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Etymology

Germanic cognates include Dutch and West Frisian rogge, Low German Rogg, German Roggen, Rocken, Old Norse rugr (Danish rug, Swedish råg); non-Germanic cognates include Russian рожь (rožʹ) and Latvian rudzi.

Pronunciation

enPR: rī, IPA^(key): /ɹaɪ/Category:English 1-syllable words#RYE Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#RYE
Audio (US): (file)
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#RYE
Rhymes: -aɪ Category:Rhymes:English/aɪ#RYE Category:Rhymes:English/aɪ/1 syllable#RYE
Homophone: wryCategory:English terms with homophones#RYE

Noun

rye (countable and uncountable, plural ryes)Category:English lemmas#RYE Category:English nouns#RYE Category:English uncountable nouns#RYE Category:English countable nouns#RYE Category:English countable nouns#RYE Category:English entries with incorrect language header#RYE Category:Pages with entries#RYE Category:Pages with 4 entries#RYE

A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. [from 8th c.]
Hypernyms: cerealCategory:English links with manual fragments#RYE, grain, corn

Coordinate terms: wheat, barley, maize, corn (maize sense)

They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
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The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]
This field will be planted to rye next spring.
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(uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#RYE, countable Category:English countable nouns#RYE) Ellipsis of rye breadCategory:English ellipses#RYE. [from 19th c.]
Hypernyms: bread < food

Coordinate terms: white, wheat, pumpernickel

Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
Category:English terms with usage examples#RYE
(US Category:American English#RYE, Canada Category:Canadian English#RYE, uncountable Category:English uncountable nouns#RYE, countable Category:English countable nouns#RYE) Ellipsis of rye whiskeyCategory:English ellipses#RYE, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain. [from 19th c.]
He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.
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- 1925, John Dos Passos, Manhattan Transfer, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC, 2nd section, page 146:
  “Gimme a shot of rye.” The whiskey stung his throat hot and fragrant.
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- 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 159:
  I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.
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- 1971, “American Pie”, in American Pie‎, performed by Don McLean:
  Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey ’n rye/Singin’, "This’ll be the day that I die."
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(US Category:American English#RYE, Canada Category:Canadian English#RYE, countable Category:English countable nouns#RYE) A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.
I'll have a rye, neat, please.
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- 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 17:
  It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure.
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(loosely, sometimes proscribed Category:English proscribed terms#RYE) Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
(loosely, sometimes proscribed Category:English proscribed terms#RYE) Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
A disease of hawks.
- 1486, Juliana Berners, Book of Saint Albans:
  And if it [vndeꝛ the peꝛch] be grene ſhe engenderith the Ry. The condicion of this euell is this, it wil ariſe in the hede and make the hede to ſwell, ⁊ the iyen all glaymous, and dyrke, and bot it haue helpe: it will downe in to the legges, and maake the legges to rancle, and if it goo fro the legges in to the hede a gayne, thi hawke is bot looſt.
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- 1618, Symon Latham, Latham's Falconry:
  Of all the diseases that belongs to these Hawkes, there bee onely three that they bee most subiect vnto, which is the Rye, the Crampe, and the Craye.
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(gypsy slang Category:English slang#RYE) A young man.
Coordinate term: rawnie

Hyponym: Romany rye
- 1893, Elizabeth Robins Pennell, To Gipsyland (page 2)
  The Rye is my uncle, Hans Breitmann, Mr. Leland, whom all the Romanies know. His gipsy lore was great; […]

