levan

== English == === Noun === levan (usually uncountable, plural levans) A homopolysaccharide composed of D-fructofuranosyl. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Alven, elvan, navel, venal == Friulian == === Etymology === Probably from Late Latin levāmen, for levāmentum, from Latin levō. Compare French levain, Occitan levam, Romansh levon, levànt, lavamaint, Venetan levà. === Noun === levan m (plural levans) yeast leaven, leavening ==== Related terms ==== levâ == Galician == === Verb === levan third-person plural present indicative of levar == Hungarian == === Etymology === le- +‎ van === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɛvɒn] Hyphenation: le‧van Rhymes: -ɒn === Verb === levan (intransitive, rare, informal, of some job to be completed) to be ready, done (one has gotten over it successfully) ==== Usage notes ==== It is not to be confused with phrases like le van tiltva (“it has been blocked/​disabled”), where van is pronounced unstressed (together with le) exactly like levan. In these phrases, le is part of a split adverbial participle (here letiltva from letilt); see more about it at -va/-ve. ==== Conjugation ==== It is usually used in present tense and third-person forms only. === Further reading === levan in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.van/ Rhymes: -ɛvan Hyphenation: lè‧van === Verb === levan apocopic form of levano == Serbo-Croatian == === Participle === levan (Cyrillic spelling леван) passive past participle of levati == Spanish == === Verb === levan third-person plural present indicative of levar