secale

Meaning

rye, a kind of grain

Concepts

rye

rye whisky

Synonyms

centēnum

centenum

Translations

centeio

seigle

Roggen

centeno

segale

rogge

σίκαλη

sègol

tarîgan

çexdar

şilêl

açar

baçîk

sègoll

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈseː.ka.ɫɛ]

Etymology

Unknown. Maybe a loanword from a language spoken in the Balkans. Has been compared unconvincingly to sēcula (“sickle”) and secō (“to cut”).