Phrase guide

wholemeal bread

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

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noun

Meaning 1

Bread made from wholemeal flour, having had none of the bran or germ removed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bread, food

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noun

Meaning 2

Bread made from wholemeal flour, having had none of the bran or germ removed.

Such bread made from wholemeal wheat flour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: especially, uncountable, usually

Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: whole-wheat bread, wheat bread, wheat, brown bread

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bread, food

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пълнозъ́рнест хляб (pǎlnozǎ́rnest hljab) — bread
  • Chinese Mandarin: 全麥麵包 /全麦面包 (quánmài miànbāo) — bread
  • Danish: fuldkornsbrød — bread
  • Dutch: volkorenbrood — bread
  • Estonian: täisteraleib — bread
  • Finnish: kokojyväleipä — bread
  • French: pain complet — bread
  • Galician: pan integral — bread
  • German: Vollkornbrot — bread
  • Greek: ψωμί ολικής άλεσης (psomí olikís álesis) — bread
  • Hungarian: teljes kiőrlésű kenyér — bread
  • Hungarian: korpás kenyér — bread
  • Hungarian: teljes kiőrlésű gabonából készült kenyér — bread
  • Icelandic: heilhveitibrauð — bread
  • Irish: caiscín — bread
  • Irish: arán caiscín — bread
  • Italian: pane integrale — bread
  • Korean: 통밀빵 (tongmilppang) — bread
  • Norwegian: fullkornbrød — bread
  • Polish: chleb razowy — bread
  • Portuguese: pão integral — bread
  • Romanian: pâine integrală — bread
  • Russian: цельнозерновой хлеб (celʹnozernovoj xleb) — bread
  • Spanish: pan integral — bread
  • Swedish: fullkornsbröd — bread
  • Vietnamese: bánh mì ngũ cốc nguyên cám — bread