Yeast

//jiːst//

Synonyms for "yeast" (24 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

leaven agent alterant alterative alterer

Strong matches (7)

Noun(1 words)

barm

catalyst catalytic agent ferment foam froth fungi

Related words (12)

fungus innovationist innovator introducer lather modificator modifier precursor spume suds transformer transmogrifier

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

3 entries

fungus leaven leavening

Synonyms

2 entries

fungi leaven

Related terms

2 entries

leaven nutritional yeast

capable of

1 entries

raise bread

derived

18 entries

active dry yeast anti-yeast baker's yeast brewer's yeast compressed yeast fresh yeast pseudoyeast red yeast rice selenium yeast sphere-yeast true yeast turbo yeast yeast bread yeast cake yeast extract yeast infection

Showing 16 of 18 words.

has context

2 entries

african american vernacular english slang

is a

9 entries

food ingredient fungus hemiascomycete class ingredient in bread leaven microorganism single cell organism single celled plant true fungus

not has_property

1 entries

used for every sort of bread

related to

10 entries

beer biofuel bread exaggerate ferment froth fungus leaven nutritional yeast rise

Translations

278 translations across 100 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

gis noun (fungus)
gis noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Albanian

4 entries

maja noun (fungus)
tharm noun (fungus)
thartinë noun (fungus)
thartinë noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ζύμη noun (fungus)
ζύμη noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Arabic

4 entries

خميرة noun (fungus)
خميرة noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
خميرة noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
خَمِيرَة noun (fungus)

Armenian

3 entries

թթխմոր noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
թթխմոր noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
խմորիչ noun (fungus)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

acıtma noun (fungus)
maya noun (fungus)

Belarusian

1 entries

дро́жджы noun (fungus)

Bengali

1 entries

খামির noun (fungus)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гребен noun (frothy foam on sea waves)
дро́жда noun (fungus)
квас noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
мая noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Burmese

1 entries

တဆေး noun (fungus)

Catalan

3 entries

llevat noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
llevat noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
llevat m rent noun (fungus)

Chichewa

1 entries

yisiti noun (fungus)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

依仕 noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
酵母 noun (fungus)
酵母 noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
酵母 noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

酵母 noun (fungus)
酵母 noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
酵母 noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Church Slavic

1 entries

дрождиѩ noun (fungus)

Cornish

2 entries

burm noun (fungus)
burmen noun (fungus)

Czech

4 entries

droždí noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
droždí noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
kvasinka noun (fungus)
kvasnice noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Danish

3 entries

gær noun (fungus)
gær noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
gær noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Dutch

4 entries

gist noun (fungus)
gist noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
gist noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
schuim noun (frothy foam on sea waves)

Esperanto

4 entries

fermentilo noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
feĉo noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
feĉo noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
gisto noun (fungus)

Estonian

3 entries

pärm noun (fungus)
pärm noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
pärmseened noun (fungus)

Faroese

3 entries

ger noun (fungus)
ger noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
ger noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Finnish

4 entries

hiiva noun (fungus)
hiiva noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
hiiva noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
hiivasieni noun (fungus)

French

4 entries

levure noun (fungus)
levure noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
levure noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
écume noun (frothy foam on sea waves)

Friulian

1 entries

levan noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Galician

1 entries

fermento noun (fungus)

Georgian

2 entries

საფუარი noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
სოკო noun (fungus)

German

4 entries

Bärme noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
Bärme noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
Germ noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
Germ noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Greek

3 entries

ζύμη noun (fungus)
μαγιά noun (fungus)
μαγιά noun (frothy foam on sea waves)

Gujarati

1 entries

યીસ્ટના noun (fungus)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

ledven noun (fungus)

Hebrew

2 entries

שְׁמָרִים noun (fungus)
שמרים noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Hindi

4 entries

खमीर noun (fungus)
खमीर noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
ख़मीर noun (fungus)
ख़मीर noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Hungarian

1 entries

élesztő noun (fungus)

Icelandic

2 entries

ger noun (fungus)
ger noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Ido

3 entries

hefo noun (fungus)
hefo noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
hefo noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Indonesian

1 entries

ragi noun (fungus)

Ingrian

2 entries

hiiva noun (fungus)
töömees noun (fungus)

Interlingua

1 entries

levatura noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Irish

4 entries

coipeadh cúir noun (frothy foam on sea waves)
gabháil noun (fungus)
gabháil noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
gabháil noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Italian

4 entries

fermento noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
lievito noun (fungus)
lievito noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
lievito noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Japanese

4 entries

イースト noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
イースト菌 noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
酵母 noun (fungus)
酵母 noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries

furméntu noun (fungus)

Kannada

1 entries

ಹುದುಗು noun (fungus)

Kazakh

1 entries

ашытқы noun (fungus)

