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Noun [English]

Forms: levains [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French levain. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|fr:levain|tree=+}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "levain", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "levain", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="levain">, {{bor+|en|fr|levain}} Borrowed from French levain Head templates: {{en-noun}} levain (plural levains)
  1. (baking) A starter dough for sourdough bread. Synonyms: mother dough, mother sponge, starter dough
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Noun [French]

IPA: /lə.vɛ̃/ Audio: Fr-levain.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-levain.wav [France] (note: Agen), LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-levain.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-levain.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: levains [plural]
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 *levāmen Old French levain French levain Inherited from Old French levain, from Vulgar Latin *levāmen, from levō. Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|fro:levain<ety:inh<la-vul:*levāmen>>|tree=+}} 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. 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  1. sourdough Tags: masculine
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  2. leaven (any agent used to make dough rise) Tags: masculine
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: levure

Inflected forms

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