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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries大麦
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ōmugi
"大麦は麦茶の原料としても使われます。"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A hardy cereal grain that has long bristles sprouting from the ears, used for food, in brewing beer, and for feeding livestock.
"Farmers in the region grow wheat and barley."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English bere (barley) combined with lic (like, similar to), tracing back to Proto-Germanic *bariz and Indo-European roots related to flour and grain. Historically, it was one of the first cultivated grains in Eurasia, foundational to early human agriculture and brewing.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Barley" is said worldwide
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orge
Transliteration: orge
"La bière est fabriquée à partir d'orge."
Gerste
Transliteration: Gerste
"Gerste wird oft für die Bierbrauerei verwendet."
orzo
Transliteration: orzo
"L'orzo è un cereale molto antico."
cebada
Transliteration: cebada
"La sopa de verduras lleva cebada."
cevada
Transliteration: cevada
"A cevada é usada na produção de cerveja."
जौ
Transliteration: jau
"स्वास्थ्य के लिए जौ का पानी बहुत फायदेमंद होता है।"
大麦
Transliteration: dàmài
"这种啤酒是用优质大麦酿造的。"
보리
Transliteration: bori
"한국에서는 보리밥을 자주 먹습니다."
大麦
Transliteration: ōmugi
"大麦は麦茶の原料としても使われます。"
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