ferment

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervēre (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent. === Pronunciation === (verb): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fəˈmɛnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɚˈmɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛnt (noun): (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɜː.mɛnt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɚ.mɛnt/ === 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. ==== Synonyms ==== yeast (verb) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ferment (plural ferments) Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation. A state of agitation or of turbulent change. 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 gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation. A catalyst. ==== Translations ==== === See also === foment === References === Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ferment”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “ferment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Fermentation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === fretmen == Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin fermentum. === Pronunciation === === Noun === ferment m (plural ferments) ferment ==== Derived terms ==== antiferment ==== Related terms ==== fermentar === Further reading === “ferment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == French == === Pronunciation === === Verb === ferment third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of fermer == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin fermentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɛr.mɛnt/ Rhymes: -ɛrmɛnt Syllabification: fer‧ment === Noun === ferment m inan ferment, unrest (archaic, biochemistry) enzyme Synonym: enzym ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === ferment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN ferment in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French ferment, from Latin fermentum. === Noun === ferment m (plural fermenți) ferment ==== Declension ====