different between fermentation vs zymology

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).

English

Alternative forms

• zumology (dated)

Etymology

From zymo- +? -logy.

Noun

zymology (uncountable)

1. (zymurgy) A treatise on the fermentation of liquors, or the doctrine of fermentation.
2. The science of or knowledge concerning fermentation.

Translations

References

• zymology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “zymology”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume V (Simular–Z), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.