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centeo.

rye (grass or its grains as food)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

noun/θenˈteo̝//θenˈtew//senˈteo̝/Western
  1. rye (grass or its grains as food)

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo, from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Portuguese centeio, Spanish centeno.

adj/θenˈteo̝//θenˈtew//senˈteo̝/Western
  1. of rye

Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese centẽo, from Latin centēnus (“a hundred things”), from centum (“a hundred”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm. Cognate with Portuguese centeio, Spanish centeno.

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