frumento

wheat

noun froo-MEN-toh Rare

Origin: Latin frumentum (grain, corn), from frui (to enjoy/use).

Usage Note

Frumento is the formal and agricultural term for wheat; in everyday cooking Italians more often say grano. Both refer to Triticum, but frumento appears on packaging, in official statistics, and in technical contexts. Grano duro (durum wheat) and grano tenero (soft wheat) are the standard distinctions.

Examples

"Il frumento è la base della pasta italiana."

Natural Translation

Wheat is the basis of Italian pasta.

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