oats

English

Pronunciation

(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊts/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊts/
Audio (GB) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊts

Noun

oats

plural of oat

Noun

oats pl (plural only)

A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).
Oats are in the north corner of the farm.
Usually oats is last in a rotation and does not get the fertilizer that other feed grains get.
Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.
Oats is a heart-healthy breakfast food.
Oats are good for you.

Synonyms

haver

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

feel one's oats
sow one's wild oats
get one's oats

Translations

seeds of an oat plant

Adyghe: зэнтхъ (zentχ)
Arabic: شُوفَان‎ m (šūfān)
Armenian: վարսակ (hy) (varsak)
Aromanian: uvedz n, vromi f
Avar: ниха (nixa)
Bashkir: һоло (holo)
Bats: შვრივ (švriv)
Catalan: civada (ca)
Chechen: сула (sula), кена (kena)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 燕麥／燕麦 (yue), 燕麦 (yue) (jin³ mak⁶)
Mandarin: 燕麥／燕麦 (zh) (yànmài)
Chuvash: сӗлӗ (sĕlĕ)
Czech: oves (cs) m
Dalmatian: vun
Danish: havregryn (da)
Dutch: haver (nl) m
Esperanto: aveno
Finnish: kaura (fi) (as food), kauransiemen (for sowing)
French: avoine (fr) f, flocon d'avoine (fr) m
Friulian: vene f
Galician: avea (gl) f, balloca f, nocella f
Georgian: შვრია (ka) (švria)
German: Hafer (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: βρόμος m (brómos)
Hungarian: zab (hu)
Icelandic: hafrar m pl
Ingush: кен (ken), сул (sul)
Irish: coirce m
Italian: avena (it) f
Kabardian: зэнтхъ (zentχ), авос (aavoos)
Kalmyk: суль (sulĭ)
Karachay-Balkar: зынтхы (zıntxı)
Kashubian: óws m
Kazakh: сұлы (kk) (sūly)
Khmer: អាវ័ន (aavoan)
Latin: avēna f
Laz: ალაჶი (alafi)
Macedonian: овес m (oves)
Manx: sheel m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шӱльӧ (šülʹö)
Mingrelian: რჩვია (rčvia)
Mongolian: овъёос (mn) (ovʺjoos)
Navajo: taaskaal
Nogai: сулы (sulı)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: havre m
Nynorsk: havre m
Occitan: civada (oc) f
Ossetian: сысджы (sysǵy), зӕтхӕ (zætxæ)
Polish: owies (pl) m
Portuguese: aveia (pt) f
Romanian: ovăz (ro) n
Russian: овёс (ru) m (ovjós)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wows m
Spanish: avena (es) f
Svan: ზჷნთხ (zəntx)
Swedish: havre (sv) n
Tatar: солы (tt) (solı)
Turkish: yulaf (tr)
Uyghur: سۇلۇ‎ (sulu)
Venetian: véna f pl
Walloon: avoenne (wa) f
Welsh: ceirch f pl
Yiddish: האָבער‎ m (hober)
Yola: oathès

Anagrams

OTAs, SOTA, Sato, Sota, Taos, Tsao, as to, oast, stoa, taos, toas, tosa