gluten
English
/ˈɡluːtən/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
- (rare) Any gluey, sticky substance.
- (cooking) The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
- (geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gluten derived from Latin glūten (glue).
Origin
Latin
glūten
Gloss
glue
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigluten English
- glutard English
- gluten-free English
- glutenfree English
- glutenin English
- glutenless English
- gluteny English
- glutinoid English
- glutinous English
- glutinously English
- glutinousness English
- non-glutinous English
- nongluten English
- nonglutinous English
- unglutinous English
- glutinarius Latin
- glūs Latin
- glūten Latin
- glūtinōsus Latin
- gluten French
- glutineux French
- grude Portuguese
- グルテニン Japanese
- glut Polish
- glu Old French
- cliute Norman
- *gloiten Proto-Italic
- قلوتن Hijazi Arabic
- glut Old Welsh