drożdże

Polish

drożdże sense 1
drożdże sense 2

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish drożdża. Compare Czech droždí, Lower Sorbian droždźeje, and Russian дро́жжи (dróžži).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrɔʐ.d͡ʐɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔʐd͡ʐɛ
  • Syllabification: droż‧dże

Noun

drożdże nvir pl (related adjective drożdżowy)

  2. yeast (often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines)
    Synonym: (dialectal) młodzie
  4. (cooking) baker's yeast (strains of yeast commonly used in baking bread and other bakery products, serving as a leavening agent which causes the bread to rise (expand and become lighter and softer) by converting the fermentable sugars present in the dough into carbon dioxide and ethanol)

Declension

Declension of drożdże
plural
nominative drożdże
genitive drożdży
dative drożdżom
accusative drożdże
instrumental drożdżami
locative drożdżach
vocative drożdże

Derived terms

nouns
  • drożdżak
  • drożdżarnia
  • drożdżarz
  • drożdżowiec
  • drożdżownia
  • drożdżówka
  • drożdżyca
verbs
  • drożdżować impf
nouns
  • drożdżarstwo
  • drożdżownictwo

Further reading

  • drożdże in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • drożdże in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • drożdże in PWN's encyclopedia
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