Soba is made of buckwheat flour, and udon and kishimen are made of plain wheat flour.
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Buckwheat
//ˈbʌkʍiːt//
Synonyms for "buckwheat" (5 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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7 entriesTranslations
132 translations across 68 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- bokwiet noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Arabic
2 entries- حِنْطَة سَوْدَاء noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- حِنْطَة سَوْدَاء noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Armenian
1 entries- հնդկացորեն noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- qarabaşaq noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- qarabaşaq yarması noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Bashkir
2 entries- ҡарабойҙай noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- ҡарабойҙай noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Belarusian
1 entries- грэ́чка noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Breton
1 entries- gwinizh-du noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Bulgarian
1 entries- елда noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Catalan
3 entries- blat sarraí noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- fajol noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- gra de fajol noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 蕎麥 /荞麦 noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- 蕎麥 /荞麦 noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 蕎麥 /荞麦 noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- 蕎麥 /荞麦 noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Czech
1 entries- pohanka noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Danish
1 entries- boghvede noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Dutch
3 entries- beuktarwe noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- boekweit noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- boekweit noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- шемшыдаҥ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Erzya
1 entries- ликша noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Esperanto
2 entries- fagopiro noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- poligono noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Estonian
1 entries- tatar noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Finnish
3 entries- tattari noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- tattari noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- viljatatar noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
French
4 entries- blé noir noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- blé sarrasin noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- sarrasin noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- sarrasin noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Galician
1 entries- trigo sarraceno noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Gallo
1 entries- bié naïr noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Georgian
2 entries- წიწიბურა noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- წიწიბურა noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
German
2 entries- Buchweizen noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- Buchweizen noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Greek
1 entries- φαγόπυρο noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Hebrew
1 entries- כֻּסֶּמֶת noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Hindi
2 entries- कूटू noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- कूटू noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Hungarian
2 entries- hajdina noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- hajdina noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Icelandic
3 entries- bæki noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- bókhveiti noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- bókhveiti noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Ingrian
2 entries- greecina noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- greecina noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Irish
3 entries- lus na gcearc ruán noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- ruán noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- ruán noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Italian
3 entries- fagopiro noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- grano saraceno noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- grano saraceno noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Japanese
2 entries- 蕎麦 noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- 蕎麦 noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Kalmyk
2 entries- меерә noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- меерә noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Karelian
2 entries- greču noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- krečču noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Kazakh
1 entries- қарақұмық noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- yōhtsùh noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Korean
2 entries- 메밀 noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- 메밀 noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Latvian
1 entries- griķi noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Lithuanian
1 entries- grikiai noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- hejduša noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- pšusnica noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Lü
1 entries- ᦶᦌᧁᧉᦖᦻᧈ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Macedonian
2 entries- елда noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- хелда noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Malayalam
1 entries- കുതിരഗോതമ്പ് noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Manchu
2 entries- ᠮᡝᡵᡝ noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- ᠮᡝᡵᡝ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Mongolian
4 entries- сагаг noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- сагаг noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- сагадай noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- сагадай noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Māori
2 entries- witi paka noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- witi paka noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- bokhvete noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꈾ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Polish
2 entries- gryka noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- gryka noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Portuguese
4 entries- fagópiro noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- trigo-mourisco noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- trigo-mourisco noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- trigo-mouro noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Romanian
2 entries- hrișcă noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- hrișcă noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Russian
3 entries- гре́чка noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- гречи́ха noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- гречи́ха noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- cruithneachd-buidhe noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- cruithneachd-buidhe noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- heljda noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- хељда noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Slovak
1 entries- pohánka noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Slovene
1 entries- ajda noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Spanish
3 entries- alforfón noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- alforfón noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- trigo sarraceno noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Swedish
2 entries- bovete noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- bovete noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Tagalog
1 entries- hayang trigo noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
Tatar
1 entries- карабодай noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Tibetan
1 entries- རྒྱ་བྲ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Turkish
2 entries- karabuğday noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- karabuğday noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Ukrainian
2 entries- гре́чка noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- гре́чка noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Uzbek
2 entries- grechka noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- marjumak noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Vietnamese
2 entries- kiều mạch noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- lúa mạch noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Welsh
2 entries- gwenith yr hydd noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- gwenith yr hydd noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Yiddish
4 entries- בוכווייץ noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- בוכווייץ noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
- גריקע noun (Fagopyrum esculentum plant)
- גריקע noun (fruit of this plant as cereal)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
There is a custom of eating buckwheat noodles on New Year's Eve in Japan.
Source: tatoeba (684675)
Buckwheat has become more expensive.
Source: tatoeba (3650836)
I'll tell her how awful good you've been. I'll bet she meets us at the door of heaven with a big pitcher of water, and a lot of buckwheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both sides, like Bob and me was fond of.
Source: tatoeba (6310883)
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