Coordinate terms

(Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat

Derived terms

Translations

the grass Secale cereale or its grains as food

Category:Entries with translation boxes#RYE

Albanian: thekër (sq) fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RYE, thekën fCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#RYE (gheg)
Altai:
Southern Altai: арыш (arïš)Category:Terms with Southern Altai translations#RYE
Arabic: سُلْت (sult)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#RYE, شَيْلَم (šaylam)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#RYE, جَاوْدَار (jāwdār)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#RYE
Moroccan Arabic: سويڭلة f (swigla)Category:Terms with Moroccan Arabic translations#RYE
Armenian: տարեկան (hy) (tarekan)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#RYE, աշորա (hy) (ašora)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#RYE
Asturian: centén mCategory:Terms with Asturian translations#RYE
Avar: огоб (ogob)Category:Terms with Avar translations#RYE
Azerbaijani: çovdar (az)Category:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#RYE
Bashkir: арыш (arış)Category:Terms with Bashkir translations#RYE
Basque: zekaleCategory:Terms with Basque translations#RYE
Belarusian: жы́та n (žýta)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#RYE
Breton: segal (br)Category:Terms with Breton translations#RYE
Bulgarian: ръж (bg) f (rǎž)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#RYE
Catalan: sègol (ca) mCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#RYE
Chechen: ӏаьржа кӏа (ˀärža kʼa)Category:Terms with Chechen translations#RYE
Chinese:
Cantonese: 黑麥 / 黑麦 (hak¹ mak⁶)Category:Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations#RYE Category:Terms with Cantonese translations#RYE

Mandarin: 黑麥 / 黑麦 (zh) (hēi mài)Category:Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations#RYE Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#RYE
Chuvash: ыраш (yraš)Category:Terms with Chuvash translations#RYE
Circassian:
West Circassian: хьэпцӏий (ḥɛpcʼij)Category:Terms with West Circassian translations#RYE
Cornish: sugalCategory:Terms with Cornish translations#RYE
Crimean Tatar: арышCategory:Terms with Crimean Tatar translations#RYE
Czech: žito (cs) nCategory:Terms with Czech translations#RYE
Danish: rug (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#RYE
Dargwa: сусул (susul)Category:Terms with Dargwa translations#RYE
Dutch: rogge (nl) mCategory:Terms with Dutch translations#RYE
Esperanto: sekaloCategory:Terms with Esperanto translations#RYE
Estonian: rukis (et)Category:Terms with Estonian translations#RYE
Faroese: rugur mCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#RYE
Finnish: ruis (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#RYE
French: seigle (fr) mCategory:Terms with French translations#RYE
Frisian:
West Frisian: rogge (fy)Category:Terms with West Frisian translations#RYE
Friulian: siale fCategory:Terms with Friulian translations#RYE
Galician: centeo (gl) mCategory:Terms with Galician translations#RYE, cebeira fCategory:Terms with Galician translations#RYE
Georgian: ჭვავი (č̣vavi)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#RYE
German: Roggen (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#RYE
Greek: σίκαλη (el) f (síkali)Category:Terms with Greek translations#RYE
Ancient Greek: βρίζα f (bríza)Category:Terms with Ancient Greek translations#RYE
Hawaiian: palaoa ʻeleʻeleCategory:Terms with Hawaiian translations#RYE
Hebrew: שיפון (he) (shifón)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#RYE
Hindi: नीवारिका f (nīvārikā)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#RYE
Hungarian: rozs (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#RYE
Icelandic: rúgur mCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#RYE
Indonesian: gandum hitamCategory:Terms with Indonesian translations#RYE
Irish: seagal mCategory:Terms with Irish translations#RYE
Italian: segale (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#RYE
Japanese: ライムギ (ja) (raimugi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#RYE, 黒麦 (ja) (くろむぎ, kuromugi)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#RYE
Karelian: ruisCategory:Terms with Karelian translations#RYE
Kazakh: қарабидай (qarabidai)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#RYE, арыс (arys)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#RYE
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: сю (śu)Category:Terms with Komi-Permyak translations#RYE

Komi-Zyrian: сю (śu)Category:Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations#RYE, рудзӧг (rudźög)Category:Terms with Komi-Zyrian translations#RYE
Korean: 호밀 (homil)Category:Terms with Korean translations#RYE
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: açar (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#RYE, şilêl (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#RYE, çewder (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#RYE, tarîgan (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#RYE, baçîk (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#RYE
Lak: сус (sus)Category:Terms with Lak translations#RYE
Latgalian: rudziCategory:Terms with Latgalian translations#RYE
Latin: sēcale nCategory:Terms with Latin translations#RYE
Latvian: rudzi (lv) m plCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#RYE
Ligurian: seiga fCategory:Terms with Ligurian translations#RYE
Lithuanian: rugys mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#RYE, rugiai m plCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#RYE
Lombard: segra (lmo) fCategory:Terms with Lombard translations#RYE
Macedonian: ’рж f (’rž)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#RYE
Malay: rai (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#RYE
Malayalam: ശീമവരക് (śīmavarakŭ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#RYE
Manx: shoggyl fCategory:Terms with Manx translations#RYE
Māori: raiCategory:Terms with Māori translations#RYE
Mari:
Eastern Mari: уржа (urža)Category:Terms with Eastern Mari translations#RYE

