sunflower seed

See also: sunflowerseed

English

Sunflower seeds

Alternative forms

• sunflowerseed (uncommon)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sunflower seed (plural sunflower seeds)

1. A seed of a sunflower, especially roasted and eaten as a snack; also used as bird food and in the manufacture of sunflower oil.

Translations

seed of a sunflower

• Armenian: արեւածաղկի սերմ (arewacaġki serm), սեմուշկա (semuška) (colloquial)
• Bashkir: көнбағыш орлоғо (könbağış orloğo), (colloquial) симешкә (simeşkə)
• Catalan: pipa (ca) f, pipa de gira-sol, llavor de gira-sol m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 葵花籽 (kwai⁴ faa¹ zi²), 摩登瓜子 (mo¹ dang¹ gwaa¹ zi²)

  Mandarin: 向日葵子 (zh) (xiàngrìkuízǐ), 葵花籽 (zh) (kuíhuāzǐ)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: zonnebloempit (nl)
• Esperanto: sunflorgrajno
• Faroese: sólblómufræ n
• Finnish: auringonkukansiemen (fi)
• French: graine de tournesol f
• Georgian: მზესუმზირა (mzesumzira)
• German: Sonnenblumenkern (de) m
• Hungarian: napraforgómag (hu), szotyola (hu) (informal), szotyi (hu) (slang)
• Mazanderani: سمشکه (semeške)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solsikkefrø n or pl

  Nynorsk: solsikkefrø n or pl

• Persian: تخمه آفتابگردان (toxme âftâbgardân)
• Portuguese: semente de girassol m
• Polish: nasiono słonecznika n
• Russian: подсо́лнечное се́мечко n (podsólnečnoje sémečko), often seen as the се́мечки (ru) n pl (sémečki) per se
• Serbo-Croatian: suncokretova sjemenka f
• Spanish: pipa (es) f, pipa de girasol f pl, semilla de girasol f pl, maravilla (es) f
• Swedish: solrosfrö (sv) n
• Turkish: ayçiçeği tohumu (tr)