barley

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (uncountable, usually) A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
2. (Singapore, uncountable, usually) The seed of Job's tears. (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Sinonieme

wheat

grain

barleycorn

oats

fodder

fodder plant

forage

etc.

grass

millet

namely

oat

corn

🌽

paddy

pasture

sorghum

staff of life

sugarplums

two-rowed barley

cereal

Hordeum

bere

Hordeum vulgare

common barley

hordeum

Vertalings

orge

Gerste

orzo

cebada

cevada

gerst

κριθάρι

hordeum

ordi

arpa

شعير

Hordeum

òrdi

Weizen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈbɑɹli/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: barly

Geërf van Old English: bærlīċ

Verwante met Skots: bere

Verwante met Old Norse: barr

Verwante met Engels: brew

In summary

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.