fermento

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [fərˈmen.tu] IPA(key): (Balearic) [fərˈmen.to] IPA(key): (Valencia) [feɾˈmen.to] === Verb === fermento first-person singular present indicative of fermentar == Galician == === Etymology 1 === From Latin fermentum (“yeast”). ==== Alternative forms ==== formento ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /feɾˈmento̝/, /feɾˈmɛnto̝/ ==== Noun ==== fermento m (plural fermentos) leaven Synonyms: isco, lévedo yeast sourdough Synonym: lévedo ==== References ==== Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fermento”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fermento”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fermento”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== fermento first-person singular present indicative of fermentar == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ferˈmen.to/ Rhymes: -ento Hyphenation: fer‧mén‧to === Etymology 1 === Derived from Latin fermentum. ==== Noun ==== fermento m (plural fermenti) ferment (all senses) yeast ===== Related terms ===== fermentare === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fermento first-person singular present indicative of fermentare === References === === Further reading === fermento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana == Latin == === Etymology === From fermentum (“that which causes fermentation, yeast”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɛrˈmɛn.toː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ferˈmɛn.to] === Verb === fermentō (present infinitive fermentāre, perfect active fermentāvī, supine fermentātum); first conjugation to cause to rise, ferment or leaven to cause to swell, break up or loosen (passive voice) to rise or ferment (figuratively) to sour or spoil (figuratively) to aerate (soil) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== confermentō fermentātus ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “fermento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “fermento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin fermentum (“yeast”), from ferveō (“to boil”). ==== Pronunciation ==== Hyphenation: fer‧men‧to ==== Noun ==== fermento m (plural fermentos) yeast (fungus) Synonyms: lêvedo, levedura ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fermento first-person singular present indicative of fermentar === Further reading === “fermento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “fermento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “fermento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “fermento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “fermento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /feɾˈmento/ [feɾˈmẽn̪.t̪o] Rhymes: -ento Syllabification: fer‧men‧to === Etymology 1 === From Latin fermentum. ==== Noun ==== fermento m (plural fermentos) ferment ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== fermento first-person singular present indicative of fermentar === Further reading === “fermento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025