French Meaning of leaven

levain

Other French words related to levain

Definitions and Meaning of leaven in English

Wordnet

leaven (n)

a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid

an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something

Wordnet

leaven (v)

cause to puff up with a leaven

Webster

leaven (n.)

Any substance that produces, or is designed to produce, fermentation, as in dough or liquids; esp., a portion of fermenting dough, which, mixed with a larger quantity of dough, produces a general change in the mass, and renders it light; yeast; barm.

Anything which makes a general assimilating (especially a corrupting) change in the mass.

Webster

leaven (v. t.)

To make light by the action of leaven; to cause to ferment.

To imbue; to infect; to vitiate.

FAQs About the word leaven

levain

a substance used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid, an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something, cause to puff up with a leavenAny

animer,frais,animer,imprégner,inculquer,infuser,inoculer,revigorer,imprégner,raide

priver,supprimer,emporter (loin),clair,se départir,éliminer,vide,Bande

leaveless => sans feuilles, leaved => caduc, leave out => laisser de côté, leave office => démissionner, leave off => laisser,