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Avena sativa (Common names)


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Names in common use


  • English: oat
  • German: Hafer
  • Dutch: haver
  • Swedish: havre
  • Danish: havre
  • Norwegian: havre
  • Icelandic:


  • French: avoine
  • Italian: avena
  • Spanish: avena
  • Catalan: civada
  • Portuguese: aveia
  • Romanian: ovăz


  • Russian: овёс - ovjos [a'vjos]
  • Polish: owies
  • Czech: oves
  • Slovak: ovos
  • Bulgarian: овес - oves
  • Croatian: ovas, zob
  • Serb: овас, зоб
  • Slovenian: oves


  • Latvian:
  • Lithuanian:
  • Albanian: grëshërë, tërshanë
  • Greek: βρώμη, βρόμη - vromi
  • Turkish: yulaf
  • Maltese:
  • Hungarian: zab
  • Finnish: kaura
  • Estonian:

Sources and commentaries

  • English
    • The plant is oat, and the product is usually oats (plural).
  • Greek
    • σιφωνάρι - sifonari in Cyprus, ταγή - tayi in Crete (Gennadios)