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Definition: Wheaten |
WheatenAdjective1. Of or relating to or derived from wheat; "wheaten bread". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wheaten" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Note: Wheaten \Wheat"en\, adjective. [from Anglo-Saxon expression hw[ae]ten.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: WheatenSynonyms: wholemeal (adj), whole-wheat (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Wheaten |
| English words defined with "wheaten": soft-coated wheaten terrier. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "wheaten": Aleuromancy. (references) |
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| "Wheaten" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 85.71% of the time. "Wheaten" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 85.71% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (past participle) | 14.29% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "wheaten": wheaten bread. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "wheaten": wheaten-coloured. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "wheaten"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i grunjtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | житен (cereal, corny, grain, graminaceous, gramineous, wheat), пшеничен (wheat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pšenièný. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vehnäleipä (wheaten bread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pain de froment (wheaten bread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Weizens. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σιταρένιοσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bwilleen churnee (wheaten loaf), arran curnee (wheaten bread). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eatenwhay de grâu. (various references) пшеничный. (various references) vete (corn, wheat). (various references) buğdaydan yapılmış. (various references) пшеничний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai artouV azumouV pefuramenouV en elaiw kai lagana azuma kecrismena en elaiw semidalin ek purwn poihseiV auta |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Panesque azymos et crustula absque fermento quae conspersa sint oleo lagana quoque azyma oleo lita de simila triticea cuncta facies |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And therf looues, and a cake with outen sour dowy, the whiche ben thei spreynde with oyle, and therf cramcakes wett with oyle; and of puyr whete meele thow shalt make alle thingis, and put in a leepe thow shalt offre. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Ad vnleueded bred and cakes of swete bred tempered with oyle and wafers of swete bred anoynted with oyle (of wheten floure shalt thou make them) |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil; of wheat flour shalt thou make them. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 29, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug tinapay nga walay levadura, ug mga tinapay nga malingin nga walay levadura nga sinaktan sa lana, ug mga tinapay nga manipis nga walay levadura nga dinihogan ug lana; nga kini pagabuhaton mo gikan sa harina sa trigo: |
| Croatian | onda beskvasnoga kruha, beskvasnih kolaèa zamiješenih u ulju i beskvasnih prevrta uljem namazanih. Napravi ih od bijeloga pšeniènog brašna. |
| Danish | usyrede Brød, usyrede Kager, rørte i Olie, og usyrede Fladbrød, smurte med Olie; af fint Hvedemel skal du bage dem. |
| Dutch | En ongezuurd brood, en ongezuurde koeken, met olie gemengd, en ongezuurde vladen, met olie bestreken; van tarwemeelbloem zult gij dezelve maken. |
| Finnish | ja happamatonta leipää ja öljyyn leivottuja happamattomia kakkuja ja öljyllä voideltuja happamattomia ohukaisia; leivo ne lestyistä nisujauhoista. |
| French | Fais, avec de la fleur de farine de froment, des pains sans levain, des gâteaux sans levain pétris à l`huile, et des galettes sans levain arrosées d`huile. |
| German | ungesäuertes Brot und ungesäuerte Kuchen, mit Öl gemengt, und ungesäuerte Fladen, mit Öl gesalbt; von Weizenmehl sollst du solches alles machen. |