Khmer

1 entries

ដំបែ noun (fungus)

Korean

2 entries

효모 noun (fungus)
효모 noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

ачыткы noun (fungus)

Lao

4 entries

ຢັ່ນ noun (fungus)
ສ່າ noun (fungus)
ຫມັກ noun (fungus)
ເຊຶ້ອ noun (fungus)

Latgalian

1 entries

mīlis noun (fungus)

Latin

2 entries

fermentum noun (fungus)
fermentum noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Latvian

3 entries

ieraugs noun (fungus)
raugs noun (fungus)
raugs noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Lithuanian

1 entries

mielės noun (fungus)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

droždźeje noun (fungus)
droždźeje noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
droždźeje noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Macedonian

3 entries

квасец noun (fungus)
квасец noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
квасец noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Malay

3 entries

khamir noun (fungus)
ragi noun (fungus)
yis noun (fungus)

Malayalam

1 entries

യീസ്റ്റ് noun (fungus)

Maltese

2 entries

ragħwa noun (frothy foam on sea waves)
ħmira noun (fungus)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠮᠠᡩᠠᠰᡠ noun (fungus)

Maranao

1 entries

tapay noun (fungus)

Māori

3 entries

ihi noun (fungus)
īhi noun (fungus)
īhi noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Navajo

2 entries

bááh bił álʼíní noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
dííkʼǫsh noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Neapolitan

1 entries

criscito noun (fungus)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

hevîrtirş noun (fungus)
hevîrtirş noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Norwegian

4 entries

gjær noun (fungus)
gjær noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
gjær noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
jest noun (fungus)

Occitan

1 entries

levadura noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

خامور noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
مایه noun (fungus)
مایه noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Pashto

3 entries

تومنه noun (fungus)
سپېسته noun (fungus)
مايه noun (fungus)

Persian

4 entries

بوزک noun (fungus)
خمیرترش noun (fungus)
خمیرمایه noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
لوور noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Häw noun (fungus)

Polabian

1 entries

kosăc noun (fungus)

Polish

3 entries

drożdże noun (fungus)
drożdże noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
drożdże noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Portuguese

4 entries

espuma noun (frothy foam on sea waves)
fermento noun (fungus)
fermento noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
levedura noun (fungus)

Romanian

4 entries

drojdie noun (fungus)
drojdie noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
ferment noun (fungus)
levură noun (fungus)

Romansch

4 entries

alvamaint noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
alvo noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
lavamaint noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
levon noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Russian

3 entries

дро́жжи noun (fungus)
дро́жжи noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
дро́жжи noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

germa noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
kvas noun (fungus)
kvasac noun (fungus)
kvasac noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Skolt Sami

1 entries

jäˊstt noun (fungus)

Slovak

4 entries

droždie noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
kvas noun (fungus)
kvasinka noun (fungus)
kvasnice noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Slovene

2 entries

kvas noun (fungus)
kvas noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Somali

1 entries

khamiir noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Spanish

4 entries

hurmiento noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
hurmiento noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
leudante noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
leudante noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Swahili

1 entries

hamira noun (fungus)

Swedish

4 entries

jäst noun (fungus)
jäst noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
jäst noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)
skum noun (frothy foam on sea waves)

Tagalog

3 entries

lebadura noun (fungus)
lebadura noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
pampaalsa noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Tajik

1 entries

хамиртуруш noun (fungus)

Taos

1 entries

cą̀pienéna noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Thai

3 entries

ยีสต์ noun (fungus)
ส่า noun (fungus)
เชื้อหมัก noun (fungus)

Tibetan

3 entries

ཆང་རྩི noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
ཕབས noun (fungus)
སྐྱུར་རྩི noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Turkish

4 entries

hamur noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
maya noun (fungus)
maya noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
maya noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Turkmen

1 entries

hamyrmaýa noun (fungus)

Ukrainian

3 entries

дрі́жджі noun (fungus)
дрі́жджі noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
дрі́жджі noun (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise)

Urdu

2 entries

خمیر noun (fungus)
خمیر noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئېچىتقۇ noun (fungus)

Uzbek

3 entries

achitqi noun (fungus)
drojji noun (fungus)
xamirturush noun (fungus)

Venetan

1 entries

levà noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Vietnamese

1 entries

men noun (fungus)

Walloon

4 entries

leveure noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
leyes noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
yesse noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
yesses noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Welsh

3 entries

berem noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
burum noun (fungus)
burum noun (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)

Yiddish

1 entries

הייוון noun (fungus)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.

Source: tatoeba (34925)

Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.

Source: tatoeba (34926)

Yeast makes dough rise.

Source: tatoeba (66758)

Yeast acts as an agent in making bread rise.

Source: tatoeba (66759)

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