spelta

See also: Spelta

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin spelta (spelt), from Frankish *spelta (spelt), from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz (spelt).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspɛl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlta
  • Hyphenation: spèl‧ta

Noun

spelta f (plural spelte)

  1. spelt (Triticum spelta)

See also

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *spelta, from Proto-Germanic *spiltaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

spelta f (genitive speltae); first declension

  1. spelt (cereal) (Triticum spelta)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative spelta speltae
genitive speltae speltārum
dative speltae speltīs
accusative speltam speltās
ablative speltā speltīs
vocative spelta speltae

Descendants

  • Catalan: espelta
  • Old French: espiautre
  • Galician: espelta
  • Italian: spelta
  • Portuguese: espelta
  • Spanish: espelta

References

  • spelta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "spelta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • spelta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.