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ferment
English
Etymology
From Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentare (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervere (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.
Pronunciation
- (verb):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /f??m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /f??m?nt/
- (noun):
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?m?nt/
Verb
ferment (third-person singular simple present ferments, present participle fermenting, simple past and past participle fermented)
- To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
- To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
Translations
Noun
ferment (plural ferments)
- Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
- A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
- 14 November, 1770, Junius, letter to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield
- The nation is in a ferment.
- 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 104
- Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation
- A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
- A catalyst.
Translations
See also
- foment
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “ferment”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- ferment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- Fermentation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- fretmen
French
Verb
ferment
- third-person plural present indicative of fermer
- third-person plural present subjunctive of fermer
Romanian
Etymology
From French ferment, from Latin fermentum.
Noun
ferment m (plural fermen?i)
- ferment
Declension
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tumult
English
Etymology
From Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?tju?.m?lt/, /?t?u?.m?lt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?tu?.m?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
tumult (plural tumults)
- Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.
- Violent commotion or agitation, often with confusion of sounds.
- A riot or uprising.
Synonyms
- uproar
- ruckus
Related terms
Translations
Verb
tumult (third-person singular simple present tumults, present participle tumulting, simple past and past participle tumulted)
- (obsolete) To make a tumult; to be in great commotion.
Danish
Etymology
From Latin tumultus (“noise, tumult”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tumult/, [t?u?mul?d?]
Noun
tumult c (singular definite tumulten, plural indefinite tumulter)
- uproar, tumult
- riot, disturbance
- scuffle
Inflection
Synonyms
- tummel
Related terms
- tumultagtig
- tumultarisk
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch tumult, from Old French tumulte, from Latin tumultus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ty?m?lt/
- Hyphenation: tu?mult
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
tumult n (plural tumulten)
- tumult
Derived terms
- tumultueus
Polish
Etymology
From Latin tumultus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?tu.mult/
Noun
tumult m inan
- tumult (noise as made by a crowd)
- Synonym: zgie?k
- (archaic) tumult (violent commotion or agitation)
- Synonym: zamieszki
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) tumultowy
Further reading
- tumult in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- tumult in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin tumultus
Noun
tumult n (plural tumulturi)
- tumult
Synonyms
- larm?
- zarv?
- agita?ie
Related terms
- tumultos, tumultuos
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