yeast en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /iːst/ (dialectal)
- (Australia) audio
- /jist/ (General-American)
- yēst (Received-Pronunciation)
- /jiːst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- yēst (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English yest, yeest, gest, gist, from Old English ġist, ġyst, from Proto-West Germanic *jestu, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Jääst (“yeast”), West Frisian gêst, gist (“yeast”), Dutch gist (“yeast”), German Low German Gest (“yeast”), German Gischt (“sea foam”), Swedish jäst (“yeast”), Norwegian jest (“yeast”), Icelandic jöstur (“yeast”).
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) An often humid, yellowish froth produced by fermenting malt worts, and used to brew beer, leaven bread, and also used in certain medicines.
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(countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families.
A microscopical examination of the yeast taken from these rapid vigorous fermentations will only be able to give useful conclusions in one respect.
1903, Alfred Peter Carlslund Jørgensen (R. Grey, translator), Practical Management of Pure Yeast: The Application and Examination of Brewery, Distillery, and Wine, Yeasts, The Brewing trade review, page 17:
- (countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. ▸ A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales. ▸ Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)
- (countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. ▸ A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales. ▸ Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) ▸ A compressed cake or dried granules of this substance used for mixing with flour to make bread dough rise.
- (countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. ▸ A true yeast or budding yeast in order Saccharomycetales. ▸ brewer's yeast, certain species of Saccharomyces, principally Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.
- (countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. ▸ Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans.
- (countable, uncountable) A single-celled fungus of any of a wide variety of taxonomic families. ▸ Candida, a ubiquitous fungus that can cause various kinds of infections in humans. ▸ The resulting infection, candidiasis.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A frothy foam.
But what most puzzled and confounded you was a long, limber, portentous, black mass of something hovering in the centre of the picture over three blue, dim, perpendicular lines floating in a nameless yeast.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| yeasts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
mushroom · mold · mushroom · mold · mushroom · mold · mushroom · mushroom · mold · mushroom · mold · mushroom · mold · mold
Deriveds
yeast extract (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · sphere-yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · baker's yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · active dry yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · brewer's yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · anti-yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeasty (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · turbo yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · pseudoyeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · red yeast rice (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast-bitten (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · true yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · selenium yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast cake (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast artificial chromosome (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast dumpling (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · compressed yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast infection (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · fresh yeast (terms derived from yeast (noun)) · yeast bread (terms derived from yeast (noun))
Hypernyms
organism · organism · fungus · fungus · fungus · fungus · fungus · organism · organism · fungus · organism · organism
Relateds
Translations (283)
io hefo (fungus) · rm levànt (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · no gjær (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · bg квас (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fi vaahto (frothy foam on sea waves) · bg дро́жда (fungus) · de Gischt (frothy foam on sea waves) · wa leveure (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · tg хамиртуруш (fungus) · yue 酵母 (fungus) · cmn 酵母 (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · lo ຫມັກ (fungus) · ht ledven (fungus) · ja 酵母 (fungus) · sh kvȃs (fungus) · uz xamirturush (fungus) · sms jäˊstt (fungus) · lv ieraugs (fungus) · mn хөрөнгө (fungus) · de Bärme (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · bo ཕབས (fungus) · mnc ᠮᠠᡩᠠᠰᡠ (fungus) · et pärm (fungus) · it schiuma (frothy foam on sea waves) · be дро́жджы (fungus) · nv bááh bił álʼíní (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · mk квасец (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · vec levà (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · hi खमीर (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · it spuma (frothy foam on sea waves) · fo ger (fungus) · ro drojdie (fungus) · cy berem (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fa-ira بوزَک (fungus) · fi hiiva (fungus) · sk droždie (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · es recentadura (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fa لوور (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fi hiivasieni (fungus) · et pärmseened (fungus) · de Germ (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · mt ħmira (fungus) · sk kvasnice (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · dsb droždźeje (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sl kvas (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ro drojdie (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · yue 酵母 (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · wa leyes (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · dsb droždźeje (fungus) · ga gabháil (fungus) · ga gabháil (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · nl gist (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · eo gisto (fungus) · es hurmiento (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · kn ಹುದುಗು (fungus) · es levadura (fungus) · lo ສ່າ (fungus) · bg гребен (frothy foam on sea waves) · izh töömees (fungus) · kea furméntu (fungus) · no gjær (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · nv dííkʼǫsh (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ru дро́жжи (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sh kvásac (fungus) · de Hefepilz (fungus) · de Hefe (fungus) · it lievito (fungus) · wa yesses (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · uk дрі́жджі (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ca llevat (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · mt ragħwa (frothy foam on sea waves) · sv jäst (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · th เชื้อหมัก (fungus) · ru дро́жжи (fungus) · ga giosta (fungus) · ia levatura (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · de Germ (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · de Gest (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ltg mīlis (fungus) · mi īhi (fungus) · sv skum (frothy foam on sea waves) · hi ख़मीर (fungus) · sh квасац (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · es leudante (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · cmn 酵母 (fungus) · fr écume (frothy foam on sea waves) · az acıtma (fungus) · pl drożdże (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · rm tschadamaint (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · cu дрождиѩ (fungus) · ga giosta (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · is ger (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · rm alvo (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ary خميرة (fungus) · pt fermento (fungus) · it lievito (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · bg