wholegrain

English

Alternative forms

• whole grain
• whole-grain

Etymology

From whole +‎ grain.

Noun

wholegrain (plural wholegrains)

1. A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
   • 2009 January 25, By Joanna Hall, “Teen tips for healthy eating”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     Best sources lean red meat, poultry, fish, dark green, leafy vegetables and wholegrain cereals.

Derived terms

• wholegrain bread

 

Related terms

• wholemeal (adjective)
• whole-wheat (adjective)

Translations

cereal grain that contains germ, endosperm, and bran

• Arabic:

  Hijazi Arabic: بُرّ (burr)

• Basque: osoko (adjective)
• Bulgarian: пълнозъ́рнест (pǎlnozǎ́rnest) (adjective)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 全麥 / 全麦 (zh) (quánmài), 全穀物 / 全谷物 (zh) (quángǔwù)

• Czech: celozrnný (adjective)
• Dutch: volkoren (nl) (adjective)
• Finnish: täysjyvä
• French: entier (fr) (adjective), grain entier m
• German: Vollkorn (de) n
• Hungarian: teljes kiőrlésű, korpás (hu) (adjective)
• Italian: integrale (it) (adjective)
• Japanese: 全粒 (ぜんりゅう, zenryū)
• Maori: pata tikitū
• Romanian: integral (ro) (adjective)
• Russian: це́льное зерно́ n (célʹnoje zernó), цельнозерново́й (ru) (celʹnozernovój) (adjective), це́льный (ru) (célʹnyj) (adjective)
• Spanish: integral (es) (adjective)
• Swedish: fullkorn (sv), fullkorns-
• Vietnamese: ngũ cốc nguyên cám