fomento
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== Catalan ==
=== Verb ===
fomento
first-person singular present indicative of fomentar
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /foˈmen.to/
Rhymes: -ento
Hyphenation: fo‧mén‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Latin fōmentum.
==== Noun ====
fomento m (plural fomenti)
poultice
trouble, foment
===== Related terms =====
fomentare
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
fomento
first-person singular present indicative of fomentare
=== Further reading ===
fomento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
== Latin ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From fōmentum (“poultice”) + -ō (denominative verb suffix).
==== Verb ====
fōmentō (present infinitive fōmentāre, perfect active fōmentāvī, supine fōmentātum); first conjugation (Late Latin)
(medicine) to foment; apply a (hot) poultice
to pour hot water over; bathe something in hot water
(figuratively) to soothe
===== Conjugation =====
===== Derived terms =====
fōmentātiō
=== Etymology 2 ===
Inflected form of fōmentum.
==== Noun ====
fōmentō
dative/ablative singular of fōmentum
=== References ===
“fomento”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“fomento”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “fomentare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -ẽtu
Hyphenation: fo‧men‧to
=== Etymology ===
From Latin fomentum.
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -eɾu, -ejɾu, -ɐjɾu
Hyphenation: gra‧ba‧tei‧ro
==== Noun ====
fomento m (plural fomentos)
instigation, incitement
development, promotion or stimulation of activity
Banco de Fomento ― Development Bank
fomento do turismo ― promotion of tourism
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
fomento
first-person singular present indicative of fomentar
=== Further reading ===
“fomento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“fomento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /foˈmento/ [foˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ento
Syllabification: fo‧men‧to
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin fōmentum.
==== Noun ====
fomento m (plural fomentos)
stimulus, animus, impulse
development, promotion, building (administrative action for promoting a useful result)
Ministerio de Fomento ― Ministry of Development
(medicine) a wet cloth which is applied to the skin for medicinal purposes, usually accompanied by heat
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
==== Verb ====
fomento
first-person singular present indicative of fomentar
=== Further reading ===
“fomento”, 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