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frumento

/fruˈmen.to/noun · masculineC1
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Meaning

wheat

  • a cereal grain cultivated widely for food and flour production

In a sentence

I campi di frumento dorato coprono tutta la valle.

The fields of golden wheat cover the whole valley.

La produzione di frumento è calata a causa della siccità estiva.

Wheat production fell due to the summer drought.

Quale tipo di frumento usano per questa farina pregiata?

Which kind of wheat do they use for this fine flour?

Word forms (2)
WordWord forms
frumentomasculine · singular
frumentimasculine · plural

Usage notes

  • 'Grano' is more common in everyday spoken Italian; 'frumento' is preferred in technical, agricultural, or formal contexts.

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