wheat flour

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈwiːt ˌflaʊə(ɹ)/
  • /ˈʍiːt ˌflaʊə(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Flour made from wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: wheatmeal (broadly synonymous), wheat starch

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wheatmeal, wheat starch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flour, meal

2

noun

Meaning 2

exact synonym of flour

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Qualifier: US standards of identity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

flour prepared from wheat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: flour

Narrower terms: whole wheat flour, graham flour, graham, whole meal flour

History

Etymology

From Middle English weth-floure, equivalent to wheat + flour.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دقيق القمح (daqīq al-qamḥ) — flour from wheat
  • Arabic: طحين القمح (ṭaḥīn al-qamḥ) — flour from wheat
  • Bengali: গমের আটা (gomer ata) — flour from wheat
  • Catalan: farina de blat — flour from wheat
  • Chinese Cantonese: 小麥粉 /小麦粉 (siu2 mak6 fan2) — flour from wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 麵粉 /面粉 (miànfěn) — flour from wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 白麵 /白面 (báimiàn) — flour from wheat
  • Chinese Mandarin: 小麥粉 /小麦粉 (xiǎomàifěn) — flour from wheat
  • Danish: hvedemel — flour from wheat
  • Dutch: tarwebloem — flour from wheat
  • Dutch: tarwemeel — flour from wheat
  • Faroese: hveitimjøl — flour from wheat
  • Finnish: vehnäjauho — flour from wheat
  • French: farine de blé — flour from wheat
  • Galician: fariña de trigo — flour from wheat
  • Galician: fariña triga — flour from wheat
  • German: Weizenmehl — flour from wheat
  • Hindi: समिता (samitā) — flour from wheat
  • Hungarian: búzaliszt — flour from wheat
  • Indonesian: terigu — flour from wheat
  • Ingrian: saijajauho — flour from wheat
  • Ingrian: saijajauha — flour from wheat
  • Italian: farina di frumento — flour from wheat
  • Japanese: 小麦粉 (komugiko) — flour from wheat
  • Japanese: メリケン粉 (meriken-ko) — flour from wheat
  • Kazakh: бидай ұн (bidai ūn) — flour from wheat
  • Malay: tepung gandum — flour from wheat
  • Marathi: गव्हाचे पीठ (gavhācē pīṭha) — flour from wheat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hvetemel — flour from wheat
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kveitemjøl — flour from wheat
  • Polish: mąka pszenna — flour from wheat
  • Portuguese: farinha de trigo — flour from wheat
  • Romanian: făină de grâu — flour from wheat
  • Sanskrit: समिता (samitā) — flour from wheat
  • Spanish: harina de trigo — flour from wheat
  • Swahili: unga wa ngano — flour from wheat
  • Swedish: vetemjöl — flour from wheat
  • Telugu: గోధుమపిండి (gōdhumapiṇḍi) — flour from wheat
  • Thai: แป้งสาลี — flour from wheat
  • Urdu: گندم کا آٹا (gandum ka aata) — flour from wheat
  • Vietnamese: bột mì — flour from wheat