fermento

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fərˈmen.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [fərˈmen.to]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [feɾˈmen.to]

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentar

From Latin fermentum (“yeast”).

• formento

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmento̝/, /feɾˈmɛnto̝/

fermento m (plural fermentos)

1. leaven

   Synonyms: isco, lévedo

2. yeast
3. sourdough

   Synonym: lévedo

• “fermento” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “fermento” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “fermento” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentar

• IPA^(key): /ferˈmen.to/
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: fer‧mén‧to

From Latin fermentum.

fermento m (plural fermenti)

1. ferment (all senses)
2. yeast

• fermentare

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentare

• fermento in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ferˈmen.toː/, [fɛrˈmɛn̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ferˈmen.to/, [ferˈmɛn̪t̪o]

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

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

• confermentō
• fermentātus

• “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.

Borrowed from Latin fermentum (“yeast”), from ferveō (“to boil”).

• Hyphenation: fer‧men‧to

fermento m (plural fermentos)

1. yeast (fungus)

   Synonyms: lêvedo, levedura

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentar

• “fermento” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “fermento” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “fermento” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “fermento” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “fermento” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈmento/ [feɾˈmẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: fer‧men‧to

From Latin fermentum.

fermento m (plural fermentos)

1. ferment

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentar

• “fermento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014