Dictionary

fermentation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌfɜːmɛnˈteɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌfɜɹmɛnˈteɪʃən/ (General-American)
• /ˌfɜːmənˈteɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˌfɜɹmənˈteɪʃən/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English fermentacioun, from Latin fermentātiō, fermentātiōnem. By surface analysis, ferment + -ation.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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. (countable, uncountable) A state of agitation or excitement; a ferment.
   • [T]he Grace that is then given to us is like a piece of Leven put into a lump of dough, and Faith and Repentance do in all the periods of our life put it into fermentation and activity. 1678, Jeremy Taylor, “The History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […]. The First Part.”, in Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC, ad section IX (Considerations upon the Baptizing, Fasting, and Temptation of the Holy Jesus by the Devil), discourse IV (Of Baptism), part II (Of Baptizing Infants), page 130:
   • It seems that the spiritual fermentation of the cabbalists, who […] aroused the dormant susceptibilities of the Orient, penetrated also into Yemen and had the effect of a messianic message to the languishing souls longing for redemption. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 364:
   • The universal fusion of races, languages, and customs, which had gone on for four centuries under Roman rule, had produced a corresponding fusion of creeds, an universal fermentation of human thought and faith. 1852 January – 1853 April, Charles Kingsley, Jun., “Preface”, in Hypatia: Or, New Foes with an Old Face. […], volume I, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], published 1853, →OCLC, pages xi–xii:

Forms

Deriveds

bottom fermentation · prefermentation · biofermentation · overfermentation · alcoholic fermentation · secondary fermentation · photofermentation · gut fermentation syndrome · bladder fermentation syndrome · cofermentation · heterofermentation · underfermentation · fermentation lock · antifermentation · autofermentation · nonfermentation · malolactic fermentation · multifermentation · lactofermentation · homofermentation · refermentation · semifermentation · homolactic fermentation · respirofermentation · postfermentation · top fermentation · microfermentation · fermentational

Relateds

ferment

Translations (70)

ru волне́ние (state of agitation or excitement) · id fermentasi (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · vi lên men (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · sv fermentering (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · uk ферментува́ння (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ru возбужде́ние (state of agitation or excitement) · de Fermentation (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · el ζύμωση (state of agitation or excitement) · ro fermentare (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ko 발효 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ka დუღილი (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mk вриење (state of agitation or excitement) · sl vrenje (state of agitation or excitement) · ca fermentació (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · sv jäsning (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nb gjæring (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · tl pamamanis (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ka ფერმენტაცია (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nl gisting (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · it fermentazione (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · sw uchachushaji (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mk вриење (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nn gjæring (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · fi käyminen (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · pl fermentacja (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · tl pagkapanis (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · qu p'uchquy (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · el ζύμωση (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ro fermentație (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · la tumor (state of agitation or excitement) · vo färmäntam (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · kmr meyandin (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · yue 發酵 /发酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nl fermentatie (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ru броже́ние (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · es fermentación (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · bg ферментация (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mn хөөлт (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · cdo 發酵 /发酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ru фермента́ция (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · sl vrenje (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nb fermentering (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mk ферментација (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · id peragian (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · da fermentering (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · tl pagbuburo (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · la fermentātiō (state of agitation or excitement) · ca fermentació (state of agitation or excitement) · cs kvašení (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · da gæring (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ms penapaian (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · pt fermentação (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ja 発酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nn fermentering (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mi whakamoītanga (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · nan-hbl 發酵 /发酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · gl fermentación (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · ja 醗酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · oc fermentacion (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · lv rūgšana (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · fi käymistila (state of agitation or excitement) · uk броді́ння (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · de Gärung (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · cmn 發酵 /发酵 (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · mk превирање (state of agitation or excitement) · mn исэлт (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · es fermentación (state of agitation or excitement) · ga coipeadh (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · tr fermantasyon (anaerobic biochemical reaction) · la fermentātiō (anaerobic biochemical reaction)