épeautre

From Middle French, from Old French espiautre, espelte (“spelt, corn”), from Late Latin spelta (“spelt”), from Frankish *spelta (“spelt”), from Proto-Germanic *spiltō, *spiltaz (“spelt”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pelbʰ-, *(s)pelbʰ-t- (“spelt, spelt meal”). Cognate with Old High German spelza (“spelt”), Old Saxon spelta (“spelt”), Old English spelt (“spelt”). More at spelt.

• IPA^(key): /e.potʁ/

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• Rhymes: -otʁ

épeautre m (uncountable)

1. spelt (Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta or Triticum spelta)

• petit épeautre (“einkorn wheat”)

• “épeautre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).