different between fomentress vs fomenter

English

Etymology

fomenter +? -ess

Noun

fomentress (plural fomentresses)

1. (archaic) A female fomenter.
   • 1838, G. D. Krummacher, Israel's Wanderings (page 319)

     The Midianitish princess, the chief fomentress of the whole offence, shared in his fate. Twenty-four thousand were slain on the whole; but the rest of the congregation lay before the door of the tabernacle, weeping and humbling themselves before God, although they had not sinned in like manner, whilst those who had acted so, impiously defied them and mocked at them.

English

Etymology

From foment +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /fo??m?n.t?/

Noun

fomenter (plural fomenters)

1. One who incites or promotes.

Related terms

• fomentress

Anagrams

• refoment

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin foment?re, present active infinitive of foment?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?.m??.te/

Verb

fomenter

1. to foment

Conjugation

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

fomenter

1. to foment (incite trouble, rebellion, etc.)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.