wheat

blé

Céréale dont on moud les grains pour faire la farine du pain, des pâtes et d’autres aliments.

En anglais simple : A crop whose grain is ground into flour to make bread, pasta, and other foods.

• Farmers grow wheat here.
• This bread is made from wheat flour.
• The wheat was ready to harvest in July.

Synonymes : triticum

Expressions courantes : wheat flour, wheat field, grow wheat

variété de blé

Type particulier de blé, la céréale utilisée pour faire de la farine à pain.

En anglais simple : A particular type of the crop used to make flour for bread.

• This wheat grows well in cold weather.
• The farm grows several wheats for different uses.
• Which wheat is best for making pasta?

Expressions courantes : hard wheat, soft wheat, winter wheat

couleur blé

Couleur brun clair qui rappelle les grains de blé mûrs.

En anglais simple : A pale brown colour like ripe grain.

• They chose wheat for the walls.
• The curtains were a soft shade of wheat.
• Would wheat look better than cream in this room?

Expressions courantes : shade of wheat, painted in wheat