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fermentation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferment?ti?, ferment?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?f??(?)m?n?te???n/, /?f??(?)m?n?te???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

fermentation (countable and uncountable, plural fermentations)

  2. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
  3. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • ferment

Translations

Anagrams

  • infantometer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ferment?ti?, ferment?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f??.m??.ta.sj??/

Noun

fermentation f (plural fermentations)

  1. fermentation

Derived terms

  • fermentation homolactique

Related terms

  • fermenter

Further reading

  • “fermentation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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leavening

English

Verb

leavening

  1. present participle of leaven

Noun

leavening (plural leavenings)

  1. The process by which something is leavened.
    • 1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace (page 623)
      For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.
  2. Synonym of leavening agent

Related terms

  • leaven
  • unleavened

Adjective

leavening (not comparable)

  1. Making light by aeration.

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