fermento

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

• 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

fermento

1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentar

• IPA^(key): /ferˈmen.to/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Hyphenation: fer‧mén‧to

Derived 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 Latin) IPA^(key): [fɛrˈmɛn.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ferˈmɛn̪.t̪o]

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 Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “fermento”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “fermento”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “fermento”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “fermento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024