Western Mari: ыржа (yrža)Category:Terms with Western Mari translations#RYE
Middle English: ryeCategory:Terms with Middle English translations#RYE
Mòcheno: rocken mCategory:Terms with Mòcheno translations#RYE
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rug (no) mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#RYE

Nynorsk: rug mCategory:Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations#RYE
Occitan: segal (oc) mCategory:Terms with Occitan translations#RYE
Old English: ryġe mCategory:Terms with Old English translations#RYE
Old Norse: rugr mCategory:Terms with Old Norse translations#RYE
Persian: چاودار (fa) (čâvdâr)Category:Terms with Persian translations#RYE
Piedmontese: seil fCategory:Terms with Piedmontese translations#RYE
Plautdietsch: Rogg mCategory:Terms with Plautdietsch translations#RYE
Polish: żyto (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#RYE
Portuguese: centeio (pt) mCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#RYE
Romagnol: sēgval mCategory:Terms with Romagnol translations#RYE
Romanian: secară (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#RYE
Russian: рожь (ru) f (rožʹ)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RYE, жи́то (ru) n (žíto)Category:Terms with Russian translations#RYE (regional)
Scottish Gaelic: seagal mCategory:Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations#RYE
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̑ж mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RYE

Latin: rȃž (sh) mCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#RYE
Slovak: žito (sk) nCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#RYE, raž (sk) fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#RYE
Slovene: ŕž (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#RYE
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žyto nCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#RYE, rež fCategory:Terms with Lower Sorbian translations#RYE

Upper Sorbian: rožka fCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#RYE, žito nCategory:Terms with Upper Sorbian translations#RYE
Spanish: centeno (es) mCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#RYE
Swedish: råg (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#RYE
Tagalog: sentenoCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#RYE
Tatar: арыш (tt) (arış)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#RYE
Turkish: çavdar (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#RYE
Ottoman Turkish: چاودار (çavdar)Category:Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations#RYE
Tuvan: көк-тараа (kök-taraa)Category:Terms with Tuvan translations#RYE
Udmurt: ӟег (dźeg)Category:Terms with Udmurt translations#RYE
Ukrainian: жи́то (uk) f (žýto)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#RYE
Vietnamese: lúa mạch đenCategory:Terms with Vietnamese translations#RYE
Volapük: sägul (vo)Category:Terms with Volapük translations#RYE
Walloon: swele (wa)Category:Terms with Walloon translations#RYE, waessén (wa) mCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#RYE, rigon (wa) mCategory:Terms with Walloon translations#RYE
Welsh: rhyg mCategory:Terms with Welsh translations#RYE
Yiddish: קאָרן m (korn)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#RYE

rye whisky — see rye whisky

rye bread — see rye bread

carraway — see carraway

ryegrass — see ryegrass

Anagrams

-ery, -yer, Rey, Yer, e'ry, eyr, yer, yre

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Japanese

Romanization

ryeCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#RYE Category:Japanese romanizations#RYE Category:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#RYE Category:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#RYE Category:Pages with entries#RYE Category:Pages with 4 entries#RYE

The katakana syllable リェ (rye) in Hepburn romanization.

Middle English

rye (Secale cereale or its grain)
- 1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Somnours Tale”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published [c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 80, recto:
  Ẏıf vs a buſſhel whete / Malt oꝛ Reẏe / A goddes kechẏl / oꝛ a trẏp[e] of cheeſe / Oꝛ ellıs what ẏow lẏſt / we maẏ nat cheſe […]
  "Give us a bushel of wheat, malt, or rye, a God's cake, a bit of cheese / or anything that you want; we don't need to choose […] "
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Descendants

English: rye
Middle Scots: ry
- Scots: rye
Yola: ree

References

“rīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

rye f (definite singular rya, indefinite plural ryer, definite plural ryene)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#RYE Category:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#RYE Category:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#RYE Category:Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns#RYE Category:Pages with entries#RYE Category:Pages with 4 entries#RYE

rya

Related terms

ru

References

“rye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

yre

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