unleavened

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder.

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Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.?

Proto-Italic *leɣʷis

Latin levis

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin levō

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Italic *-mn̥

Latin -men

Vulgar Latin *levāmender.

Old French levainbor.

Middle English levayn

English leaven

English leavened

English unleavened

From un- + leavened (adjective).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛvn̩d/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌʌnˈlɛvənd/
• Rhymes: -ɛvənd
• Hyphenation: un‧leaven‧ed

Adjective

unleavened (not comparable)

1. (especially of bread or cakes) Without any yeast or other raising agent.

   Synonym: leavenless

   Antonym: leavened

   They were eating unleavened bread.

Derived terms

• unleavenedness

Translations

without yeast

• Bulgarian: безква́сен (bezkvásen)
• Catalan: alís m, àzim (religious)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無酵 / 无酵

• Danish: usyret
• Dutch: ongedesemd (nl), ongedesemde (nl)
• Finnish: kohottamaton, happamaton (fi)
• German: ungesäuert (de), derb (de) (archaic)
• Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌾𐍉𐌸𐍃 (unbeistjōþs)
• Greek: άζυμος (el) (ázymos)

  Ancient Greek: ἄζυμος (ázumos)

• Hungarian: kovásztalan (hu)
• Irish: slim
• Italian: azzimo (it)
• Latin: azȳmus, sine fermentō m, sine levāmentō, subcineritius
• Māori: rēwenakore
• Polish: przaśny (pl)
• Portuguese: ázimo (pt)
• Russian: пре́сный (ru) (présnyj)
• Spanish: ácimo (es), ázimo, sin levadura
• Swedish: ojäst, osyrad (sv)
• Turkish: mayasız (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: خامورسز (hamursuz)

• Welsh: cri (cy)

See also

• azyme
• flatbread