fermentation

Borrowed from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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.
   • Jeremy Taylor

     It puts the soul to fermentation and activity.

   • Charles Kingsley

     a universal fermentation of human thought and faith

• ferment

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Borrowed from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem.

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/

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fermentation f (plural fermentations)

1. fermentation

• fermenter

• “fermentation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).