fermento

See also: fermentó and fermentò

Galician

Alternative forms

  • formento

Etymology

From Latin fermentum (“yeast”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fermento m (plural fermentos)

  1. leaven
  2. mature dough used as leaven

Synonyms

References

Italian

Noun

fermento m (plural fermenti)

  1. ferment (all senses)
  2. yeast

Verb

fermento

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fermentare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ferˈmen.toː/, [fɛrˈmɛn.toː]

Verb

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

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

Inflection

   Conjugation of fermento (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fermentō fermentās fermentat fermentāmus fermentātis fermentant
imperfect fermentābam fermentābās fermentābat fermentābāmus fermentābātis fermentābant
future fermentābō fermentābis fermentābit fermentābimus fermentābitis fermentābunt
perfect fermentāvī fermentāvistī fermentāvit fermentāvimus fermentāvistis fermentāvērunt, fermentāvēre
pluperfect fermentāveram fermentāverās fermentāverat fermentāverāmus fermentāverātis fermentāverant
future perfect fermentāverō fermentāveris fermentāverit fermentāverimus fermentāveritis fermentāverint
passive present fermentor fermentāris, fermentāre fermentātur fermentāmur fermentāminī fermentantur
imperfect fermentābar fermentābāris, fermentābāre fermentābātur fermentābāmur fermentābāminī fermentābantur
future fermentābor fermentāberis, fermentābere fermentābitur fermentābimur fermentābiminī fermentābuntur
perfect fermentātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect fermentātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect fermentātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present fermentem fermentēs fermentet fermentēmus fermentētis fermentent
imperfect fermentārem fermentārēs fermentāret fermentārēmus fermentārētis fermentārent
perfect fermentāverim fermentāverīs fermentāverit fermentāverīmus fermentāverītis fermentāverint
pluperfect fermentāvissem fermentāvissēs fermentāvisset fermentāvissēmus fermentāvissētis fermentāvissent
passive present fermenter fermentēris, fermentēre fermentētur fermentēmur fermentēminī fermententur
imperfect fermentārer fermentārēris, fermentārēre fermentārētur fermentārēmur fermentārēminī fermentārentur
perfect fermentātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect fermentātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — fermentā — — fermentāte —
future — fermentātō fermentātō — fermentātōte fermentantō
passive present — fermentāre — — fermentāminī —
future — fermentātor fermentātor — — fermentantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives fermentāre fermentāvisse fermentātūrus esse fermentārī fermentātus esse fermentātum īrī
participles fermentāns — fermentātūrus — fermentātus fermentandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
nominative genitive dative/ablative accusative accusative ablative
fermentāre fermentandī fermentandō fermentandum fermentātum fermentātū

Derived terms

  • fermentārius
  • fermentescō

Descendants

References

  • 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fermentum (“yeast”), from ferveō (“I boil”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fermento m (plural fermentos)

  1. yeast (fungus)

Synonyms

Verb

fermento

  1. First-person singular (eu) present indicative of fermentar

Spanish

Noun

fermento m (plural fermentos)

  1. ferment

Verb

fermento

  1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of fermentar.
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