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wholegrain

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From whole + grain.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حَبَّة كَامِلَة — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Arabic: بُرّ (burr) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Basque: osoko — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Bulgarian: пълнозъ́рнест (pǎlnozǎ́rnest) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全麥 /全麦 (quánmài) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全穀物 /全谷物 (quángǔwù) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Czech: celozrnný — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Dutch: volkoren — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Finnish: täysjyvä — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • French: entier — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • French: grain entier — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • German: Vollkorn — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Hungarian: teljes kiőrlésű — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Hungarian: korpás — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Italian: integrale — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Japanese: 全粒 (zenryū) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Māori: pata tikitū — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Iranian Persian: غَلِّهٔ کَامِل (ġalle-ye kâmel) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Iranian Persian: غَلِّهٔ سَبوسدار (ġalle-ye sabus-dâr) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Polish: żywność pełnoziarnista — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Romanian: integral — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Russian: це́льное зерно́ (célʹnoje zernó) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Russian: цельнозерново́й (celʹnozernovój) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Russian: це́льный (célʹnyj) — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Spanish: integral — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Swedish: fullkorn — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Swedish: fullkorns- — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran
  • Vietnamese: ngũ cốc nguyên cám — cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran