leaven en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈlev.ən/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
- [ˈlevn̩] (Australia, New-Zealand)
- (California) audio
- [ˈlɛvn̩] (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈlɛv.ən/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁lengʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁léngʰusder. ▲ Proto-Italic *breɣʷisinflu.? Proto-Italic *leɣʷis Latin levis Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin levō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Vulgar Latin *levāmender. Old French levainbor. Middle English levayn English leaven From Middle English levayn, borrowed from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, a noun based on Latin levō (“raise”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Any agent used to make dough rise or to have a similar effect on baked goods.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Anything that induces change, especially a corrupting or vitiating change.
On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 299:Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 8:15:The leaven of insincerity worked through all the fibres of his being.
1926, T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, New York: Anchor, published 1991, page 213:
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(Judaism, countable, uncountable) Chametz.
On the fourteenth day of Nisan men search for leaven by candlelight.
1878, “On The Passover”, in Joseph Barclay, transl., The Talmud, page 95:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| leavens | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
of the same leaven · natural leaven · leavenous · leavenless
Hypernyms
agent (any agent used to make dough rise) · substance (any agent used to make dough rise)
Hyponyms
baking powder (any agent used to make dough rise) · yeast (any agent used to make dough rise)
Synonyms
leavening agent (any agent used to make dough rise) · raising agent (any agent used to make dough rise)
Translations (84)
enm levayn (any agent used to make dough rise) · tr maya (any agent used to make dough rise) · zza amîn (any agent used to make dough rise) · cmn 麵肥 /面肥 (any agent used to make dough rise) · bg набухвател (any agent used to make dough rise) · eo fermentilo (any agent used to make dough rise) · cs kvásek (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm alvamaint (any agent used to make dough rise) · zza ameyn (any agent used to make dough rise) · ja 膨張剤 (any agent used to make dough rise) · ms bahan penaik (any agent used to make dough rise) · ka საფუარი (any agent used to make dough rise) · az maya (any agent used to make dough rise) · pt fermento (any agent used to make dough rise) · ro covoseală (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm lavamaint (any agent used to make dough rise) · hu kovász (any agent used to make dough rise) · ro maia (any agent used to make dough rise) · ota خامور (any agent used to make dough rise) · zza amên (diq) (any agent used to make dough rise) · de Ferment (any agent used to make dough rise) · gv soorid (any agent used to make dough rise) · gv jiastyn (any agent used to make dough rise) · hu élesztő (any agent used to make dough rise) · cu квасъ (any agent used to make dough rise) · pl drożdże (any agent used to make dough rise) · es polvos de hornear (any agent used to make dough rise) · lt raugas (any agent used to make dough rise) · gl fermento (any agent used to make dough rise) · ja パン種 (any agent used to make dough rise) · wa lewin (any agent used to make dough rise) · fr levain (any agent used to make dough rise) · he שאור (any agent used to make dough rise) · io hefo (any agent used to make dough rise) · hy թթխմոր (any agent used to make dough rise) · kmr havên (any agent used to make dough rise) · grc ζύμη (any agent used to make dough rise) · cy lefain (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm tschadamaint (any agent used to make dough rise) · gl lévedo (any agent used to make dough rise) · de Treibmittel (any agent used to make dough rise) · ru разрыхли́тель (any agent used to make dough rise) · kw gwel (any agent used to make dough rise) · enm sour dogh (any agent used to make dough rise) · pl zaczyn (any agent used to make dough rise) · fr ferment (any agent used to make dough rise) · gv jastee (any agent used to make dough rise) · nl rijsmiddel (any agent used to make dough rise) · ca llevat (any agent used to make dough rise) · fa مایه (any agent used to make dough rise) · vec levà (any agent used to make dough rise) · no hevingsmiddel (any agent used to make dough rise) · sw hamira (any agent used to make dough rise) · cy surdoes (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm levànt (any agent used to make dough rise) · fi nostatusaine (any agent used to make dough rise) · ru заква́ска (any agent used to make dough rise) · pt levedura (any agent used to make dough rise) · pl zakwas (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm alvo (any agent used to make dough rise) · scn criscenti (any agent used to make dough rise) · ckb ھەوێن (any agent used to make dough rise) · ota مایه (any agent used to make dough rise) · es levadura (any agent used to make dough rise) · fur levan (any agent used to make dough rise) · sw chachu (any agent used to make dough rise) · ar خَمِيرَة (any agent used to make dough rise) · mi rēwena (any agent used to make dough rise) · hac ئامیان (any agent used to make dough rise) · it lievito (any agent used to make dough rise) · ro plămădeală (any agent used to make dough rise) · gl isco (any agent used to make dough rise) · ga gabháil (any agent used to make dough rise) · nci xocotextli (any agent used to make dough rise) · de Triebmittel (any agent used to make dough rise) · lv rauga (any agent used to make dough rise) · cmn 酵母 (any agent used to make dough rise) · fa برازده (any agent used to make dough rise) · got 𐌱𐌴𐌹𐍃𐍄 (any agent used to make dough rise) · rm levon (any agent used to make dough rise) · cy eples (any agent used to make dough rise) · oc levam (any agent used to make dough rise) · ro plămadă (any agent used to make dough rise) · tl lebadura (any agent used to make dough rise)