noun · Food & Drink

rye

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The meaning (definition) of the word rye

a grain used to make dark brown bread

The word rye used in a sentence

Grandma bakes dark brown rye bread for our family dinner.

How the word rye is said around the world

Frenchseigle (segl)
Spanishcenteno (thayntaynoh)
Mandarin黑麦 (hēi mài)
Hindiराई (ry)
Arabicالجاودار (ahljowdahr)
Russianрожь (rozh')
Portuguese (EU)centeio (sayngtayuu)
Portuguese (BR)centeio (sayngtayuu)
Japaneseライ麦 (rai mugi)
GermanRoggen (rawguhn)
Urduرائی (ry)
Punjabiਰਾਈ (ry)
Korean호밀 (homil)
Hebrewשִׁיפוֹן (sheefohnuh)
Greekσίκαλη (sikale)
Dutchrogge (rawghuh)
Tagalogsenteno (suhntenoh)
Vietnameselúa mạch đen (loouhur mayky den)
Turkishçavdar (chahvdahr)
Persianچاودار (chahvdahr)
Polishżyto (zhitaw)
Ukrainianжито (zhyto)
Bengaliরাই (ry)
Swedishråg (rohg)
Italiansegale (saygahlay)

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