fonio
English
editEtymology
editFrom French fonio, from Wolof foño.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfonio (uncountable)
- Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa; white fonio
- Synonym: hungry rice
- 2023 July 6, Maria C. Hunt, “Could an ancient, climate-friendly crop be the future of beer?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- There’s a certain magic to fonio, a tiny golden grain believed to be Africa’s oldest cultivated cereal. The ancient grain’s potential to solve pressing modern environmental and economic challenges inspired Pierre Thiam, the Senegalese-born chef, to become fonio’s No 1 champion.
- Digitaria iburua, a cereal cultivated in western Africa, black fonio
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editCoordinate terms
edit- (Cereals) cereal; barley, fonio, maize/corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, teff, triticale, wheat
Translations
editDigitaria exilis
Digitaria iburua
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References
edit- fonio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Digitaria exilis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Digitaria iburua on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Digitaria exilis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Digitaria exilis at USDA Plants database
Finnish
editEtymology
editInternationalism (see French fonio).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfonio
- fonio (white and black)
Declension
editInflection of fonio (Kotus type 3/valtio, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fonio | foniot | |
genitive | fonion | fonioiden fonioitten | |
partitive | foniota | fonioita | |
illative | fonioon | fonioihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fonio | foniot | |
accusative | nom. | fonio | foniot |
gen. | fonion | ||
genitive | fonion | fonioiden fonioitten | |
partitive | foniota | fonioita | |
inessive | foniossa | fonioissa | |
elative | foniosta | fonioista | |
illative | fonioon | fonioihin | |
adessive | foniolla | fonioilla | |
ablative | foniolta | fonioilta | |
allative | foniolle | fonioille | |
essive | foniona | fonioina | |
translative | fonioksi | fonioiksi | |
abessive | foniotta | fonioitta | |
instructive | — | fonioin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hypernyms
editAnagrams
editFrench
editEtymology
editNoun
editfonio m (plural fonios)
- Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa
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