мая́ (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · es recentadura (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · gl fermento (fungus) · af gis (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · es levadura (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · tr hamur (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · he שמרים (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · el μαγιά (frothy foam on sea waves) · kmr hevîrtirş (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · rm alvamaint (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · eo feĉo (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ur خمیر (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · uk дрі́жджі (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ml യീസ്റ്റ് (fungus) · am እርሾ (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fo ger (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · uz achitqi (fungus) · kw burmen (fungus) · it lievito (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ru дро́жжи (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · grc ζύμη (fungus) · sw hamira (fungus) · vi men (fungus) · ar خَمِيرَة (fungus) · so khamiir (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · cs kvasnice (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · nap criscito (fungus) · tl lebadura (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · twf cą̀pienéna (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sq tharm (fungus) · pt espuma (frothy foam on sea waves) · fi hiiva (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sq thartinë (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ar خَمِيرَة (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · lv raugs (fungus) · mi īhi (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sk kvas (fungus) · rm levon (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sq thartinë (fungus) · fr levure (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · yue 依仕 (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · hy խմորիչ (fungus) · tk hamyrmaýa (fungus) · hu élesztő (fungus) · da gær (fungus) · fur levan (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ps سپېسته (fungus) · ro ferment (fungus) · oc levadura (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fo ger (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · lo ເຊຶ້ອ (fungus) · ga gabháil (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · rm lavamaint (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ms yis (fungus) · es leudante (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · el μαγιά (fungus) · kmr hevîrtirş (fungus) · az maya (fungus) · kw burm (fungus) · fa-ira خَمیرْتُرْش (fungus) · fi kuivahiiva (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ms khamir (fungus) · ota خامور (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ms ragi (fungus) · tr maya (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fi hiiva (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · de Yeast (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · nb jest (fungus) · tt чүпрә (fungus) · bg мая (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ja イースト (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · pdt Häw (fungus) · cy burum (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · pt fermento (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · he שְׁמָרִים (fungus) · de Yeast (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · uz drojji (fungus) · de Gest (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · izh hiiva (fungus) · ps مايه (fungus) · yi הייוון (fungus) · lo ຢັ່ນ (fungus) · mn исгэгч (fungus) · pt levedura (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · tl pampaalsa (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · cmn 酵母 (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · de Bärme (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · kk ашытқы (fungus) · de Hefe (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · es levadura fúngica (fungus) · io hefo (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · la fermentum (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · bn খামির (fungus) · th ยีสต์ (fungus) · hi ख़मीर (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · hy թթխմոր (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · pl drożdże (fungus) · tr maya (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · sq thartinë (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · yue 酵母 (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · nl gist (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sh ква̑с (fungus) · de Hefe (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ga coipeadh cúir (frothy foam on sea waves) · ary خميرة (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ps تومنه (fungus) · ba сүпрә (fungus) · ka საფუარი (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · uk дрі́жджі (fungus) · lt mielės (fungus) · ro levură (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ota مایه (fungus) · bo སྐྱུར་རྩི (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ko 효모 (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · tl lebadura (fungus) · fa خمیرمایه (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · el ζύμη (fungus) · lv raugs (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · mrw tapay (fungus) · is ger (fungus) · sl kvas (fungus) · tr maya (fungus) · nl schuim (frothy foam on sea waves) · sh ква́сац (fungus) · id ragi (fungus) · my တဆေး (fungus) · la fermentum (fungus) · ro levură (fungus) · cs kvasnice (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · hi खमीर (fungus) · km ដំបែ (fungus) · da gær (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · da gær (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · es hurmiento (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ota مایه (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · pt levedura (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · eo feĉo (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ary رغوة (frothy foam on sea waves) · pl drożdże (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · pt levedura (fungus) · es levadura (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · fa مخمر (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ka სოკო (fungus) · ug ئېچىتقۇ (fungus) · nl gist (fungus) · ca llevat m rent (fungus) · af gis (fungus) · rsk квас (fungus) · wa yesse (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · grc ζύμη (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · io hefo (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · sv jäst (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · cs droždí (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · cs droždí (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · fa-ira مُخَمِّر (fungus) · ary خميرة (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · cy burum (fungus) · ky ачыткы (fungus) · mk квасец (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · sh kvasac (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · gu યીસ્ટના (fungus) · sh герма (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · eo fermentilo (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sq maja (fungus) · fr levure (fungus) · th ส่า (fungus) · sv jäst (fungus) · ja 酵母 (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ar خَمِيرَة (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · nb gjær (fungus) · pox kosăc (fungus) · ur خَمِیر (fungus) · ny yisiti (fungus) · bo ཆང་རྩི (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ga giosta (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ja イースト菌 (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · ko 효모 (fungus) · fr levure (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · mk квасец (fungus) · hy թթխմոր (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · it fermento (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · sh germa (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · dsb droždźeje (cake or dried granules used to make bread dough rise) · cs kvasinka (fungus) · sk kvasinka (fungus) · et pärm (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing) · ca llevat (froth used in medicine, baking and brewing)
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