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Translate leaven from English to French

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leaven:
- levain
Wiktionary:
- leaven → faire lever, faire fermenter
- leaven → levain, ferment
- leaven → levain

English

Detailed Translations for leaven from English to French

leaven:

leaven [the ~] nom

the leaven (sour dough)
le levain
- levain [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for leaven:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
levain	leaven; sour dough
-	leavening
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prove; raise
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	permeate

Related Words for "leaven":

leavens

Synonyms for "leaven":

leavening; substance; matter
imponderable
raise; prove; lift; elevate; get up; bring up

Related Definitions for "leaven":

an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something¹
a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid¹
cause to puff up with a leaven¹
- unleavened bread¹

Wiktionary Translations for leaven:

leaven

verb

to cause to rise by fermentation
- leaven → faire lever, faire fermenter

noun

any agent used to make dough rise
- leaven → levain; ferment

leaven

noun

morceau de pâte aigrir qui, mêlée à la pâter dont on vouloir faire du pain, sert à la faire lever, à la faire fermenter.
- levain → leavening; poolish; leaven

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• leaven	→ levain	↔ Sauerteig — durch Beigabe von Mehl und Wasser ein in fortwährender Gärung gehaltener Teig, der als Triebmittel zumeist einem Backwerk (vor allem Brot) zugefügt wird, was zu dessen Lockerung führt und ihm einen leicht säuerlichen Geschmack verleiht

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