Yeast makes beer ferment.
Source: tatoeba (66760)
Ferment
//fəˈmɛnt//
Synonyms for "ferment" (308 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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Verb(1 words)
Noun(4 words)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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3 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescauses
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1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
145 translations across 56 languages.
Albanian
2 entries- ngrydh verb (to react using fermentation)
- thar verb (to react using fermentation)
Arabic
1 entries- خَمَرَ verb (to react using fermentation)
Armenian
1 entries- խմորել verb (to react using fermentation)
Basque
1 entries- hartzitu verb (to react using fermentation)
Bulgarian
4 entries- кипене noun (state of agitation)
- мая noun (substance causing fermentation)
- ферме́нт noun (substance causing fermentation)
- ферментация noun (state of agitation)
Burmese
1 entries- အချဉ်ဖောက် verb (to react using fermentation)
Catalan
3 entries- ferment noun (substance causing fermentation)
- ferment noun (state of agitation)
- fermentar verb (to react using fermentation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 發酵 /发酵 verb (to react using fermentation)
Czech
2 entries- kvas noun (state of agitation)
- kvasit verb (to react using fermentation)
Danish
2 entries- fermentere verb (to react using fermentation)
- gære verb (to react using fermentation)
Dutch
3 entries- gist noun (substance causing fermentation)
- gisten verb (to react using fermentation)
- stoken verb (to cause unrest)
Esperanto
1 entries- fermenti verb (to react using fermentation)
Estonian
1 entries- käärima verb (to react using fermentation)
Finnish
4 entries- fermentti noun (substance causing fermentation)
- hapate noun (substance causing fermentation)
- katalyytti noun (catalyst)
- kuohunta noun (state of agitation)
French
3 entries- ferment noun (substance causing fermentation)
- ferment noun (catalyst)
- fermenter verb (to react using fermentation)
Galician
3 entries- fermento noun (substance causing fermentation)
- cocer verb (to react using fermentation)
- fermentar verb (to react using fermentation)
Georgian
2 entries- აფერმენტირებს verb (to react using fermentation)
- ფერმენტირდება verb (to react using fermentation)
German
4 entries- Gärmittel noun (substance causing fermentation)
- anstacheln verb (to cause unrest)
- gären verb (to react using fermentation)
- stören verb (to cause unrest)
Greek
2 entries- αναβράζω verb (to react using fermentation)
- ζυμώνω verb (to react using fermentation)
Hawaiian
1 entries- hū verb (to react using fermentation)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְסִיס verb (to react using fermentation)
Hungarian
1 entries- erjeszt verb (to react using fermentation)
Icelandic
1 entries- gerja verb (to react using fermentation)
Irish
4 entries- corraíl noun (state of agitation)
- gabháil noun (substance causing fermentation)
- rírá noun (state of agitation)
- suaitheadh noun (state of agitation)
Italian
3 entries- fermento noun (substance causing fermentation)
- fermentare verb (to react using fermentation)
- fermentare verb (to cause unrest)
Japanese
1 entries- 発酵する verb (to react using fermentation)
Kapampangan
1 entries- buru verb (to react using fermentation)
Khiamniungan Naga
1 entries- tháng verb (to react using fermentation)
Khmer
2 entries- ផ្អាប់ទុក verb (to react using fermentation)
- ឡើង verb (to react using fermentation)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- шутны verb (to react using fermentation)
Korean
2 entries- 발효소 noun (substance causing fermentation)
- 발효하다 verb (to react using fermentation)
Latin
2 entries- fermentum noun (substance causing fermentation)
- fermentō verb (to react using fermentation)
Latvian
3 entries- raudzēt verb (to react using fermentation)
- rudzināt verb (to react using fermentation)
- rūgt verb (to react using fermentation)
Macedonian
4 entries- маја noun (substance causing fermentation)
- превирање noun (state of agitation)
- ферме́нт noun (substance causing fermentation)
- врие verb (to react using fermentation)
Malayalam
2 entries- പുളിക്കുക verb (to react using fermentation)
- പുളിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to react using fermentation)
Mizo
1 entries- ṭâwng verb (to react using fermentation)
Mongolian
2 entries- исэх verb (to react using fermentation)
- хөөх verb (to react using fermentation)
Māori
4 entries- mara verb (to react using fermentation)
- moī verb (to react using fermentation)
- māhī verb (to react using fermentation)
- māī verb (to react using fermentation)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fermentere verb (to react using fermentation)
- gjære verb (to react using fermentation)
Polish
4 entries- fermentować verb (to react using fermentation)
- kisić verb (to react using fermentation)
- sfermentować verb (to react using fermentation)
- skisić verb (to react using fermentation)
Portuguese
2 entries- fermento noun (substance causing fermentation)
- fermentar verb (to react using fermentation)
Quechua
1 entries- p'uchquy verb (to react using fermentation)
Romanian
4 entries- enzimă noun (substance causing fermentation)
- ferment noun (substance causing fermentation)
- dospi verb (to react using fermentation)
- fermenta verb (to react using fermentation)
Russian
4 entries- возбужде́ние noun (state of agitation)
- волне́ние noun (state of agitation)
- ферме́нт noun (substance causing fermentation)
- броди́ть verb (to react using fermentation)
Spanish
4 entries- fermento noun (substance causing fermentation)
- fermento noun (state of agitation)
- fermento noun (catalyst)
- fermentar verb (to react using fermentation)
Swedish
4 entries- jäsningsämne noun (substance causing fermentation)
- jäsämne noun (substance causing fermentation)
- fermentera verb (to react using fermentation)
- jäsa verb (to react using fermentation)
Tahitian
1 entries- hōpue verb (to react using fermentation)
Thai
1 entries- หมัก verb (to react using fermentation)
Turkish
1 entries- mayalamak verb (to react using fermentation)
Udmurt
1 entries- шутыны verb (to react using fermentation)
Ukrainian
2 entries- броди́ти verb (to react using fermentation)
- ферментува́ти verb (to react using fermentation)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lên men verb (to react using fermentation)
Volapük
1 entries- färmäntön verb (to react using fermentation)
Welsh
3 entries- achor noun (state of agitation)
- eples noun (substance causing fermentation)
- eplesu verb (to react using fermentation)
Yiddish
4 entries- אירן verb (to react using fermentation)
- גערן verb (to react using fermentation)
- יוירן verb (to react using fermentation)
- ייִרן verb (to react using fermentation)
Yoruba
1 entries- bà verb (to react using fermentation)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The whole town was in a ferment.
Source: tatoeba (277900)
The purpose of the barrel is to cause wine and whiskey to ferment and to store liquids.
Source: tatoeba (6465913)
The fruit began to ferment.
Source: tatoeba (6854305)
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