| Haitian Creole | W'a pran bon farin frans, w'a fè kèk pen san ledven, kèk gato san ledven, men ak lwil melanje nan pa t' la. W'a fè tou kèk gato plat san ledven wouze ak lwil. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Dari tepung terigu yang paling baik, buatlah adonan tanpa ragi. Sebagian adonan itu harus dibuat roti dengan minyak zaitun, sebagian lagi tanpa minyak, dan sisanya dibuat kue yang dioles dengan minyak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan roti fatir dan apam fatir yang telah diramas dengan minyak, dan adonan fatir yang disapu minyak, maka hendaklah kauperbuat sekalian ini dari pada tepung gandum. |
| Italian | poi pani azzimi, focacce azzime impastate con olio e schiacciate azzime cosparse di olio: di fior di farina di frumento. |
| Maori | He taro rewenakore, he keke rewenakore, i konatunatua ki te hinu, he mea angiangi ano hoki, he rewenakore, i pania ki te hinu: he mea hanga e koe ki te paraoa witi. |
| Norwegian | Og usyret brød Og usyrede kaker med olje i, og usyrede, tynne brødleiver, smurt med olje; av fint hvetemel skal du lage dem. |
| Portuguese | e pão ázimo, e bolos ázimos, amassados com azeite, e coscorões ázimos, untados com azeite; de flor de farinha de trigo os farás; |
| Rumanian | Fq, cu fqinq aleasq de grku, niwte azimi, turte nedospite, frqmkntate cu untdelemn, wi plqcinte nedospite, stropite cu untdelemn. |
| Russian | Й ИМЕВПЧ РТЕУОЩИ, Й ПРТЕУОПЛПЧ, УНЕЫБООЩИ У ЕМЕЕН, Й МЕРЕЫЕЛ РТЕУОЩИ, РПНБЪБООЩИ ЕМЕЕН: ЙЪ НХЛЙ РЫЕОЙЮОПК УДЕМБК ЙИ, |
| Spanish | panes sin levadura, tortas sin levadura amasadas con aceite y galletas sin levadura untadas con aceite. Harás estas cosas de harina fina de trigo. |
| Swedish | och osyrat bröd och osyrade kakor, begjutna med olja, och osyrade tunnkakor, smorda med olja; av fint vetemjöl skall du baka dem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "wheaten": wheatens. (additional references) | |
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"Wheaten" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: heaten, theaten, weaten, weatern, whease, wheata, wheate, wheatena, wheatens, wheater, wheating, Whelton. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wheaten" (pronounced wē"tun or hwē"tun) |
| 5 | w ē" t u n | sweeten. |
| 4 | -ē" t u n | beaten, eaten, Seton, unbeaten. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, batten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, enlighten, exoskeleton, fatten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, whiten, written. |
| 5 | -w ē" t u n | sweeten. |
| 4 | -ē" t u n | beaten, eaten, Seton, unbeaten. |
| 3 | -t u n | actin, badminton, batten, begotten, biotin, bitten, Boston, boughten, Bouton, brighten, bulletin, Burton, button, Canton, capstan, captain, carton, certain, charlatan, chieftain, clandestine, cosmopolitan, cotton, craton, curtain, Dalton, dentin, dishearten, enlighten, exoskeleton, fatten, flatten, forgotten, fountain, frighten, frostbitten, gelatin, gluten, gotten, guncotton, handwritten, hearten, heighten, highfalutin, intermountain, intestine, jetton, kindergarten, kitten, lighten, litten, lovastatin, Manhattan, marten, Martin, Melton, metropolitan, misbegotten, mitten, molten, mountain, mutton, nekton, Newton, overwritten, Parton, Patten, phytoplankton, piston, plankton, plantain, platen, pleasing, ponton, predestine, prolactin, puritan, rewritten, rotten, Samaritan, satin, Sexton, shorten, Singleton, skeleton, smitten, spartan, straighten, sultan, tartan, teston, threaten, tighten, Titan, Triton, tungsten, typewritten, unbutton, uncertain, underwritten, unwritten, verboten, wanton, whiten, written. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-h-n-t-w" | |
-1 letter: atween, ethane. | |
-2 letters: eaten, enate, neath, thane, tween, wheat, wheen. | |
-3 letters: anew, ante, awee, eath, etna, haen, haet, hant, hate, heat, hent, hewn, hwan, neat, newt, teen, thae, than, thaw, thee, then, thew, twae, twee, wane, want, wean, ween, weet, went, what, whee, when, whet. | |
-4 letters: ane, ant, ate, awe, awn, eat, eta, eth. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-h-n-t-w" | |
+1 letter: enswathe, wheatens, wreathen. | |
+2 letters: enswathed, enswathes, enwreathe, unwreathe. | |
+3 letters: enwreathed, enwreathes, unwreathed, unwreathes, wavelength, weathering, weatherman, weathermen, whatnesses. | |
+4 letters: downhearted, earthenware, enwreathing, kitchenware, stonewashed, unweathered, wavelengths, wealthiness, weatherings, weatherworn. | |
+5 letters: cartwheeling, earthenwares, kitchenwares, waterishness, weatherizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 68 65 61 74 65 6E |
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