levatura

Interlingua

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish levadura, Portuguese levedura and French levure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.vaˈtu.ra/

Noun

levatura (uncountable)

1. yeast
   • 1960, Frank Ungar, "Dehydrogenases hydroxysteroide in hepate de mammiferos", translation of "Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases in mammalian liver", session VIII b, No. 365, First International Congress of Endocrinology Copenhagen, page 728, English taken from original.

     Dehydrogenase alcholic obtenite ab levatura esseva inactive.

     Alcohol dehydrogenase obtained from yeast was inactive.

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Italian

Etymology

levare +‎ -tura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.vaˈtu.ra/

Noun

levatura f (plural levature)

1. intellect
   • 2002, Roberto Baravalle, Anni strappati, page 48.

     Il nostro mestiere è un'arte, riservata a persone di levatura superiore. Intendo dire levatura intellettuale, ovviamente.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Anagrams

• lavature
• urlavate
• valutare
• valuterà
• velatura

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Latin

Participle

(deprecated template usage) levātūra

1. nominative feminine singular of levātūrus
2. nominative neuter plural of levātūrus
3. accusative neuter plural of levātūrus
4. vocative feminine singular of levātūrus
5. vocative neuter plural of levātūrus

Participle

(deprecated template usage) levātūrā

1. ablative feminine singular of levātūrus

References

• levatura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)