Standard Lemma guide

wheaten

adj · noun · 5 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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  • /ˈwiːtən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • /ˈʍiːtən/ without the wine–whine merger
  • rhymes with -iːtən
  • CMU ARPABET: W IY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: HH W IY1 T AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • wheaten bread
  • wheaten flour

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A wheaten terrier

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective

Meaning 5

of or relating to or derived from wheat

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • wheaten bread

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whole-wheat, wholemeal

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пшеничен (pšeničen) — made from wheat
  • Bulgarian: житен (žiten) — made from wheat
  • Finnish: vehnä- — made from wheat
  • Finnish: vehnäinen — made from wheat
  • German: Weizen- — made from wheat
  • Ingrian: vehnäin — made from wheat
  • Lithuanian: kvietinis — made from wheat
  • Polish: pszenny — made from wheat
  • Polish: pszeniczny — made from wheat
  • Romanian: din grâu — made from wheat
  • Spanish: de trigo — made from wheat
  • Volapük: vuita- — made from wheat
  • Volapük: vuitik — made from wheat
  • Yiddish: ווייצן (veytsn) — made from wheat