froment

Inherited from Latin frūmentum.

froment m (plural froments) (ORB, broad)

1. wheat

   Synonym: blât

• froment in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• froment in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French froment, from Old French furment, from Latin frūmentum (via a Vulgar Latin form without a long vowel).

• IPA^(key): /fʁɔ.mɑ̃/

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froment m (plural froments)

1. (dated, agriculture) wheat, bread wheat, common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
2. (Switzerland) (any) cereal (type of grass cultivated for its edible grains)

• blé

• frumentaire

• “froment”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• forment

• forment, fourment

Inherited from Old French frument, from Latin frūmentum.

froment m (plural froments)

1. wheat

• blé

• French: froment
• →? Middle English: furment, firment, frument

• ferment, formant, forment, fronment, furment

Inherited from Latin frūmentum, from fruor (“to enjoy”).

froment oblique singular, m (oblique plural fromenz or fromentz, nominative singular fromenz or fromentz, nominative plural froment)

1. wheat

• Middle French: froment, forment, fourment
  • French: froment
  • →? Middle English: furment, firment, frument