fermentation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fermentation (countable and uncountable, plural fermentations)

1. (biochemistry) Any of many anaerobic biochemical reactions in which an enzyme (or several enzymes produced by a microorganism) catalyses the conversion of one substance into another; especially the conversion (using yeast) of sugars to alcohol or acetic acid with the evolution of carbon dioxide
2. A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
   • (Can we date this quote by Jeremy Taylor and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.

   • (Can we date this quote by Charles Kingsley and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     a universal fermentation of human thought and faith

Derived terms

• alcoholic fermentation
• bottom fermentation
• fermentational
• fermentation lock
• homolactic fermentation
• malolactic fermentation
• overfermentation
• photofermentation
• refermentation
• secondary fermentation
• semifermentation
• top fermentation
• underfermentation

 

Related terms

• ferment

Translations

anaerobic biochemical reaction

• Bulgarian: ферментация f (fermentacija)
• Catalan: fermentació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 發酵／发酵, 发酵 (faat³ gaau³)

  Mandarin: 發酵／发酵 (zh) (fājiào), 发酵 (zh) (fājiào)

  Min Dong: 發酵／发酵, 发酵 (huák-gáu)

  Min Nan: 發酵／发酵 (zh-min-nan), 发酵 (hoat-kàⁿ)

• Czech: kvašení n
• Danish: fermentering c, gæring c
• Dutch: fermentatie (nl), gisting (nl)
• Finnish: käyminen (fi)
• Galician: fermentación (gl) f
• Georgian: დუღილი (duɣili)
• German: Fermentation f, Gärung (de) f
• Greek: ζύμωση (el) f (zýmosi)
• Irish: coipeadh m
• Italian: fermentazione (it) f
• Japanese: 発酵, 醗酵 (はっこう, hakkō)
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• Korean: 발효 (ko) (balhyo) (醱酵 (ko))
• Macedonian: вриење n (vrienje), ферментација f (fermentacija)
• Malay: penapaian
• Maori: whakamoītanga
• Mongolian: исэлт (iselt), хөөлт (mn) (xöölt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gjæring m or f, fermentering m or f

  Nynorsk: gjæring f, fermentering f

• Portuguese: fermentação (pt) f
• Quechua: p'uchquy
• Romanian: fermentare (ro) f, fermentație (ro) f
• Russian: фермента́ция (ru) f (fermentácija), броже́ние (ru) n (brožénije)
• Slovene: vrenje n
• Spanish: fermentación (es) f
• Swedish: jäsning (sv) c, fermentering (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagbuburo, pamamanis, pagkapanis
• Volapük: färmäntam
• Westrobothnian:

state of agitation or excitement

• Catalan: fermentació (ca) f
• Finnish: käymistila
• Greek: ζύμωση (el) f (zýmosi)
• Latin: tumor m
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• Macedonian: вриење n (vrienje), превирање n (previranje)
• Russian: возбужде́ние (ru) n (vozbuždénije), волне́ние (ru) n (volnénije)
• Slovene: vrenje n
• Spanish: fermentación (es) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

fermentation f (plural fermentations)

1. fermentation

Related terms

• fermenter

Further reading

• “fermentation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.