Rouheita

Rouheita is a Finnish plural noun derived from rouhe, meaning a coarse material, rough texture, or broken fragments. The term describes items that are not smooth but consist of larger, chunky pieces. It is used to convey a tactile or visual sense of coarseness in language, descriptions, and labeling.

In cooking and food contexts, rouheita denotes ingredients or products with a deliberately coarse texture, such as roughly chopped vegetables, coarsely milled grains, seeds, or nuts, and items like coarse breadcrumbs or chunky flours. The word can appear in ingredient lists or product descriptions to signal a non-smooth texture.

In other domains, rouheita can refer to small fragments produced by crushing or breaking, such as stone or mineral fragments with a rough surface, or other coarse pieces used as raw material or aggregate. The term emphasizes the rough, granular, or chunky nature of the components rather than their finish or refinement.

The base form rouhe describes the concept of coarseness in general. Rouheita is the plural form used when discussing multiple pieces or types of coarse material. The word is common in everyday Finnish and appears in descriptive contexts across culinary, industrial, and material-related discourse.