leaven

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
2. Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.

Verb

1. To add a leavening agent.
2. To cause to rise by fermentation.
3. To temper an action or decision.
4. To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.
5. To rise or become larger.

Concepts

levain

levure

élever

ferment

prouver

Synonymes

yeast

ferment

leavening

raise

prove

sourdough

leavening agent

impact

influence

kick up

lift

malt

pervade

poolish

proof

rear

rising

stir up

up

🆙

upheave

uplift

bump up

self-rising flour

arouse

heft up

baking powder

barm

elevate

fillip

heft

ignite

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈlɛv.ən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).