fonio

From French fonio, from Wolof foño.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfəʊnjəʊ/

fonio (uncountable)

1. 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, →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.

2. Digitaria iburua, a cereal cultivated in western Africa, black fonio

• acha

• (grain crop): grain, cereal

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

• 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

Internationalism (see French fonio).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfonio/, [ˈfo̞nio̞]
• Rhymes: -onio
• Syllabification^(key): fo‧ni‧o

fonio

1. fonio (white and black)

• hirssi

• fooni

From Wolof foño.

fonio m (plural fonios)

1. Digitaria exilis, a cereal cultivated in western Africa