fermenter

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English

Etymology

From ferment +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

fermenter (plural fermenters)

  1. Any organism, such as a yeast, that causes fermentation.
  2. A fermentor; a vessel in which fermentation takes place.
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 205:
      Where this has proved impossible, we've outsourced the process using barrels, jars, comost heaps and industrial fermenters.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fermentāre.

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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Verb

fermenter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of fermentō
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