fermenter

English

Etymology

From ferment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

fermenter (plural fermenters)

  1. Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
  2. A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentāre, present active infinitive of fermentō.

Pronunciation

Verb

fermenter

  1. (intransitive) to ferment

Conjugation
Conjugation of fermenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fermenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fermentant
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fermenté
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fermente
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermentes
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermente
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermentons
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 fermentez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/		 fermentent
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/
imperfect fermentais
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 fermentais
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 fermentait
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 fermentions
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 fermentiez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/		 fermentaient
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 fermentai
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/		 fermentas
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/		 fermenta
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/		 fermentâmes
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tam/		 fermentâtes
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tat/		 fermentèrent
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future fermenterai
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 fermenteras
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 fermentera
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 fermenterons
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 fermenterez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 fermenteront
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional fermenterais
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 fermenterais
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 fermenterait
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 fermenterions
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fermenteriez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 fermenteraient
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fermente
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermentes
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermente
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 fermentions
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 fermentiez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tje/		 fermentent
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 fermentasse
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/		 fermentasses
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/		 fermentât
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta/		 fermentassions
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 fermentassiez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/		 fermentassent
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fermente
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃t/		 — fermentons
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 fermentez
/fɛʁ.mɑ̃.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ferˈmen.ter/, [fɛrˈmɛn̪t̪ɛr]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ferˈmen.ter/, [ferˈmɛn̪t̪er]

Verb

fermenter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fermentō
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