Italian

Noun

fermento m ‎(plural fermenti)

1. ferment (all senses)
2. yeast

Verb

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentare

Latin

Etymology

From fermentum ‎(“that which causes fermentation, yeast”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ferˈmen.toː/, [fɛrˈmɛn.toː]

Verb

fermentō ‎(present infinitive fermentāre, perfect active fermentāvī, supine fermentātum); first conjugation

1. I cause to rise, ferment or leaven.
2. I cause to swell, break up or loosen.
3. (in passive) I rise or ferment.
4. (figuratively) I sour or spoil.
5. (figuratively) I aerate (soil).

Inflection

Derived terms

• confermentō
• fermentātus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• fermento in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “fermento”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fermentum ‎(“yeast”), from ferveō ‎(“I boil”).

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /feɻ.ˈmẽ.to/

Noun

fermento m (plural fermentos)

1. yeast (fungus)

Synonyms

• lêvedo, levedura

Related terms

Verb

fermento

1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of fermentar

Spanish

Noun

fermento m ‎(plural fermentos)

1. ferment

Verb

fermento

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of fermentar.